Why Youth Unemployment Remains High In Many Countries

[GeorgeJohn]

This question should be directed to the African Nations. And in my own understanding it is because of the greediness and corrupt nature of the leaders because a good leader knows when to provide jobs for it citizens.

Not only in africa nation we have experience unemployment, some countries experience unemployment, if it's well with other continent why is that economy inflation is also affecting some of the other countries...they're people who choose not to work, in south africa, theirs employment opportunity but some of her citizens choose not to work
 

If the population increase, as a leader, you can also expand the industries to accommodate the work force. Africa has a lot of things to do but here is no industry to work. And those are some of the reasons unemployment is very high. The money that supposed used to establish work for the people is siphon by the politicians.

In good country their's a lot industries were people we work, it's not only governments that provide employment opportunities in a country,  a private sector also provides employment opportunities, that's why in some countries governments empower some entrepreneurs to establish more, so that they will absorb some individuals into their companies and also help to reduce the rate of unemployment in the society.

[HelliumZ]

One of the main reasons for the increase in unemployment in my country is the crisis in the job sector, especially with the increase in population, it is not possible to increase the number of jobs. Moreover, in our country, an educated population is constantly emerging, but every year it is not possible to provide jobs to that educated population, so the unemployment problem has only been increasing for years. Moreover, another major problem in my country is that due to political instability and political nepotism, only one class of people has special benefits, while the common people remain in the problem of unemployment. Moreover, the government cannot take any alternative measures for jobs due to the pressure of excessive population growth, as a result of which the problem of unemployment increases geometrically every year.

[bubilas]

 Education is outdated
Colleges teach old books, but companies now want AI, digital marketing, and practical skills.
So degree alone is not enough to get a job now.

 Companies want experience
They only hire people who already worked before.
But freshers can’t get experience if no one gives them a first chance.

Freshers cost more time
Training a new person takes time and a senior’s help.
That’s why bosses prefer a 30+ person who can start work at once.

Jobs are in big cities
Most good offices and IT firms are in known cities.
If you live in a small town, you have to move or stay jobless.

References matter a lot
Many jobs are given through known people, not CVs.
If you don’t know someone inside, your CV often gets ignored.
You are welcomed if you want to add more..

Now, young people who have become young professionals face even more problems. This is all because of the advent of AI, which often leads to layoffs even among experienced employees, not to mention young newcomers. When I worked at a company, we were especially prone to layoffs among young, unmarried guys. The HR department's logic was this: if a guy doesn't have a family, he has no obligations. And since he's young, he'll find a new job very easily. After all, he's full of energy.

[imthegreat]

The HR department's logic was this: if a guy doesn't have a family, he has no obligations. And since he's young, he'll find a new job very easily. After all, he's full of energy.

Well, that's very strange logic on their part, because young people need to gain experience. They have new, fresh perspectives and are up-to-date on the latest innovations thanks to university. In my opinion, the older workers should be the first to be laid off, because they often just whine and complain about what they do at work. I know of examples of older workers working remotely, where they didn't even work, just moving the mouse to keep the screen from locking. And yet, they were earning twice as much as any young worker sitting in the office.

[junder]

AI did killed some jobs but in return it created more jobs, and these jobs aren't all about you having degrees, even if you are from a small town it doesn't matter.

For example, people around the world are getting paid for test running AI agents, because AI itself can't test run AI agents, so humans are needed to carry out this operation which out he door for many people online.

Outliers is a good example of such platform where you can get paid every hour testing AI agents, it's not the end if you can't find jobs in your small town, there are online jobs too.

Online jobs are indeed quite crowded for now because indeed this growing technology makes many things easy to do including work, but even so there are still jobs that AI will not be able to do. We have to admit that the development of technology today is really visible and has a big impact but on the other hand we do not completely eliminate the fact that not all jobs can be done by AI.

[Somegory]

 Education is outdated
Colleges teach old books, but companies now want AI, digital marketing, and practical skills.
So degree alone is not enough to get a job now.

 Companies want experience
They only hire people who already worked before.
But freshers can’t get experience if no one gives them a first chance.

Freshers cost more time
Training a new person takes time and a senior’s help.
That’s why bosses prefer a 30+ person who can start work at once.

Jobs are in big cities
Most good offices and IT firms are in known cities.
If you live in a small town, you have to move or stay jobless.

References matter a lot
Many jobs are given through known people, not CVs.
If you don’t know someone inside, your CV often gets ignored.
You are welcomed if you want to add more..

Education will never get outdated, never.
You are judging based on your country's situation, I understand.
Don't forget that not all countries are same.

AI and digital skills is not the only jobs in the world, listen to yourself.
You got it all wrong, schools produces doctors and lawyers, you can't become a doctor by learning from AI.
Can you? Try operating on a dying patient and let's see.

Companies experience, so is hospitals and court rooms, they want satisfied Nurses and Doctors too.
Every jobs has different target audiences, AI is a thing today and there are so many jobs that don't need AI too.
All you have to do is think deeply.

Many jobs are given through known people in your own country, some jobs are given to professionals only.
Be good at what you do so much that you can't be replaced easily.
Or just be the boss of yourself so that you won't get passed around.

[bakasabo]

It is clear that we are going to see a lot more of this problems to continue, we should realize that jobs are not as many as our population.

From what I observe there are jobs, but people dont want to apply for them. Problem is not in lack of job, but in no wish to work hard for little money. Or some people does not find profession attractive because it is not prestige. I am sure that positions of garbage cleaners, janitors, or any job that is connected with dirt, work outside at any weather are always available. There are not as many positions in cozy office with free coffee behind PC with large salary and zero duties as people want.

There is no doubt about that, but you can't expect someone to complete their higher education to start their career working as a garbage cleaner, can you? Put yourself in that place, and think again.

You have spent so many years of your life completing your education only with the hope and dream to finally land a good job and have a good career, and you end up finding out that now when you are ready to get employed, there are no positions based on your level of education or abilities and if you want to earn a honest living, you will need to work as a janitor or a garbage cleaner to earn enough money for eating food two or three times a day and that's it. Would you like it? You won't, obviously.

So when we say that there is a lack of employment, we are not specifically talking about all sorts of employment opportunities because there will obviously be need for workers everywhere, but a lack of employment means that there aren't enough suitable jobs for people who deserve that kind of jobs. Youth unemployment is when the youth gains the necessary skills, but still end up getting no proper opportunities to use those skills and then end up doing stuff they shouldn't be doing but are compelled to do because they don't have a choice.

There is more to work than money. Not for somebody who prepared for a certain thing for years. It is your response to the question "so what do you do" that in most societies, is actually asking "what is your value". That is a harsh question to face when you are qualified but unemployed.

In this case, @bakasabo discusses it as if humans are interchangeable parts. So you could put an engineer in the cleaning job and it will be okay. However, humans are not like that. We accumulate direction. We make internal stories about who we become. The economy asks you to shrink the story of who you are becoming down to a job description. All of that was lost in the translation, and it would never be on a paycheck.

The problem with an entire generation who no longer believes that the deal was ever on the table. If you work hard, you will receive opportunity. That was the deal. Right?

But when opportunities are not created to match the number of graduates, you are not merely going to have unemployed people. You get disillusioned people. And, disillusionment, at scale, is the source of political instability, radicalization, whole demographics pulling out of the social contract. So why would you respect an agreement which was broken before you even arrived?

Situation is very simple with youth unemployment. If they are in need of money - they will accept any job. If they can allow themselves to wait for better job, for job in sector that they studied in university, then let them wait. I only want to tell that you cant live with expectation, you wont get fed by waiting. My suggestion to youth - before applying to university, do job market research. That will save you from spending time and money on education; from situation, when there are no vacancies or too many applicants for 1 vacancy.

[Fragrance1122]

It is clear that we are going to see a lot more of this problems to continue, we should realize that jobs are not as many as our population.

From what I observe there are jobs, but people dont want to apply for them. Problem is not in lack of job, but in no wish to work hard for little money. Or some people does not find profession attractive because it is not prestige. I am sure that positions of garbage cleaners, janitors, or any job that is connected with dirt, work outside at any weather are always available. There are not as many positions in cozy office with free coffee behind PC with large salary and zero duties as people want.

There is no doubt about that, but you can't expect someone to complete their higher education to start their career working as a garbage cleaner, can you? Put yourself in that place, and think again.

You have spent so many years of your life completing your education only with the hope and dream to finally land a good job and have a good career, and you end up finding out that now when you are ready to get employed, there are no positions based on your level of education or abilities and if you want to earn a honest living, you will need to work as a janitor or a garbage cleaner to earn enough money for eating food two or three times a day and that's it. Would you like it? You won't, obviously.

So when we say that there is a lack of employment, we are not specifically talking about all sorts of employment opportunities because there will obviously be need for workers everywhere, but a lack of employment means that there aren't enough suitable jobs for people who deserve that kind of jobs. Youth unemployment is when the youth gains the necessary skills, but still end up getting no proper opportunities to use those skills and then end up doing stuff they shouldn't be doing but are compelled to do because they don't have a choice.

There is more to work than money. Not for somebody who prepared for a certain thing for years. It is your response to the question "so what do you do" that in most societies, is actually asking "what is your value". That is a harsh question to face when you are qualified but unemployed.

In this case, @bakasabo discusses it as if humans are interchangeable parts. So you could put an engineer in the cleaning job and it will be okay. However, humans are not like that. We accumulate direction. We make internal stories about who we become. The economy asks you to shrink the story of who you are becoming down to a job description. All of that was lost in the translation, and it would never be on a paycheck.

The problem with an entire generation who no longer believes that the deal was ever on the table. If you work hard, you will receive opportunity. That was the deal. Right?

But when opportunities are not created to match the number of graduates, you are not merely going to have unemployed people. You get disillusioned people. And, disillusionment, at scale, is the source of political instability, radicalization, whole demographics pulling out of the social contract. So why would you respect an agreement which was broken before you even arrived?

Situation is very simple with youth unemployment. If they are in need of money - they will accept any job. If they can allow themselves to wait for better job, for job in sector that they studied in university, then let them wait. I only want to tell that you cant live with expectation, you wont get fed by waiting. My suggestion to youth - before applying to university, do job market research. That will save you from spending time and money on education; from situation, when there are no vacancies or too many applicants for 1 vacancy.

Indeed young people ought to search for their career and for that they must start from the bottom/corner and step by step they will go managerial level and then to corporate position. Youth have a different perspective now a days and they want to achieve everything through shortcuts which isn't that easy. Hard work is essential for achieving success.

[Hyphen(-)]

References matter a lot
Many jobs are given through known people, not CVs.
If you don’t know someone inside, your CV often gets ignored.
You are welcomed if you want to add more..

But no matter your network in this life about getting work, you will need the qualification to get hired. Even if you have AI skills and other skills that are needed in the global market, you will also need to go to school in order to understand everything better and work perfectly. And without that basic knowledge, you can’t understand how things work, therefore, even though school don’t use to pay like before, getting satisfied from collage is good and will help you in the future.

[DYOR+BTC]

Talking about youths employment in all countries first thing that comes to our mind is if the country has good leadership system or not as  good governance create room for all including youths employment.
Critically looking at the possible cause of unemployment in all countries you can tell it is basically because of bad and corrupt government,  any government with good qualities never fails to create employment opportunities while the corrupt once ends up converting everything because of greed.

[Fragrance1122]

References matter a lot
Many jobs are given through known people, not CVs.
If you don’t know someone inside, your CV often gets ignored.
You are welcomed if you want to add more..

But no matter your network in this life about getting work, you will need the qualification to get hired. Even if you have AI skills and other skills that are needed in the global market, you will also need to go to school in order to understand everything better and work perfectly. And without that basic knowledge, you can’t understand how things work, therefore, even though school don’t use to pay like before, getting satisfied from collage is good and will help you in the future.

Going to school is mandatory. But I am talking about references. If you are on merit list at the top but having no reference, you will get nothing in hands. Widen network and strong reference can make you eligible for any post everywhere even when you are not. That's the harsh reality.

Before only underdeveloped nations faced such problems but with exceed in population now the developed nations are also affected. Merits are just given on social media , the blackened has become very filthy.

[fruktik]

AI did killed some jobs but in return it created more jobs, and these jobs aren't all about you having degrees, even if you are from a small town it doesn't matter.

For example, people around the world are getting paid for test running AI agents, because AI itself can't test run AI agents, so humans are needed to carry out this operation which out he door for many people online.

Outliers is a good example of such platform where you can get paid every hour testing AI agents, it's not the end if you can't find jobs in your small town, there are online jobs too.

The current generation is choosing more advanced professions. Primarily, this means remote work. Why this particular option? It's all about mobility. You can work anytime and anywhere in the world. Sometimes, all you need is a mobile phone and internet access. I've personally seen quite a few people working from smartphones.

Furthermore, people really enjoy this type of employment. In my country, we even have a simplified tax system for the self-employed.

[Somegory]

AI did killed some jobs but in return it created more jobs, and these jobs aren't all about you having degrees, even if you are from a small town it doesn't matter.

For example, people around the world are getting paid for test running AI agents, because AI itself can't test run AI agents, so humans are needed to carry out this operation which out he door for many people online.

Outliers is a good example of such platform where you can get paid every hour testing AI agents, it's not the end if you can't find jobs in your small town, there are online jobs too.

The current generation is choosing more advanced professions. Primarily, this means remote work. Why this particular option? It's all about mobility. You can work anytime and anywhere in the world. Sometimes, all you need is a mobile phone and internet access. I've personally seen quite a few people working from smartphones.

Furthermore, people really enjoy this type of employment. In my country, we even have a simplified tax system for the self-employed.

This is true, in my country presently people are spending too much on transportation from their home to their work, and when month ends and they get paid the transportation bill just consume most of the salary before food.

It's looking more like remote jobs is better, even if the money isn't much it still makes sense because there is no need to move from one place to another every day, sacrificing alot of time for that one job where as remote job will take few hours of your time per day.

Which country we you talking about here that you are been taxed for been self-employed? There is no way I will pay tax on my own struggle when I am not working under a company, it's not happening over here.

[Mpamaegbu]

As someone who had sought employment in a government establishment in the past, I observed that one of the major factors contributing to youth unemployment is bureaucracy of the old order and of employees who've attained the age of retirement not wanting to leave so that fresh hands can come in. These employees keep doctoring and falsifying their age to still accommodate them in service. One of the reasons they gave for that was the negligence of government in paying them their retirement benefits and gratuities once they leave office. This is, sadly, true. There are lapses in that regard. Pensions don't come for most of them, if not all, once they leave and that scares them. They see leaving office as something not to look forward to unlike what happens in saner climes where employees look forward to their retirements. If those who are due for retirement don't leave, it becomes difficult to get fresh hands in.

[bakasabo]

As someone who had sought employment in a government establishment in the past, I observed that one of the major factors contributing to youth unemployment is bureaucracy of the old order and of employees who've attained the age of retirement not wanting to leave so that fresh hands can come in. These employees keep doctoring and falsifying their age to still accommodate them in service. One of the reasons they gave for that was the negligence of government in paying them their retirement benefits and gratuities once they leave office. This is, sadly, true. There are lapses in that regard. Pensions don't come for most of them, if not all, once they leave and that scares them. They see leaving office as something not to look forward to unlike what happens in saner climes where employees look forward to their retirements. If those who are due for retirement don't leave, it becomes difficult to get fresh hands in.

I really doubt that youth wish to take my position because 1) work is boring 2) high responsibility level 3) need to work extra time without extra payment. Even though salary is good, for company I am in, this is close to upper limit of payment (bosses and head of departments only earn more). You however, want that salary to be their starting point, so expect them to ask for raise constantly after several years of work. They want to skip "worked long to become and achieve" part and from the start be "big guy" in a company.

I dont know how to explain it properly. As FIFA World Cup is running now, I will try to explain situation using football. New player without experience (new employer) refuse to join any team (get a job) unless he gets paid same as Messi (receive salary).

[Umulala-alala]

AI did killed some jobs but in return it created more jobs, and these jobs aren't all about you having degrees, even if you are from a small town it doesn't matter.

For example, people around the world are getting paid for test running AI agents, because AI itself can't test run AI agents, so humans are needed to carry out this operation which out he door for many people online.

Outliers is a good example of such platform where you can get paid every hour testing AI agents, it's not the end if you can't find jobs in your small town, there are online jobs too.

The current generation is choosing more advanced professions. Primarily, this means remote work. Why this particular option? It's all about mobility. You can work anytime and anywhere in the world. Sometimes, all you need is a mobile phone and internet access. I've personally seen quite a few people working from smartphones.

Furthermore, people really enjoy this type of employment. In my country, we even have a simplified tax system for the self-employed.

Technology and the internet has provide people with jobs if not for the internet things would have gone bad honestly because the jobs that the government is providing is no longer enough to accommodate people that are in need and most of the job also is been shared among the top prominent men in the country. Unemployment rate is really high in my country thank God for the internet some people are now working at home just with there smart phones and laptops.

[hafiztalha]

Sometimes it is not even about knowing someone and because your CV is not rated if you don’t know someone to help. The real fact is that no work for people actually. The government is not creating enough jobs to accommodate its people and the the people that are supposed to help, which is the private sector, the government is making running a business very hard on them, so they don’t even get to expand to accommodate more people. The corruption is there, the unjust and being biased is also there but until government creates jobs, most of this won’t be able to be solved.

The rate of unemployment is so high that government a lawn cannot solve this unemployment issue by simply creating more jobs. Business friendly evironment is important and it is driven by entrepreneurs and public sector and work force with relevant skills. Government create job that are very limited and they are funded by the tax payers it is very difficult for them to spend them indefinitely.
There are countries in which there are job but they cannot be filled because the candidates do not have the required experience for skills this is because they require more and better education and educational training and stronger link between industry and their education the main issue is corruption facilities and that is making the issue even work but that is also factor in creating unemployment.

[fruktik]

Technology and the internet has provide people with jobs if not for the internet things would have gone bad honestly because the jobs that the government is providing is no longer enough to accommodate people that are in need and most of the job also is been shared among the top prominent men in the country. Unemployment rate is really high in my country thank God for the internet some people are now working at home just with there smart phones and laptops.

That's right. The World Wide Web has created a huge number of jobs for this society. No one questions this fact. There's just one big "BUT." As technology improves over time, existing professions may become obsolete. What's the solution? Either look for another job or train for a new, in-demand profession. Failure to keep up with the times can have serious consequences. Therefore, it's essential to always keep your finger on the pulse and keep up with current trends.

[Cossyblack]

Situation is very simple with youth unemployment. If they are in need of money - they will accept any job. If they can allow themselves to wait for better job, for job in sector that they studied in university, then let them wait. I only want to tell that you cant live with expectation, you wont get fed by waiting. My suggestion to youth - before applying to university, do job market research. That will save you from spending time and money on education; from situation, when there are no vacancies or too many applicants for 1 vacancy.

Your right, the kind of courses that we studied in the university will  also determine how quick we can get job after graduation. There are courses that you will study in the university that can't even secure you a job after graduation, a lot of people have find themselves in this kind of situation and sometimes they regrets ever studying such professions in university. I have a friend who studies marine engineering back in school, after he graduated from the university it took him another 10 years to finally secured a job in a marine company.. in my country, to get a job in a marine company is hard except you have a strong connection from the inside that will help you secure a slot but as of then he didn't have anybody but he didn't stay idle,he was driving taxi to pay his bills. We should be mindful of the course we study in school they also contribute to why we haven't secured a job in line with what we studied in school.

[Fragrance1122]

As someone who had sought employment in a government establishment in the past, I observed that one of the major factors contributing to youth unemployment is bureaucracy of the old order and of employees who've attained the age of retirement not wanting to leave so that fresh hands can come in. These employees keep doctoring and falsifying their age to still accommodate them in service. One of the reasons they gave for that was the negligence of government in paying them their retirement benefits and gratuities once they leave office. This is, sadly, true. There are lapses in that regard. Pensions don't come for most of them, if not all, once they leave and that scares them. They see leaving office as something not to look forward to unlike what happens in saner climes where employees look forward to their retirements. If those who are due for retirement don't leave, it becomes difficult to get fresh hands in.

 This is one of the biggest reasons youth unemployment keeps getting worse every day. If someone has already passed retirement age, they should let new people take over. Faking their age just to stay longer blocks the whole system.
 
But maybe they’re not doing it out of greed.Maybe they’re just scared. Sometimes the governments fails to build a retirement System people can trust. So when they leave, they don’t know what they will get.