Cakes, customers and confidence: What my first job taught me

“It was my first real taste of adulthood, of being a person beyond a classroom, family or group of friends.”

“Restoring opportunities and life chances to a generation who had them snatched away at exactly the wrong moment must be a political priority.” - Jessica Frank-Keyes

Do you remember your first job? Mine, in 2012-14, was at a bakery-slash-coffee shop, down the road from my school and sixth form. After an hour-long CV writing class in the library, where we…