Hola,
This morning we looked closely at the modern Labour Exchange. The Job Centre is 100 years old, and riddled with bureaucracy. We discussed the Government initiative that guarantees training, an apprenticeship or a job to all jobseekers who have been out of work for over six months. We concluded that the system doesn’t work, the training is floored and apprenticeships are few and far between, despite National Apprentice Week! Advertised jobs don’t exist and most positions have already been filled. We witnessed the frustration that people feel, who desperately want to work, but are let down by the Job Centre and not given the support as promised. We looked at the cuts in University budgets, and the surplus of graduates having to take menial jobs just to pay their rent. Also, the pub that allows bartering instead of cash, and a look at the fading space race. All that, plus the morning papers.
See you tomorrow.
AntHony x