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Graduate posts shouldn't be like Barbie Dolls from Daddy

Not every family can afford to pay for the so-called education of life and the work experience placements that label graduates as unpaid interns for months and potentially years.

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However, there is a backhand approach that almost all parents can afford to do, and it is something that most will want to do in order to help their darling offspring.

This is the world of connections: not connections that the young person has made for him or herself, but rather the connections that parents have made and maintained.

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