Youth and Employment

[hekatea]

Hi Guys,
I just want to ask your opinion and feelings about the growing number of unemployed youth. This, I mean, the ones who graduated from college and have already received a degree.

I don't know if that's a big problem in other countries but in my country, it's a serious problem. Works are almost limited to "call centers" and blue collar jobs.

On the other hand, those children and youth employed in the third world countries are always abused and maltreated. Some of them are into labour and sex work.

How do you think we can contribute to have this solved?

thanks

[harisstavr]

Unfortunately graduated youths don't find a job, because the governments don't really care about that. They don't help people open a shop for example or don't hire youths! In my country, unfortunately there are many youths who graduate and don;t find a job and go to work in cafeterias and so on and they can't work as specialists in one subject. You can meet people who have master degrees and don't work in a company or don't have their one place to work. That's tragic

[danafrasz]

Youth Employment is definitely a problem. I found this competition that is address this and many other issues related to youth at risk:

Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation

Ashoka's Changemakers and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are hosting a global competition to find the most innovative approaches to supporting young men at risk between the ages of 15-25, in realizing their great potential and reaching a successful and healthy adulthood. Young men today suffer from the societal ills of gangs, addiction, crime, violence, accidental deaths, and increasingly, mental health problems.

“Young Men at Risk: Transforming the Power of a Generation” seeks to collect groundbreaking approaches to addressing these challenges and to sponsor informed debate and comment on work being done to help young men thrive. The competition will award funding for the most innovative work in fields from music to mental health to support the expansion of their impact on a generation of young men.

Enter Now to January 23, 2008 - www.changemakers.net/competition/men

[ari4president]

I think your correct. The age should also be hired because most of the kids thats selling drugs are tying to make living off of that when they could be working correctly and this could make a huge in pack on kids where I live. More people should be hired as in not just young teens but the ones who don't really have that type of life style where there parents are not willing to help out for there needs. I know this year I'm starting work but I'm not just doing it for me I'm doin it to help out my parents.

Thanks

[travisboddie]

My advice is just look for assistance. In particular to my city all students are provided with Job whether it be in the world or a program we have called Youth @ Works where you work in a variety of places such as Government, Food Service, Camps, and much more.

[travisboddie]

Currrently I am an Athletic Offical, I am incharge of manganing summer rules and schedule for next year

[Zach]

What would be great is for people who are unemployed to do volunteer work! Many agencies need so many volunteers, and sometimes don't get enough! It would give them something to do, and help out the community in so many ways.

[travisboddie]

While that is a good Ideal Zach many teens are not into volunteering or don't understand the value of giving back to the community. With that beinbg said it sad that when kids volunteer it has to be a reason whether it required by your school or because the judge orders you. It is therefore, that teen must consider the experience the obtain from volunteering can be considered there qualifications for jobs that the apply for in the future.

[Zach]

Yeah! This summer, I've been working at a Volunteer Center here in my town. I basically transfer teens to agencies who need their help. Some days I don't even have any to do!!

[folo]

I felt very sorry those who have graduated and still unemployed as mentioned maybe because reason sometimes known or unknown to us.

It is however, wise to be cautioned here that situations in every countries varies. For example in my country (Solomon Islands, a so called third world country which i barely believed) have a very high unemployment rate. Young people returned from garduation and still searching for job and sadly job never comes.

I saw in my own country that graduants are too PROUD and LASY to look for employment even if it is under their noise.

Employment opportunities are there and will always be there.The unemployed must get out of the decept that after graduation one will have a very good job with a very good paypack because that not the case most often these days. Employment can mean staying at the lowest level in a company and through one's competence and smartness the dream position in the company can be accured.

Further to this is the education system that we adopted worldwide. The system that says 1+1=2 and any other answer will be emphatically wrong. This has brought mindsets that stays on with the students most often for life unless the student do some unlearning and do relearning. For example, in marriage where a man is married to a woman they SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH and not TWO. So it's 1+1=1 not 2. So in life one plus one will not always be two (so chaeck the system)

Graduants always thought that being specialised in a particular field should qualify one for life and employment but sadly in a real world they realised that it's not. I prefer that a system can be made to help students to be generalists and not specialists. This help if one door of employment is closed one can use the other door because one knows that field too.

So my point is this, firstly, graduants must humble themselves and start somewhere in employment and work their way up. Secondly, our system of education must be changed to cater for the real world and lastly student mutiple fields of studies and not one particular field only because life may demand a change of employment.

[ViCtoria*]

Hi folo, thanks for sharing your thoughts on this issue! I agree with what you are saying: graduates should start somewhere and work their way to success, whatever this is for each of them. I suppose at my college people have this attitude because we are given the impression that we will always get a job just for being at this college (it's one of the top three in Peru). However, the issue would be different if they went abroad...

The truth about Humanities-centered careers is that they are "general", as you seem to hope most careers are. We do not specify in a particular subject because, frankly speaking, these careers all come from the same mold. A research psychologist could be replaced by an anthropologist if it were necessary and so on. Consequently, what you are saying may not be so faraway from reality .

[waed89]

Aug 2, 2008 21:47:09 GMT -6 Zach said:

What would be great is for people who are unemployed to do volunteer work! Many agencies need so many volunteers, and sometimes don't get enough! It would give them something to do, and help out the community in so many ways.

Volunteering would be a great idea if the person is able to manage without a job but those who actually complain about not finding a job after graduation are those who are in need of money .

[alden1982]

Apr 17, 2007 9:07:50 GMT -6 hekatea said:

Hi Guys,
I just want to ask your opinion and feelings about the growing number of unemployed youth. This, I mean, the ones who graduated from college and have already received a degree.

I don't know if that's a big problem in other countries but in my country, it's a serious problem. Works are almost limited to "call centers" and blue collar jobs.

On the other hand, those children and youth employed in the third world countries are always abused and maltreated. Some of them are into labour and sex work.

How do you think we can contribute to have this solved?

thanks

[alden1982]

Hi Guys,

It is almost safe to say that every nation on the face of the earth has it's fair share of unemployment, especially developing countries like the one I am from and the reasons for that, one must acknowledge are unlimited.

In my country, Belize C.A., the unemployment rate is incredible, especially as it relates to per ca pita. We all try to achieve the best level of education as we possible can, with the aim of bettering off our life in the future to come, however history will assure you that only the fittest of the fittest survive. Many people with a high level of education in Belize either have to seek education in foreign land, that is to make the amount of money they deserve for their qualification or work in a field outside their interest and obtaining a salary far less than what they are worth.

There is an expression often times used in our country as it relates to the business environment, "It's not what you know but who you know." This is so true, many graduates who toiled through College and beyond, after graduation either find a job below their caliber or keep on seeking employment that will never become reality, while on the other side, average graduates who barely make they way through college or universities are well paid and in the best of positions. Not to mention females are at a better advantage of obtaining a job than males.

On the other hand, the lack of resources plays a vital role in our nation's unemployment rate.

Another common cause of unemployment would be your political party is not in government. Many hiring in our country are politically motivated and government choose their public officers by way of loyalty to their party than oppose to competence.

Education should be the key to breaking the cycle of poverty as well as the key to success, however, how can one achieve both without offered an opportunity in the business world. It's a question I ask myself daily, hopefully one day I'll get the answers I'm seeking.

Peace out!!!

[joechikwadze]

industrial automation in first world countries, little or no industrialisation in underdeveloped countries. throw youth onto the street

[anoruouche]

i think the government is not trying to help the plight of this graduate.seeing a graduate spent years in school coming out with a degree certificate runing around looking for job.that is not the way it should be.there are people in the government offices who are over due for retirement but they are still in the office contributing nothing to development of the country some even retire by replacing their position with their children or relatives...well my kind advice to my fellow youths and graduates is to be self employed after school no matter how small it is this will aid you to stay out from been idle and from joining group of bad people who think they can make it by robbery or other negative means.government,private firms am making special appeal to you all to look into the affairs of the youths, they are the future leaders of tommorow.

[hallynuhu]

i think my country Nigeria is worse than other places,cos its crazy we just go to school read what we desire and end up working where we do not have knowledge off what the job is all about.Because of lack off jobs there is no graduate you speak to that has a choice what ever is thrown our way we take.u see doctors working in an Engineering firm,teachers as farmers,nurses as teachers ,so on it goes.African leaders have no sense of shame and i feel they are not really vast in gorverance till date ,they just fight to become head of states without having any real manifesto to help and push their nation forward.