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Do you remember trying to get your first proper job? Filling in that first application, or going for the interview?

It's never a pleasant experience but what if you didn't get it? That feeling of rejection can be really hard to stomach.

Well, what if you had that feeling time and time again?

³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Stoke is looking at the problem in Stoke-on-Trent of the large number of teenagers dropping out of education early.

After dropping out and sitting around the house for a while, this group of youngsters went out to find work or other training opportunities. But they soon found their decision to leave school or college early, had not helped them one bit...