BBC reports today of graduates taking internships in China to get some work experience on their CV so that they will stand out from their fellow graduates when applying for jobs.
Apparently there are 69 applicants for every graduate vacancy and employers can afford to choose only the best. Hence it is important that graduates make every effort to illustrate to a prospective employer that they are flexible and adaptable so worth employing.
The same is true for other jobseekers too, far too many unemployed are not prepared to relocate or spend the week away from home in order to secure a new job.
The necessity for social mobility is not new, I am reminded that my 5xGreat Grandfather Alexander Pollock a papermaker in Edinburgh found work in Keighley Yorkshire, Wrexham Wales and Northampton before finding a more permanent position at Darenth Kent where he worked the remaining umpteen years of his life. The difference is that back in the early 19C he would have walked, at least now we have transport.
So the message is widen your horizons, there is a job somewhere….