If you don’t have a job or are paid low wages clearly you aren’t being innovative and entrepreneurial enough!!!
REALLY!!??
While young people have enthusiasm and ideas being innovative and entrepreneurial also requires:
- KNOWING how to do that.
- Leadership.
- Support.
- Resources…. money, infrastructure, networks, systems.
(See Harvard Business Review for some thoughts on this.)
Key complaints from young Australians about unemployment are…
Complaints V Reasons
Young Australians Explanation
| 1. Young Australians complain that they can’t get a job……..
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Youth unemployment has rarely been higher |
| 2. Young Australians complain about low wages….
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Contract work like Deliveroo and Air Tasker…. deliver 3rd World salaries and conditions in Australia. |
| 3. Young Australians complain that they don’t have the experience required for get paid work ……..
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No other group volunteers as much as millennials. |
| 4. Young Australians complain about unpaid internships that go on for months… | Interns often do work that could be done by a paid employee. |
Young Australians are at the pointy end of the fourth industrial revolution. You can:
- Create paid opportunities to learn on the job… like apprenticeships??
- Replace unpaid internships with a fair wage.
- Value their unique enthusiasm and ideas.
- Not expect them to be able to earn you money on DAY 1.
THAT is a better solution that takes the onus off the kids to be like Steve Jobs and become a billionaire from their garage.
Refocus on giving kids a fair go. Employability skills don’t trickle down. New employees don’t magically know how to add value to your business.
Be there for them. It’s your turn to give back.