OECD warns on the growing problem of youth unemployment
The OECD is calling for urgent action amongst the richest 34 countries on youth unemployment. The OECD warns that more action is needed to create jobs for young people and to avoid large parts of a...
View ArticleKeep champagne on ice as youth joblessness is a worry
WE ARE not planning on breaking out the champagne. But neither should we too easily dismiss the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which tell us that unemployment has continued to...
View ArticleEconomic crisis boosts UK youth self-employment
The number of young self-employed workers in the UK has risen by more than 70,000 since the economic crisis of 2008. With youth unemployment at record levels in some parts of Europe, many young people...
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America’s 10 Million Unemployed Youth Spell Danger for Future Economic Growth
Young Americans today are confronted by an unemployment crisis unlike any we have seen in recent times. To say that these Americans are having a difficult time entering today’s labour market is an...
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Job market slowly improves, but it remains tough for young adults
For many young people who tossed their graduation caps into the air this spring, the modestly positive jobs report for May did little to improve their employment hopes. U.S. job market in May175,000:...
View ArticleFRAMEWORK OF ACTIONS ON YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL DIALOGUE PROVIDES SOLUTIONS TO REDUCE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT Press release At a press conference, on 11 June 2013, ETUC, BUSINESSEUROPE, UEAPME and CEEP presented their Framework of Actions on...
View ArticleDigital Storytelling Drives Social Change
One of the nation’s leading non-profits for spoken word education and youth development is taking its unique prescription for social change to the web. Youth Speaks, in partnership with the Center for...
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University report says young people from overseas are taking jobs from...
Young people from overseas are arriving in Australia in unprecedented numbers and have sparked claims that they are taking jobs from young Australians. A new study by Monash University says that the...
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Former homeless teenager from Darwen wins national learning award
Ashley with his bronze, silver and gold certificates A TEENAGER who found himself homeless has turned his life around and become the only person to strike gold with a prestigious national learning...
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Young people celebrate gaining vital skills
A group of unemployed young people have gained skills and experience and have put them to use event to mark the one-year anniversary of a successful project aimed at tackling negative youth...
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90 UK businesses make small changes to take big action on unemployment
Business in the Community and Jobcentre Plus join forces to help businesses recruit unemployed talent 90 UK businesses make 25,000 jobs available to unemployed people Business in the Community (BITC),...
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The Coalition has failed the young – but a tax cut from George Osborne could...
These are likely to be the lost generation. Long spells without work leave scars. The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.6 per cent this month, much to my surprise. It’s down from 7.9 per cent when...
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14 ways to foster youth enterprise
From making sure mentors have the appropriate skills, to recognising the value of partnerships, our panel shares insights on using entrepreneurship to tackle youth unemployment Claudia Pompa from ODI...
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Britain will pay for many decades unless our youth unemployment problem is...
“There are over one million young unemployed in this country and they are becoming totally demoralised by the job market. They have to be given confidence in the training and apprenticeships we can...
View ArticleTwitter and other social media become classroom tools
Teenagers using social media is nothing new. But in-class use of sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube traditionally have been discouraged in most K-12 schools, seen as a distraction from real...
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Young jobless adults who refuse to do community work could lose benefits
Chancellor says unemployed people aged 18 to 21 will lose their social security payments if they don’t turn up to training, work experience or community placements During his speech to the House of...
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Newcastle accountant backs young apprentices
Graham Purvis, partner at Robson Laidler in Newcastle, started his own career with the firm on a Youth Training Scheme (YTS) at just 16 A partner with a city-based accountancy firm is advising...
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