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Itâs a hot summer morning and Semir Imam is sitting in a Fitzroy cafe counting off on his fingers all the retailers heâs applied to work for. Aldi, Coles and Myer are among them.
He seldom hears back.
âI have applied for a lot of jobs,â says the 22-year-old with a wry smile.
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Victoriaâs youth unemployment rate stood at 14.8 per cent last month â a percentage point higher than the rest of the nation. At its worst in November, one in five of those aged 18 to 24 in Melbourne were without a job, while in the cityâs west that figure soared to 35.4 per cent.
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