Job Centre Clerk (Episode 3226)

The Job Centre Clerk attended to Deirdre Barlow when Deirdre went to the Job Centre in search of work following her Council election defeat in 1991.

Dealing with Deirdre somewhat bluntly, the clerk didn't find anything for her, informing Deirdre that her short-hand and typing skills from her days with the Coronation Street Secretarial Bureau and Fairclough and Langton were out of date due to the rise of word processors. She also disregarded Deirdre's four years on the Council, commenting that it may actually put off employers, and told Deirdre that she'd be considered too old for filing work. The clerk advised Deirdre to sign up for a re-training scheme such as a word processing course in order to develop transferable skills, though Deirdre was against this as she and Tracy would be living on the dole. With some reluctance, Deirdre turned to her network of friends on the Council for help.