When 22-year-old Emily Chong graduated from University College London last year, she thought the job hunt would be simple. She had a first-class degree in history and a place on the dean’s list, an academic honour awarded to the top 5 per cent of a graduating class. “I was more confident than my peers,” she says. Since August she estimates she has applied for more than 100 positions across public relations, advertising and communications with no success. “For most of our lives we have been told ...