Nearly 1m young people out of work

It is nearly impossible for kids to work under 16these days...I think this is a huge factor. They don't get to learn work ethics and get experience until they leave education then no one wants them as they have zero experience and they are just as costly as anyone else. I think having a Saturday job is a great opportunity and experience and would give many the drive and experience they need

It's down to their parents to support them then?

What if they can't?

School leavers signing on will be a by product of their parents child benefit ending. Id expect their parents need them to replace that income to sustain their own expenses.
Its not easy finding a job as a school leaver if you dont know how to find one and how to sell yourself in front of potential bossed. Yp need support into work and one way to do that, is sign on, visit the jobcentre and access support and advice.

Maybe it was just my school then, but they did a good job.

Our parish council been running sessions for unemployed local youngsters, looking at training, employment and skills. Most of these kids seem to have had no guidance, no support and have little idea of what is out there.

We're doing well at finding part time jobs and training places, but it takes individual attention to detail and local knowledge.

Ai is replacing so many jobs. In ten years time we will all be on universal income I suspect as very few will be in the workplace

Hopefully a higher min wage will help today's young people to do the same.

Would you deny top up benefits to those in work?

For this age group, yes.

Most still live at home with parents.

It actually really has angered me hearing what is being said about young people on here.
Far from being the lazy,skiving, ambitionless characters being portrayed here, I've seen huge resilience, discipline and determination.
It's been a really tough time for young adults, with covid, the cost of living rises hitting their parents ability to help out, the terrible job market, the housing crisis, wars and genocide, background talk of war and conscription, lack of driving tests if they are able to learn to drive, a collapsing NHS, the rise of the far right, the stifling of protest, the criminality of so many rich and powerful, the climate being systematically destroyed, and on and on.
Don't ask what they're doing for themselves.
Ask how badly they've been let down.

I'm confused though, how will it help if young people earn less and also can't get benefits? Where are they meant to live? What are they meant to eat? Surely young people earning more is the key to getting them off benefits.

I can agree with this - as per my previous, we certainly don't get many applicants!

Iirc business death rate exceeded business birth rates last couple of years.
Loses of starter jobs in retail in hospitality.
This just had to come

I have reasons that I can’t go into here that mean they absolutely cannot be spending 35 hours a week job hunting.

Not having gcse maths and English is stopping young people progressing onto many otherwise suitable courses. This needs to be looked at imo . The curriculum fails so many kids. Its too academic

One of the conditions of receiving Universal Credit when you haven’t got a job is usually to spent 35 hours a week looking for a job. The claimant will have to show the Job Centre their CV, job applications made etc

With the best will in the world even those with expensive placements and an array of therapies rarely ‘get better’.

This is another thing that is different from when I was young. He tried handing his CV into shops etc but lots don't want to take them because it is a pain in the arse as regards to gdpr. As data handlers they have responsibilities with regards to document retention and traceability and lots just don't want the hassle. When they want staff they can advertise and get 50 applicants straight away, there is no need for them to hold onto people's data unnecessarily and take on all of the responsibilities that come along with that.

I don’t say the reasons had to be changed though.

These young people were locked inside at a point in their lives when they should have been developing and learning socialisation and separating from their parents.

Has their been any help or support for the Covid generation? What do people expect and instead just blame them.

We’ve spent a fortune getting our ddback
on track. It’s been so hard for us and her. She was lucky we could afford it.

Di we just write our young troubled people off with no help? Or do we just kick them off benefits and leave them to starve?

My lived experience as an employer has been frustrating. We offer an entry level position semi regularly - STEM field, no degree needed, open to age 18+ (if you have a degree also fine and it is likely to help you progress quicker). It pays national living wage (NOT minimum wage) based on a 38hr week but there are some unsociable hours. Benefits are very good (all well above stat minimums) and there is a bonus scheme.

We get so few applicants for the job. And the applicants we do get usually cite that the unsociable hours (i.e. a mix of day and night work, although it's predominantly day work) is the reason they don't want to do it.

I suspect that it's also because pay starts at NLW - However given that this is a position for 18+ with no degree required, in a STEM field, with a quite quick rise in salary as you gain experience - I am continually more and more surprised that we find it so hard to get people willing to work at the career and learn on the job - particularly given the statistic that so many young people are out of work.

It really has made me feel like (some) young people just don't want to work.

Because the reasons can’t be changed and society has to carry on regardless. If the human race flopped onto the sofa and refused to get up again every time the going got rough, none of us would be here. We would be extinct.

Because you didn’t have a child or affected.

It affected my dd seriously. When we were getting her EHCP the ed pysch said his caseload was bursting with kids who couldn’t go back to school. We managed to get our dd back on track even though she was later diagnosed ND.

But we could afford to support and help her.

Why not look at the reasons why instead of blaming them?

Has he tried cleaning, care homes, dropped into local pubs and smaller shops with his CV and so on?

A few local boys posted on Facebook offering people lawn mowing, window cleaning, clearing garden waste etc and were inundated with requests. Worth a try?

I have an 18year old. He is still in school right now but has been trying desperately to get a job for a long time now. He applies for everything. Rarely even gets an interview and the ones he gets are AI interviews. He has some work working events as a steward but it is very patchy this month he could only get 8 hours. He wants to work, is a very hard working student, would love to have his own money but it's just not happening no matter how hard he tries. It's incredibly frustrating for him and me too.

Comparing what it was like when I was 18 vs now is like apples and oranges. That's both on the job front and when it comes to the costs involved in moving out. It's really tough out there now.

This.

I am scared for some of them. I know 5 perfectly bright and able students aged 12/13 who stopped going to school during Covid and haven’t restarted. No gcse no a levels no qualifications and claiming benefits. 3 of them have now got their own flats - I don’t know how but they have and they don’t work. I don’t get it.

When you live at mum and dad’s it doesn’t really matter, it’s just pocket money.

I feel hugely sorry for young people - the social contract is completely broken.