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The article's point: The job market is flooded, disadvantaging recent graduates without experience. Hence, we need to give newcomers more experience so they can
by psyklic 18y ago
The article's point: The job market is flooded, disadvantaging recent graduates without experience. Hence, we need to give newcomers more experience so they can compete.
This doesn't seem to help the situation. (1) Now, experienced people with families to support will (theoretically) be out of work longer, and (2) Raising the bar on "practical" experience raises it for everyone, still making jobs hard to get.
- yters 18y agoOne thing British schools do is have a year interning inbetween the rest of the years for the degree. This both gives the student real world experience and helps them get their name out. Plus, it encourages businesses to invest in the students, since they have the opportunity to hire a good candidate in a couple years.