Cait Reilly, 22 ? who left Birmingham University in July 2010 ? was told to do two weeks unpaid work at the city's bargain store or lose her ?52-a-week Jobseeker's Allowance.
The scheme aims to help find jobs for the long-term unemployed.
But Cait's lawyer Jim Duffy claimed the former student was made to carry out "forced labour" which breached her Human Rights.
He added: "This Government has created a complex array of schemes that allow Job Centres to force people into futile, unpaid labour for weeks or months at a time."
Yesterday Cait asked the High Court for a judicial review to quash regulations that mean the long-term jobless can be made to do up to six months of unpaid work.
The former geology student ? who has done some volunteer work at museums since graduating ? said: "They are forcing people to do jobs that are in no way related to what they want to do and giving them no experience for their careers."
The Department for Work and Pensions insisted last night: "Our priority is to help get people off benefits and into work."
Poundland said: "Our partnership with JobCentre Plus is a positive step to get people back into work."
g.oshea@the-sun.co.uk
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