Moreover, as benefit recipients have recent work experience, there may be little need for intensive counselling or active labour market programmes. The main role of the PES in this case may be to administer initial benefit eligibility and to act as a job broker by providing vacancy information. Available data for Brazil and Chile suggest that the number of job seekers who get a job through the PES is rather low. The ratio of the number of placements to the number of newly registered job seekers is about one in six, while the ratio of placements to the number of new job vacancies is about one half (Gonzalez, 2010, for Brazil, OECD, 2009, for Chile).