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Will Youth Unemployment ever Recover?

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Will Youth Unemployment ever Recover?

A recent report released by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has uncovered concerns that even with a full economic recovery, the UK’s youth unemployment problem will remain.

There has been a steady decline in general unemployment rates – but this hasn’t solved any problems for the 868,000 16 to 24 year olds that are still out of work. 700,000 of which have never had a job.

One of the biggest issues believed to be contributing to this hefty number of jobless young people is the lack of correlation between the training young people are undertaking and the types of employment available on the market.

So whilst almost 100,000 people chose to train in the beauty industry, there were less than 20,000 jobs available. However in the construction industry, just over 120,000 people were trained for an advertised 275,000 jobs.

The Training Deficit

The IPPR believe that in other countries where the vocational route to a career is more clearly defined, the number of young people out of work decreases. This is likely to be because in industries where there is room for growth, employers will be more willing to take on trainees and apprentices because they have the jobs to fill. Whereas in the UK, the most clear route to employment is still via academic courses, which take as many people as are eligible, regardless of the availability of jobs in the sector.

The Chief Economist at the IPPR, Mr Dolphin, thinks the UK needs to pay more attention to countries such as Germany, where there’s a thriving workplace-based vocational training system. Thanks to greater involvement from employers, the transition from traditional education to work is much smoother and this has resulted in much reduced youth unemployment rate.

The Work and Pensions Department has been quick to brand the IPPR’s report “misleading”, stating that the amount of unemployed 16 to 24 year olds has now been steadily falling for the last 10 months. By comparing the current figure quoted by the IPPR (868,000), to the fact that in April this year 979,000 young people were out of work, it would appear The Work and Pensions Department is right. But that doesn’t mean that the future is bright for the next batch of school leavers looking for work – especially if they continue to train in areas where the job market is already over saturated.

Trained to Succeed

The solution then is to encourage young people into career paths in industries that are doing well, such as construction and engineering.

Over the last few months we have seen the construction industry take on more and more new recruits, to cope with the boom in house building. But there is still thought to be a huge skills shortage, which would suggest that training in a skilled trade with a view to a career in construction would be a much more sensible route for the 868,000 young people looking for work.

The team at Health and Safety Training Ltd receive government funding to train employed people on active benefits, to give them a better chance of finding a job.

Our funded training is ideal for people who need to learn new skills that will make them a valuable asset to potential employers. Focussing on a range of plant machinery, our training will help people looking at jobs in construction, warehousing and distribution, engineering and manufacturing, and will be certified by one of the leading industry organisations – IPAF, RTITB or NPORS – ensuring the qualifications are properly recognised and valued throughout the UK.

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