Ana Guilabert Hernández 20/3/19 Essay
How youth unemployment can be solved
-More vocational training at schools
-Increase financial incentives for employers to take on young people
-Mentoring young people as they apply for jobs
It is generally maintained that the youth unemployment is one of the problems one country is more urgently pushed to solve. However, it is not a straightforward task.
In the first place we have the education system. It is often said that schools don’t provide the work market with the required profiles. A case in point is the vocational training, which is essential in countries with a very low percentage of youth unemployment. What this means is that the investment in vocational training has to be adjusted to the needs of the industry and the service sector of a country. The only downside is that it takes several years to change the academic programmes so as to adapt them to the current needs.
Another solution could well be to increase financial benefits for employers when taking on young people. This is always a contentious issue but what is most important to consider is whether taking steps in that direction will lead us to decrease the unemployment among the youngest. This is not to say that it would make a miracle but it is worth noting that this kind of measures have worked in many countries struggling the same problem.
And the third idea to discuss is that there are still many employers unable to find the right candidate for a job so that many positions are vacant for months. And on the other hand there are thousands of young people trying to get their foot in the door. That is to say that they don’t find each other. It would be advantageous to create a network to mentor the young people applying for a job so as not to scupper their chances.
Taking everything into account it can be concluded that a considerable amount of money has to be invested in order to reverse this worrying situation. But there is no doubt that it would be seen a return, though. What is clear is that impact measures have to be taken.
