Apply for a temp position, and you’ll see just how harsh the jobs market is at the moment.
When I was invited to interview for a three-week Christmas job at a Royal Mail sorting office, I was expecting that if I got it, I’d be one of many students sifting the letters. Especially with anxiety about £9,000 fees (introduced from this year), you’d think there’d be quite a few after work specific to a time period they’d likely have off.
But on arrival at interview, I found I was the only one in the queue that had been formed in a tatty back-room at the mail centre.
