Cadetships nowadays are almost always self funded. $100-150K? Employers demand a return of service for this “Golden Opportunity”, typically 5-7 years. In return, the “Contract” usually guarantees a job at the end, subject to achieving the required standards of course.
In a massive downturn such as this, redundancies are the order of the day and most industrial agreements specify in the reverse order of seniority.
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