With unemployment rising, what are your chances of joining the dole queue by Christmas? And are there really 600,000 job vacancies in the UK, as the government claims?
More than 1,500 Brits are now losing their jobs daily. Tonight asks how bad things are going to get. And reporter Fiona Foster investigates how British firms are fighting back as well as following two jobseekers on their journey to find work.
Featured on the programme is careers coach Denise Taylor who helps a business studies graduate to find a job. To discover more about Denise’s work, you can go to her websites:
http://www.jobsearchsupport.com/
http://www.amazingpeople.co.uk/
For general information from the government department responsible for employment, go to the Department of Works and Pensions website:
Also featured on the programme is business guru Jon Moulton, who founded private equity firm Alchemy Partners:
http://www.alchemypartners.co.uk/
“We also spoke to Andy Rose and Simon Spencer who were keen to enhance their jobs prospects by retraining as kick box instructors with West Yorkshire based Mavericks kickboxing club. The club’s website address is: www.maverickskickboxing.co.uk/
With thanks to Liverpool One shopping centre featured in the programme
www.liverpool-one.com
