Graduates Are Leaving University Feeling Underprepared, Say Working Would Have Been Better Than A Degree

By Sarah Kimmorley. Youth unemployment is at a 12-year high of 13.1%.
This is more than twice that of the national unemployment rate at 6.0%, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The numbers follow the Government’s latest proposed overhaul on the work-for-the-dole program, which from July 1 2015 will force jobseekers to look for 40 jobs a month and perform up to 25 hours of community service to receive welfare packages. More...