BBC Business
Cosmetics giant L'Oréal turns job hunting into a talent competition, complete with stage fright and 380,000 hopefuls - only a lucky few get the golden ticket.
The Guardian Europe
Trump's tariff tango continues, UK workers strike over a 1% pay rise, and a million young Brits are still stuck on the sidelines - turn on the news, it's a real hoot.
BBC Business
Graduate job vacancies have halved, AI is screening your applications, and the UK's youth are left with over a million Neets and a £2.5bn promise. Good luck out there.
The Guardian
Young job seekers in Dudley and Lewisham face scarce opportunities, poor transport, and anxiety, with Dudley's Neet rate soaring above national averages despite door-knocking efforts.
BBC Politics
Andy Burnham plans to fix social care, youth unemployment, and devolution - three issues that have been 'ignored for too long' by everyone, including, presumably, his own party.
The Guardian
Sweden pays teens to be 'planetary stewards,' giving them actual jobs fighting climate change instead of the usual summer gig flipping burgers.
BBC Business
M&S offers 1,000 training spots to combat youth unemployment, while the government bets on AI to solve the problem it helped create.
BBC Politics
Ex-M&S chief Marc Bolland is drafted to save a 'lost generation' of youth from unemployment, armed with business connections and a government mandate.
BBC Business
A major review warns the UK faces a 'lost generation' as one in six young people could be jobless and not learning by 2031, because the system helping them is apparently stuck in a previous century.
BBC Business
Next's boss warns entry-level jobs are vanishing faster than a teenager's interest in a zero-hours contract, while the government blames the rich and the rich blame the government.
BBC Politics
Alan Milburn's review finds the UK spends 25 times more on youth benefits than jobs support, calling it 'shameful' as nearly a million young people are Neet.
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