Ah Stig... A fellow YOP sufferer... did you get a proper job out of yours? I've never met anyone yet who did.. and I worked for an Employment Training Manager!

For those who don't know or have blotted from their minds - YOP was the Youth Opportunities Programme. 16-18yr olds were given 6 months in a job placement for £25 per week. The idea was that you had 6 months work experience with a 'real' employer who taught you the basics of the job and hopefully got a proper job at the end of it. It was not popular (£25 per week just covered my rent) and many employers saw it as a cheap way to get labour - they didn't pay anything. It was succeeded by other schemes, Employment Training and so on... all the same scheme with just the name changed.

LTS