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Nice! Now cash-for-references boss slams UK graduates as ‘unemployable’

by Tanya de Grunwald | Jan 13, 2015 | Applications, Business, Careers advice, CVs and interviews, Employers and recruitment, Graduate Jobs, Graduate unemployment, job hunting, Money, Politicians, professional development, social mobility, Wages

JAN MORTIER LASHES OUT FOLLOWING OBSERVER STORY The boss of a London thinktank which has been charging former ‘junior associates’ £300 for a reference has defended his actions – and suggested that many UK graduates are “unemployable”...

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