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A pizza the action: Eatstudent's Josh Magidson

Food for thought: how one young entrepreneur turned a drunken idea into a tasty business

While recent graduates everywhere are busy panicking about their lack of job opportunities, 24-year-old Josh Magidson is feeling pretty smug. After all, Londoner Josh has just sold the website he set up at university to the e-commerce giant Just Eat for �500,000.

Comment: "You can have cutting-edge techniques, but without nurses hospitals would not function"

Being a nurse is a great privilege. Nurses have always been able to help those who are sick or distressed, and giving care is rewarding in itself.Recent years have seen huge technological advances in drugs, surgical procedures and ways of managing conditions - and people can expect to live longer than ever before.

What to do if ... you lose your job

Like many people in the legal, City and financial industries, Lauren Kaye, 33, was made redundant last year. In her case, the news came in August and she has spent the time since working in a very different environment

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Teamwork is a skill you should acquire before you even look for a job

You're hired!: Why soft skills can help land that dream job

With employability skills the key to a first job, more courses are including them, says Steve McCormack

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