One million18 to 21's in UK are jobless (24Jan11)

An estimated one million 15 to 21 year olds are jobless in the UK, thanks in no small part to New / Old Labour putting them on the scrap heap because of the awful education they got.

Recorded from Sky News, 24 January 2011.

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• 24
• january
• 2011

[fx02zbn]

It's not because they lack experience, we all lack experience when we leave school. What they lack is a polish passport.

[kbdkbd99]

There is no shortage of *SKILLED* jobs in medicine, engineering, technology, IT, and high value added manufacturing.

Unfortunately, these 18-21yo don't have these skills that are necessary.

The reason for this is because many of these students go to university and study SHIT degrees like social care, media studies, mickey mouse studies etc.

Then they wonder why they can't get a job.

In africa, and india kids grab education with both hands, but here we have to bribe students with EMA.

[jonboda]

1 million ganja gardeners :D

[kbdkbd99]

@lukejedwards I understand entirely.

If my son came to me and said "Dad, what should I study" - I would tell him to study for the skills that society needs.

On the other hand, teachers and leftists will say "Follow your passion".

Every problem we face as a society can only be solved by technologists (doctors, engineers, scientists) etc.

Societies problems cannot be solved by idiots who have studied Mickey Mouse degrees.

Society needs technologists to solve problems and create solutions.

[lukejedwards]

@kbdkbd99 My point is, the average business seemingly doesn't care about how PR & media management could generate decent publicity for themselves, and local journalism is squeezed by low revenues, meaning that newspapers are short-staffed as it is and only can take on unpaid interns & volunteers, so what we're talking about here is a job shortage problem, not a problem with the integrity of the course, so don't you dare patronise me. Understand?

[lukejedwards]

@kbdkbd99 The reason media/marketing grads can't get work is not because the subject isn't valuable - it's because most businesses in non-metropolitan areas simply don't want to give up their time, money & resources to advertise themselves or cultivate a local media presence. Most would much rather knock up a boring business card on MS Publisher, create a tacky website or design a crap logo themselves rather than enlist professional help to market themselves effectively to the local press.

[lukejedwards]

@kbdkbd99 Oh, so society doesn't need journalists then? Or marketing comms experts? Or web designers? All of these are media-related professions.

[AnnoyedDragon]

@kbdkbd99 Thanks, hopefully this will help me with all those "must have experience" positions :)

[kbdkbd99]

@AnnoyedDragon - you took a volunteer job instead of lounging on the dole.

I respect you enormously. I genuinely hope you find work soon, you deserve it, and believe me - eventually an employer will see that you are motivated and hard working. It will happen.

[kbdkbd99]

@lukejedwards dude - what's so hard for you to understand.

Whether "mickey mouse" studies is a hard degree or not is irrelevant. You can study the most difficult degree in the world but if it is related to a skill or profession that society does not need - you will not get a job.

On the other hand I reject your assertion that these mickey mouse degrees are hard anynway.

You might consider it a human right to study a degree like "history of art" - but we need engineers and doctors. Understand?

[RockofEngland]

Why would employers spend time and effort training and investing in our youth, when it's so much easyier to steal workers from an other Country.

These youngster will always be known as Labours lost Generation