Almost every third unemployed person only applies for jobs they have no experience with
Researchers behind the publication Steffen Altmann, Robert Mahlstedt, Malte Jacob Rattenborg and Alexander Sebald
This content is only available in english (“Næsten hver tredje ledig søger kun efter job de ikke har erfaring med”)
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