"Youth unemployment" refers to the situation where young people, typically between the ages of 15 and 24, are unable to find a job or are actively seeking employment but cannot secure one.
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«A disproportionate share of the high
youth unemployment rate is concentrated among youth aged 15 to 16,» the report observes.
The presidency yesterday identified policy inconsistency as the major cause
of youth unemployment in the country.
Additionally, entrepreneurship has the potential to be a viable alternative to
youth unemployment in the region.
Many young graduates around the world are doing the same,
with youth unemployment at home forcing them to seek a decent job and salary elsewhere.
But with our current
high youth unemployment, that's not always the case and many graduates are leaving school with high amounts of student loan debt and few job prospects.
In a bid to help
tackle youth unemployment, the government is being urged to bring back compulsory work experience for school children under the age of 16.
While more and more young people achieve higher education degrees,
youth unemployment continues to rise — so what are we going to do about it?
The
overall youth unemployment rate was 12 per cent, little changed from previous jobs reports, as more young people participated in the labour market.
And given the intensive media focus on the plight of today's young graduate and the growing
youth unemployment over the past few years, this omission is a glaring one.
But the solutions to
youth unemployment need to be considered properly, because ineffective measures are likely to cause more harm than good.
He noted that the government would depart from old ways of tackling the perennial problem
of youth unemployment.
The new system aims to help councils identify where they can improve,
reduce youth unemployment and ensure all young people are either earning or learning.
«We hit
record youth unemployment levels at the same time that financial support for college students has been removed, the cost of a university degree has trebled and the Future Jobs Fund has been axed.
The pair addressed the problem of
youth unemployment as they discussed the alternatives to what one Labour source called «failed Camerokozy economics».
«These fantastic results stand in stark contrast to some of the worst ever employment and training prospects for young people and the reality of
rising youth unemployment as a result of the Coalition Government's austerity programme.
The chancellor also said he would seek to end
youth unemployment by giving jobless 18 - to 21 - year - olds six months to find work or training before their jobseeker's allowance would be withdrawn.
The report, launched by social mobility tsar Alan Milburn, includes a call for the government to commit to
end youth unemployment by 2020, with greater provision of quality apprenticeships, and points out that the professions are set to expand dramatically.
Unemployment has risen to eight percent overall - with
youth unemployment at 18.3 % - but jobless claims have declined.
He indicated that it will be arbitrary to scrap age limits to pave way for younger ones, while the major challenge of
youth unemployment remains.
The initiative forms part of partnership between the YEA and Ghana Police Service on Community Safety and Security Innovation aimed at helping to
address youth unemployment in the country.
Today, a conservative think tank ran an ad against de Blasio in the New York Post, arguing that raising the minimum wage to $ 15 would make the city's «
youth unemployment crisis» worse.
Enohuean, now mother of five children, called on the Federal Government to tackle
youth unemployment from further being trafficked abroad for prostitution, adding that many of the girls become victims because of their quest for employment and better life outside the country.
Barry Sheerman asked what he should tell people on the doorstep who ask him why Lords reform got a mention,
where youth unemployment didn't.
That'll teach them One morning, opening the post, I came across a letter signed by three school children, who had written to my MP suggesting a way to
solve youth unemployment and bring growth back to the UK economy.
In a speech in London at the end of February, Hollande came back again and again to the challenge of
youth unemployment across the EU: «Youth is the priority for all progressives in Europe» he declared, «We need solidary between generations, a contract of the generations.»
Some had hoped that the summit's focus on growth and unemployment,
especially youth unemployment, meant the Europe's top politicians were finally recognising Europe's deepest problems — and might even take action.
The lawyer further argued that the real challenge former President and Mr. Mpiani sought to highlight with their proposal was the high rate of
youth unemployment which had not been tackled by successive governments.
With
youth unemployment hitting a record high and the total number of people out of work the highest since the Tories were last in office, the Public and Commercial Services union says the government must take urgent action to reverse the damage it is doing to our economy.
«The government's economic policies — spending cuts and tax rises that go too far too fast - have choked off growth and led to record levels of unemployment, with
youth unemployment soaring.»
Given current economic conditions around the globe,
including youth unemployment in Spain currently exceeding 50 percent, she is concerned about possible increases in suicidal behavior among youth.
When the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance dutifully looked into
youth unemployment last summer, it heard familiar tales of outrage and woe from university student groups and organized labour fretting about student debt, precarious work and temporary foreign workers.
The Office of National Statistics figures also
showed youth unemployment at the highest level since records began, with 1.027 million young people out of work.
Questions - electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment
Quoting a United Nations report, Dangote
said youth unemployment rose to 42 per cent in 2016, with many graduates combing the streets in search of often - elusive white - collar jobs.
*** So, to sum up, I hope I've given you a sense of our approach: we started with the Work Programme; we introduced the Youth Contract; now we're homing in on
youth unemployment hot spots; action that is targeted; urgent; always looking to do more; Government working hardest for the places that have been hardest hit.
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