- Kable, Wednesday 2 December 2009 12.23 GMT
In a speech at the Work Foundation on 2 December 2009, he said that people should be able to perform most of their regular job search functions online, using a personal profile which will link through to jobs suited to them.
A personalised website would also enable unemployed people to track their benefit claims and provide reminders about their next meeting with an adviser.
Knight said that Jobcentres have made good use of technology, including online benefit claims and job vacancies posted on the internet, but that 40% of benefit claimants do not have regular access to a computer.
"My vision is for every single person to have access to the internet," he said, "I want most people to apply for their benefits online, look for jobs online and then re-enter work confident in using the technology that is such an essential part of our lives."
He also said that he wanted to see advisers using IT to be proactive, for example emailing unemployed people with job vacancies and online learning opportunities.
"The initial costs of this do not need to be high, with smart procurement and clever partnerships we can do this reasonably cheaply," he said.
The first steps towards achieving Knight's proposals will be set out in a white paper, Getting Britain Back to Work, to be published later this month.
