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You and Yours: Graduate Jobs; Christmas Markets; Rescue Dogs

09/11/2020

Graduate Jobs; Christmas Markets; Rescue Dogs

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Graduate Jobs; Christmas Markets; Rescue Dogs

A new report reveals how difficult the jobs market is for graduates.

The rescue centres with empty kennels - as the most difficult dogs find new homes.

A new report out this week will outline how graduate employment has been hit by the Coronavirus pandemic.  Many companies have already cut entry level recruitment.  In May, the Institute of Student Employers said recruitment was down by 23%.   At the time, firms were planning to recruit 12% less graduates than they were
going to before the Covid-19 crisis. We'll speak to the ISE about their latest data and hear from a drama school graduate who's struggling to find any kind of work.

What are all those traders who usually sell their goods at the many Christmas Markets around the UK doing now? Most are cancelled and many are having to rethink their business models.  We'll hear from a company that makes glass baubles and a company that travels from Germany to sell sausages.  

And... during the first lockdown, many people wanted to get a dog.  We've reported before about the rising cost of puppies, but You and Yours has now found that demand is so high, that some rescue centres have empty kennels and dogs which were usually the most difficult to re-home - those with behavioural problems or that are less attractive - have found new owners.   We'll speak to Sophie who adopted Poppy during lockdown and find out how some of the smaller rescue centres are doing.

Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Jess Quayle

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