By LIZ ALDERMAN
The New York Times - November 15, 2013
MADRID — Alba Méndez, a 24-year-old with a master’s degree in sociology,
sprang out of bed nervously one recent morning, carefully put on makeup
and styled her hair. Her thin hands trembled as she clutched her résumé
on her way out of the tiny room where a friend allows her to stay rent
free.
She had an interview that day for a job at a supermarket. It was nothing
like the kind of professional career she thought she would have after
finishing her education. But it was a rare flicker of opportunity after a
series of temporary positions, applications that went nowhere and
employers who increasingly demanded that young people work long, unpaid
stretches just to be considered for something permanent.
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