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Back to school: Slim pickings in the job market are sending many young people back to the classroom
Back to school: Slim pickings in the job market are sending many young people back to the classroom

Back to school: Slim pickings in the job market are sending many young people back to the classroom

Date2/8/1991
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back to school: Slim pickings in the job market are sending many young people back to the classroom.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018558F
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5/1/1970
re Hoaxed by a man jobs on a ranch near unemployed young men sat around Bay St
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10/19/1977
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Sorry - no jobs here: With high technology destroying jobs instead of creting them, workers face problems
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8/4/1988
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