Unemployed young

Do ALL the young persons claiming unemployment benefits really want to be in employment? On television just now a hotel manager from Bradford,which has a very high youth unemployment rate,was told that 3 persons would be turning up for his advertised vacancy for an apprentice chef .Not one of them turned up for an interview. Reminds me of a story a friend of mine told me,a few years ago,when he needed a parts delivery driver for his Ford dealership.He told the local Job Centre of his vacancy,and they rung to inform him that 8 people would be coming for interviews,and you guess correctly not one turned up.So he rings them,and they make an appointment to send a guy for an interview.The guy turns up,complained about the 8.30am start time,and when asked about why he left his previous driving job,he said his last boss,gave him an order he did not like so "I smacked him in the face" and got sacked.Thank you very much your no good to us either !

When you have welfare as good as certain countries have, the young have no motivation for "dirty" jobs and are probably expecting a nice manager position at once. That is why generous welfare payments need to be dumped at once.

I look after students, who are supposed to be in training during their degrees to become professional Engineers. The number of times that they turn up late for meetings and don't either a) give me advanced warning of their lateness, or b) just don't turn up and don't apologise for their absence, is frightening.

It's not the same as being unemployed and not turning up for a job interview of course, but it implies that there is some form of cultural problem with a younger generation and being responsible for one's own conduct.

Unless something has changed since I was last unemployed if you don't turn up for an interview the job centre has sent you on then you lose your benefits.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

When you have welfare as good as certain countries have, the young have no motivation for "dirty" jobs and are probably expecting a nice manager position at once. That is why generous welfare payments need to be dumped at once.

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I don't think that's the problem — the benefits system is a nightmare to negotiate, and if these people are as lazy as they are made out to be, I don't see how they could summon up the energy to make the effort. Rather, if there is a problem, it is with the individual.

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Originally Posted by Andrewmcm

I look after students, who are supposed to be in training during their degrees to become professional Engineers. The number of times that they turn up late for meetings and don't either a) give me advanced warning of their lateness, or b) just don't turn up and don't apologise for their absence, is frightening.

It's not the same as being unemployed and not turning up for a job interview of course, but it implies that there is some form of cultural problem with a younger generation and being responsible for one's own conduct.

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The same is true in medicine, students just aren't willing to put in the same hours as before and end up on the wards even more inexperienced than they used to be.

Its difficult to tell though whether this is the product of a generational cultural difference or because changes in the training and education system let them 'get away with it'.

Can we have a thread for the employed young? I've been employed since the age of 16 and had time to do college and university.

Me too Been self employed for 50 years,,and now at 70,I find it hard to stop working,so still do a few hours a week otherwise I get bored.How do these people ,who dont work stop the boredom?Because if you are working,and enjoy your work,then you are happy !

No one wants to get their hands dirty or work for their money anymore, especially the youth of today. Everyone wants wants wants but they don't want to earn earn earn it!

Case in point...I was interviewing potential staff for several sales positions in my company and 90% of respondants wanted massive salaries, perks, company cars, no overtime work etc etc that were unrealistic. Now I pay very well and offer bonuses for targets met, but you have to earn it, not demand it, and especially when you are 21 years old and just starting out.

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Originally Posted by Brown, Jon Brow

Can we have a thread for the employed young? I've been employed since the age of 16 and had time to do college and university.

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Ditto.

I started mopping floors, as a part time job, in a hospital cafeteria when I was 16. I continued this throughout most of my uni days. I graduated top 3 in my class, got a job and have never been unemployed, even throughout the difficult economic times.
I still have my original government-issued Social Insurance card (SSN to some) issued to me when I was 16.

But I still don't have a company car :( :p :