8 Nov 2024

Students struggling to find summer jobs

From Nights, 10:18 pm on 8 November 2024

Right now school exams are underway, uni exams are over and those heading to university for the first time are looking to save as much as they can over the summer break.

But with the anemic economy, many young people are finding it difficult to land a job, finding themselves pitted against hundreds of other applicants for entry-level positions.

Louise Saviker is the chief executive of Student Job Search and joins Emile Donovan.

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