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One post, 947 applicants: restaurant’s story reveals the depth of UK jobs crisis – The Guardian
Desperate candidates for a minimum wage role in Manchester face dwindling savings and choosing between paying for food or bills
It was a single job advert for a minimum wage role as a waiter in a Manchester restaurant.
Buoyed by the eat out to help out scheme, Peru Perdu, a Peruvian themed eatery in the heart of the city was looking for someone to join its serving staff. Within four days, 320 people had applied. And by the time the ad was taken down, 947 people had submitted applications.
Normally we would have between 20 and 30 for a role like this, recruitment consultant Abi Dunn, who posted the ad, told Channel 4s Dispatches…
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