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Ned Simons

Underemployed Workers Want More Hours, But Bosses Will Not Pay

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 01.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Underemployment, Jobs, Benefits, David Blanchflower, Unemployment, UK News, George Osborne, Job Seekers, UK Politics News

Official unemployment figures are disguising the fact that a significant number of people who are in both full time and part time work are not able to...

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Job Seekers Aren't Commodities

Harry Freedman | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Unemployment, Dwp, Job Seekers, Jobs, Careers, Work Programme, UK Economy, UK Politics News
Harry Freedman

People have always played politics with unemployment, that won't change. But what could, and should, change is the way that job search support is delivered.

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'Illegal' To Force Graduate Cait Reilly To Work For Free In Poundland

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Dwp, Internships, Poundland, UK News, Slave Labour, Job Seekers, Work Experience, Poundland Work Experience, Department of Work and Pensions, UK Universities & Education News

University graduate Cait Reilly has won her Court of Appeal claim that requiring her to work for free at a Poundland discount store was unlawful. T...

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Teenager May Have Been Job Hunting When He Was Stabbed To Death

PA | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Greater Manchester Police, Manchester, UK News, Stabbing, Job Seekers, Kieran Crump Raiswell, UK Crime, Knife Crime, UK News

A "caring and quiet" teenager may have been out looking for a job when he was stabbed to death in the street. Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, had left h...

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Number Of Unemployed Young People 'More Than Doubled'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Out of Work, Young People, Princes Trust, Economy, Jobseekers, Job Seekers, Unemployed Young People, UK News

The number of young people out of work for over two years has more than doubled since 2008, according to new research. The stark statistics show a...

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Number Of Unemployed Young People 'More Than Doubled'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Out of Work, Student Jobs, Princes Trust, Unemployed Young People, Economy, Job Seekers, Jobseekers, Young People, UK News

The number of young people out of work for over two years has more than doubled since 2008, according to new research. The stark statistics show a...

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Shy And Retiring? Why British Modesty Fails Jobseekers In Interviews

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK News, Unemployment, Job Interview, Slideexpand, Economy, Dream Job, Job Seekers, UK Lifestyle News

British modesty is holding back jobseekers, according to a survey from Gumtree.com. A study shows that 92% of jobseekers aren’t confident talkin...

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Would You Give A Potential Employer Your Facebook Password?

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 20.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Aclu, Online Privacy, Jobs, Facebook Privacy, UK Tech, American Civil Liberties Union, UK News, Facebook, Social Networking, Privacy, Job Seekers, UK News

Potential employers have taken to asking job seekers for their Facebook passwords, it has been reported. While glancing at a potential staff membe...

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Tesco: JSA Job Advert Was 'IT Mistake'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 16.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Tesco, Chris Grayling, Benefits, No Wages, UK News, Work Orientated, Job Seekers, Employment, UK Politics, Work Experience, Jsa, News, Liberal Conspiracy, UK News

Tesco has hit back at criticism of its employment policy after a job advert appeared listing wages for a night shift role in East Anglia as "JSA plus ...

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Tesco Job Advert Offering 'JSA Plus Benefits' Sparks Outrage

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 16.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Tesco, Chris Grayling, Benefits, No Wages, UK News, Work Orientated, Job Seekers, Employment, UK Politics, Work Experience, Jsa, News, Liberal Conspiracy, UK News

Twitter users have reacted in outrage to a Tesco job advert which offers "Job Seekers Allowance plus expenses" in wages. The successful applicant ...

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I am NOT Jeremy Clarkson

Ian Watson | Posted 14.03.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Welfare, Benefits, Jeremy Kyle, Jeremy Clarkson, Job Seekers, Unemployment Benefits, Babies, Tattoos, UK Comedy News
Ian Watson

I'm not Jeremy Clarkson. Let me make that absolutely clear. In fact I care not one bit for pretty much everything he says and does and his attitude, which can be summed up as, "Shut the fuck up, hippie, I'm talking," makes me wish I was a short, black lesbian working-class aristocratic motorphobe, just to be as unlike him as possible.

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Job Market Faces 'Slow, Painful Contraction'

PA | Posted 14.11.2011 | UK
Read More: Job Market, UK News, Unemployment, Job Seekers, Economic Crisis, UK Economy, UK Jobs, Recession, UK News

The jobs market is facing a "slow, painful contraction", with firms scaling back decisions on whether to recruit more staff against a background of gl...

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