A call-centre business that plans to create 10,000 jobs has been launched in Croydon, Surrey. Backed by £1m of investment, Call Britannia, aims to open 10 new call centres across the UK over the next seven years, giving 10,000 staff a minimum of six months’ employment, and equipping them with skills, training, support and work experience. The company will then help its ‘graduates’ to find work. Think about it: 6 months paid work and then help getting a job at the end of it. Good bye pride, hello to getting the fear on Sunday nights.

A report has found that parents biggest fear for their daughters is their “addiction” to social networking sites, and the ability for on-line bullying. (my favourite bit too). Its good news too for the first ever social networking forum that aims to promote recovery from record high youth unemployment.  Working with the Jobcentre, the MyA4e Community will host live listings of available jobs, personal development plans and events. Go girls!

This Friday 11th September The Guardian is holding a live Q&A session on the topic of career breaks, between 1-4pm. Take part and pose a question or two - more specifically, if you’re (or you know) someone that may have rushed into a career and are finding that it isn’t for them and need to take a step back and re-asess their options, get involved. Click here to follow the link to the discussion forum and the list of experts on the panel. If you’re not yet in work, still monitor the discussion, there will be loads of insider knowledge that will stop you making the wrong career choice. And thank you to The Guadian for my free lifetime subscription to the paper for plugging that. Can I exchange it for The Star…?

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Over in the States, a graduate has sued her college, accusing staff of not working hard enough to help her find a job. None of us want that (really?!) so here are the top three tips from Monster.co.uk: Follow your passion – and be enthusiastic and truthful in your application. Get experience – if not in that direct field, somewhere that will give you transferable skills. Make sure that you have a thorough knowledge of the company you’re applying to when you arrive for your interview. Demonstrate that knowledge by asking relevant, pertinent questions. Now, when you can’t get a job: sue Monster. 

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You’ve got to look outside the box, under it and gauche, doit et centre to get a job this summer: consider then Scottish sausage-skin maker Devro – they make collagen casings for snorkers instead of the traditional gut casing. Not interested? Profits are up 120% with opportunities to work in the USA, Australia and the Czech Republic. Why not?! It beats watching Jeremy Kyle and reading Sylvia Plath. Sausages!

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