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Stats out today show youth unemployment has fallen
Oh wait, youth unemployment is still 4 times higher than the rate for 25-64 year-olds...
Yep, youth unemployment has been rising compared to adult unemployment for ages
Qualifications should help you get a job, but the lower they are, the more likely you are to be unemployed.
But over 3 million young people haven't gone to uni
And apprenticeships are becoming an over-25s thing
Even if you have a degree, you're more likely to be doing a non-graduate job
Because there are increasingly too many graduates and not enough graduate jobs around
Even when you finally start earning, you're going to spend a much higher % of your income on essentials (like rent and energy) than any other age group.
And (drumroll) we're the second most over-qualified country in the OECD.
In order to better support young people into getting a job, IPPR suggest creating a jobs guarantee, so no young person is out of work for longer than a year, and a separate welfare system that focuses on education and training.
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