I was a bit irritated yesterday by the Evening Standard (Monday, 29th November) showcasing two young Londoners who are having a lot of trouble getting work. This appeared to be a big part of what the Evening Standard was pleased to call a special investigation.
So two chaps, both of whom personnel people from caring employers who really do try to look after their employees, might well describe as 'hard to place'. Does it help us to know about just two of the 100,000 or more young Londoners who are out of work, perhaps pulled from outside a Job Centre or from inside a public house? Does it help them to be showcased in this way? I can imagine that, if you were 'special needs' rather than 'hard to place', it might well do more harm that good.
The good news is that that chap snapped above did land an apprenticeship after this 'investigation'. The other one was not so successful with his two interviews.
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