THE QUESTION
Why is there no work here for those finishing school?
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The placement was photocopying and I learned nothing
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
Nothing said yet.
CLUSTER 1
I have no one to ask about how any of this works
0 votesdiscuss
The careers website is a list of jobs, not of how to get one
3 votesdiscuss
CLUSTER 2
I was interviewed by a person who had already decided
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
0 votesdiscuss
The application asked for experience I could not have had
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
1 votesdiscuss
NOT CLUSTERED
The last bus is at six and everything is twenty minutes away
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
2 votesdiscuss
Nobody explained what to wear or when to arrive
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
4 votesdiscuss
The placement was photocopying and I learned nothing
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
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Nobody told me what any of these jobs pay
Observed, not measured — I would want the data too.
8 votesdiscuss
The people deciding this have never had to choose between a course and a wage
0 votesdiscussing (1)
I got one week's placement in a place nobody chose for me
3 votesdiscuss
The jobs here are shifts, not careers
0 votesdiscussing (1)
I was the only one in my family not working at sixteen
0 votesdiscuss
Young people leave and do not come back
3 votesdiscuss
I would have stayed for a job that went somewhere
To be precise: this is about the situation, not a person.
4 votesdiscuss
College meant four pounds a day I did not have
0 votesdiscuss
The only people who told me to stay had already left and come back
3 votesdiscuss
I did not know that job existed until I met someone doing it
11 votesdiscuss
Careers advice is one afternoon in the final year
14 votesdiscuss
You cannot save on this wage even living at home
5 votesdiscuss
Staying feels like giving up on something
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
6 votesdiscuss
I dropped the course because of the travel, not the work
0 votes
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discussI was caring for my grandmother and nobody at school knew
2 votesdiscuss
Without a car you cannot take most of these jobs
I mean this happens weekly, not once in a while.
13 votesdiscuss
Nobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroom
15 votesdiscuss
I did not apply because I assumed I would not get it
14 votesdiscuss
Nobody asked me what I wanted until I had already chosen
0 votesdiscuss
My parents cannot help because it was different for them
1 votesdiscuss
A licence and insurance cost more than a month's wages
Meaning the recurring case, not one incident.
1 votesdiscuss
Everyone I know who did well left
2 votesdiscuss
There is nothing to do here after eighteen
1 votesdiscuss
The jobs here do not need what school taught
15 votesdiscuss
The rent here is cheaper and the wage is much lower
Narrower than it reads; the wider version is someone else's card.
0 votesdiscuss
I found out about the apprenticeship from a friend, too late
Scope: here specifically, not everywhere.
0 votesdiscussing (1)
My teachers were proud of me for going and sad for the town
Meaning the recurring case, not one incident.
1 votesdiscuss
Taking a low-paid apprenticeship felt like a luxury I could not afford
Narrower than it reads; the wider version is someone else's card.
10 votesdiscuss