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Young people still find it hard to get a job, despite using the same tactics as older job seekers

  • Written by Dina Bowman, Principal Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence and Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne
imageYoung job seekers are more likely to be registered with Centrelink than older job seekers, while those aged 25 and over tended to rely more on social networks and employment agencies when looking for workAmtec Staffing/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Young people use tactics not dissimilar to those used by older people to get a job, new research finds. But youth...

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