Thirty young job seekers perch expectantly on the tiered seating, pens and notepads at the ready, eager to pick up tips from the assembled employers that could make the critical difference. They include school leavers and graduates, all hoping that this Get Hired event — run by The King’s Trust and hosted over two days by Octopus Energy — will be their breakthrough moment.
Among them, looking poised but “feeling nervous as anything”, sits Sesen, 24, who has completed a Level 3 course in accounting and is hoping for an entry-level role after being unemployed for 27 months and applying for more than 70 jobs.
