Help! - Nowhere man - I'm only sleeping - I want to hold your hand - 8 days a week - Hey Jude - and of course Yesterday!
I agree with all John - just commented similar on S Nixon's - Germany has always had its 2 tiered system - academic v vocational training. Gen Z - as I've said before I think a combination of things - technology definitely, 'over-protection'- not building resilience at school or home thanks to suffocating laws - maybe a safer environment, but you don't 'teach' resilience, you learn it the hard way! Parental/Societal pressures lessening crucial parental time and a fundamental shift in values ( especially from across the pond!) to name but a few...maybe even stuff in foods etc. But...something has to change!
One of my nephews is in a similar situation (with ASD). Out of work for ages, despite having a first class degree, and is now working p/t in the food industry on minimum wage. He’s 30, so no longer classed as a NEET, but still stuck. So tough to find a route into a career that might offer more prospects.
Thanks Wendy. Yes, stuck is the right word. To be fair employers are better these days at making allowances for ASD employees, but on the downside I’d say jobs these days often require attributes that ASD people often lack - eg social skills and versatility/ability to cope with an unpredictable workload/work pattern.
Good luck to your nephew I hope he can find a job that makes use of his talents.
Could it be Magic? I think that’s a Take That song. Great piece by the Goat. Although I must say it’s left me feeling a bit down. I wonder whether companies could be encouraged to offer more apprenticeships without having to pay a minimum wage - maybe they could pay a bit less and the deemed balance / difference to the minimum wage could be set off against student debt. It’s a worrying time for youngsters. This development will no doubt attract a lot of traction in years to come - the benefits system definitely needs revisiting. But it feels like that’s been a running theme for years. Governments seem incapable of doing anything about it. Maybe if youngsters cannot get jobs they could be incentivised to start their own business instead.
Thanks Matt. Apart from the more long term structural changes needed there’s a lot they can try that would have more immediate effects, starting with more apprenticeships and perhaps incentivising/putting pressure on employers to take on young employees. But it needs bold action, which this government talks about constantly but rarely takes.
The Long & Winding Road
Help! - Nowhere man - I'm only sleeping - I want to hold your hand - 8 days a week - Hey Jude - and of course Yesterday!
I agree with all John - just commented similar on S Nixon's - Germany has always had its 2 tiered system - academic v vocational training. Gen Z - as I've said before I think a combination of things - technology definitely, 'over-protection'- not building resilience at school or home thanks to suffocating laws - maybe a safer environment, but you don't 'teach' resilience, you learn it the hard way! Parental/Societal pressures lessening crucial parental time and a fundamental shift in values ( especially from across the pond!) to name but a few...maybe even stuff in foods etc. But...something has to change!
We can work it out
Hard days night...?
Yellow submarine
Ha ha! ‘You know my name, look up the number’
My favourite Beatles song is Yesterday … 😊
One of my nephews is in a similar situation (with ASD). Out of work for ages, despite having a first class degree, and is now working p/t in the food industry on minimum wage. He’s 30, so no longer classed as a NEET, but still stuck. So tough to find a route into a career that might offer more prospects.
Thanks Wendy. Yes, stuck is the right word. To be fair employers are better these days at making allowances for ASD employees, but on the downside I’d say jobs these days often require attributes that ASD people often lack - eg social skills and versatility/ability to cope with an unpredictable workload/work pattern.
Good luck to your nephew I hope he can find a job that makes use of his talents.
good one Peter, very obscure!
Could it be Magic? I think that’s a Take That song. Great piece by the Goat. Although I must say it’s left me feeling a bit down. I wonder whether companies could be encouraged to offer more apprenticeships without having to pay a minimum wage - maybe they could pay a bit less and the deemed balance / difference to the minimum wage could be set off against student debt. It’s a worrying time for youngsters. This development will no doubt attract a lot of traction in years to come - the benefits system definitely needs revisiting. But it feels like that’s been a running theme for years. Governments seem incapable of doing anything about it. Maybe if youngsters cannot get jobs they could be incentivised to start their own business instead.
Thanks Matt. Apart from the more long term structural changes needed there’s a lot they can try that would have more immediate effects, starting with more apprenticeships and perhaps incentivising/putting pressure on employers to take on young employees. But it needs bold action, which this government talks about constantly but rarely takes.