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Training contract deferrals force Generation Y to learn patience

I too find this rather insulting - having spent two years searching for the all important training contract and finally securing one with a big firm I now face the difficult decision of whether or not to defer. I have spent the past year and a half planning my life and working full time hours in a temporary job in order to save enough money to move across the country to start my LPC and training contract, only to be told out of the blue that I may have to wait another year. It is all very well that the firms are offering compensation to defer, but realistically to those of us who aren't lucky enough to have a large bank balance or parents who can support us, the sums offered by these firms simply aren't enough to fly off around around the world or spend the year doing charity work. I am NOT suggesting that more money should be offered, simply that if firms can look so far ahead in their recruitment campaigns then why is it we are only being notified of these deferrals at the last minute? We have kept our side of the bargain, now its time for the firms to keep theirs.

8-Apr-2009

3:47 pm