In Camden, I saw the antidote to Gen Z's endless job rejections

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Welcome to this week’s The State We’re In. Today, I’d like to take you to north London. Specifically, Boxpark in Camden, where I joined the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Pat McFadden, at a Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair on Monday.

This was a far cry from the formality of the job centre I visited in Birmingham a couple of weeks ago.

Instead of being greeted by locked doors and security guards, recruiters for employers ranging from Arsenal Football Club to local law firms, from HS2 to the NHS, had set up stalls among food and coffee stands.