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Young and Jobless

Young people have been hardest hit by the global recession - 75 million of them are unemployed so how can the world tackle the scourge of youth unemployment?

Young people today face one of the most competitive job markets in history. So why are so many young people struggling to find work and how can they make sure they stand out from the crowd?

Today Business Daily has a special on the young and jobless as part of 成人快手 World's Young and Jobless season. We hear the woes of those seeking work and discuss how their prospects can be improved. Plus we discover that the massive youth emigration from Russia has more to do with politics than economics.

(Image: Students hold brief cases labelled 'ready to work'. Credit: LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

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18 minutes

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Thu 29 Nov 2012 23:32GMT

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