Last blog added on Friday, May 18th, 2012

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Youth & Work is published by Andrew Langille.
Clawbies Winner 2011
Youth & Work examines issues related to employment, labour relations, public policy, and education through the lens of young people. The posts run the gamut from discussions about political developments to analysis of emerging trends in human resources.

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Below is a preview of the five most recent posts from the blog Youth & Work. To read these posts in their entirely or subscribe to future updates from this blog, please visit their website!

The Ghosts of Duplessis: Charest's War on Youth
May 18th, 2012

It's late so this is going to be a very short post. I wanted to draw everyone's attention to the emergency legislation that's being debated right now in Quebec's National Assembly. The goal is to "pause" the student strike for the summer and resume the current semester in August. The text of Bill 78... Read more »

Bridge To Nowhere: Inside the Canadian Law School Scam
May 11th, 2012

One of the issues that has caught my attention over the past couple of years is the labour market problems within the legal profession; particularly, the difficulties that recent law graduates have securing articling positions and the problems young lawyers face securing stable employment. I've cove... Read more »

Australia launches inquiry into unpaid internships
April 16th, 2012

Australia has been taking some innovative steps to assess and respond to the needs of workers in the new economy. Fresh off the end of hearings in the Howe Inquiry into precarious work, the Fair Work Ombudsman has commissioned a report into unpaid internships within the Australian labour market.Nick... Read more »

Facebook, social media passwords, and job interviews
April 4th, 2012

Just a short post. Wanted to let people know that The Eyeopener, Ryerson University's student newspaper, has posted an interesting article on social media passwords and job interviews. I'm quoted extensively in it and state that "With the weight of the financial crisis and the recession, we're in a... Read more »

The Youth and Work website now has its own Youtube channel.
March 31st, 2012

Youth and Work now has a Youtube channel up and running! Check it out here. Moving into video was a logical next step for the website as it's a wonderful tool to deliver information to young people about workplace law and dovetails nicely into the website's mandate of utilizing emerging forms of tec... Read more »

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