University leavers face a perfect storm: general economic uncertainty, competition from AI, the erosion of the graduate premium - and bad government policy choices that look set to get even worse... There has been plenty of commentary today around new data published by the recruitment website, Adzuna. These headlines were typical: “Graduate job vacancies drop … Continue reading What’s really behind the slump in graduate job vacancies?
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Entry to the Civil Service should never depend on what your dad once did
Imagine the following exchange between a bright young student and a Civil Service recruiter. "Hello, I'm passionate about social care and would love to be an intern at the Department of Health" "Great, but what do your parents do?" "One is a doctor and the other runs a dementia charity" "Sorry, you're not working class … Continue reading Entry to the Civil Service should never depend on what your dad once did
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