The number of temps and part-timers who said they had been forced to take work of that nature after failing to find permanent or full-time work have all risen significantly.
US employment falls to 7.8 per cent in September, giving a potential boost to Barack Obama during an election focused largely on economic leadership.
The onetime sportswear giant JJB is to axe 2,200 jobs after weeks of frantic negotiations to save the business failed, writes our Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy.
The onetime sportswear giant JJB is to axe 2,200 jobs after weeks of frantic negotiations to save the business failed, writes our Business Correspondent Siobhan Kennedy.
It’s less of a jobs market, more of a jobs battlefield for Channel 4’s Class of 2012. Faisal Islam takes 10 insights from an event bringing job seekers, CEOs and politicians together.
Is a degree worth the cost? Are apprenticeships a route to work? Should you still aim high? Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King, O2 chief executive Ronan Dunne and others, reveal all at the C4 Class of 2012.
Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband tells the C4 Class of 2012 that the government needs to guarantee jobs, while Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King says modern apprenticeships “have been hijacked”.
With at least 340,000 graduates entering the jobs market this year and fewer jobs available, how can graduates get their first step on the jobs ladder? Channel 4 News speaks to the experts.
Jon Snow
It is painful even to write it – one million young people unemployed. Jon Snow blogs on the battle to address and retrieve what some have casually tagged the ‘lost generation’.
It’s that nagging women’s issue the PM just can’t seem to get away from: female employment. Just how many women have got jobs since the election – is Mr Cameron right that the number is on the rise?
Overall unemployment falls in the last three months, but the number of young people out of work rises to 1.02 million. One 20-year-old tells Channel 4 News that job centres need to do more to help.
The coalition’s economic plan has failed: now families are crying out for change. That’s the view of the shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, who’s warning the UK economy could face long term damage.
C4 Class of 2012: Unemployed for years, Kealy has struggled to find a job that pays for the basics and childcare for two children. But running a pop-up shop for a day could be a new beginning.
With one million young people unemployed in Britain today, Channel 4 investigates how to create jobs for the Class of 2012 with a live panel debate.
Jackie Long
Employment Minister Chris Grayling is planning a tougher work-experience system for young people… but will unemployed graduates feel the benefit?