I won’t be unemployed. Will I?
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This document discusses youth unemployment rates globally and in the UK. It notes that youth unemployment is over 60% in Spain and Greece, 21.4% in the UK, and 9.3% in Southeast Asia. However, over 93% of young people in Southeast Asia work in low-skilled jobs. While the youth unemployment rate is lower in Southeast Asia, most jobs available to young people there are informal with no protections. In the UK, 600,000 graduates enter the workforce each year but graduate-level jobs may decline and starting salaries are expected to be lower. The document suggests that after leaving school, choices include apprenticeships, college, or university, and notes potential outcomes could be unemployment, a job well below
I won’t be unemployed. Will I?
- 1. Will I?
- 2. Objectives To consider the likelihood that you might be unemployed at some point in the years between leaving school and your 25th birthday. To compile a list of 5 skills that you might need to prove you have at interview To identify 3 key skills that most employers would require for most jobs
- 3. What % of Young People* are unemployed worldwide? Spain/Greece • Over 60% unemployed UK • 21.4% SE Asia • 9.3% *Young People are those aged 16-24
- 4. So SE Asia is the place to be? In SE Asia youth unemployment is only 9.3% BUT over 93% of young people work in low skilled jobs.
- 5. Low skilled jobs? “But numbers are not comparable. In Asia and the Pacific, an estimated 93% of all jobs available to young people are in the informal economy. Most young people are forced into jobs for which they are over qualified, with neither social protection nor wage- guarantee. They work in perilous conditions and in the worst of cases suffer from abuses ranging from discrimination to forced labour, trafficking and sex trade.” 16th Aug 2013
- 6. So what is the situation in the UK? 600.000 graduates join the workforce each year. However, the prospects for university leavers of securing a graduate-level job this year are less clear. Recent surveys suggest ...the overall number of jobs aimed at those with higher education qualifications will decline slightly. This year’s graduates may also face even lower starting salaries than their predecessors. 17th July 2013
- 7. The choices you have are:- Go straight from school to an apprenticeship Stay on to 6th form & do level 3 Go to University or a higher apprenticeship Leave school & go to college Do a level 2/3 course Look for a job/apprenticeship when you’re 18
- 8. So? Your choice COULD be:- End up in a job way below your skills Be unemployed Image courtesy of renjith krishnan at FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image courtesy of Ambro at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
- 9. Your Task Open up www.skillsexplorer.com Watch the 2 min introductory video if you've not used it before. Choose one of the jobs that’s recommended for you Write that job in your planner