luni, 23 martie 2015

How Youth Unemployment In South Africa Has Been For Years

By Lelia Hall


The current challenge that most countries in the world are facing is how to handle the growing number of young people in their countries. The situation is even getting worse in developing countries because the youth population is growing rapidly. However, we will look at how youth unemployment in South Africa has affected its growth and development.

Statistics shows that the young people are making over one-quarter of the entire world working population. The number is even bigger when we look at the ones who are unemployed. When we talk about the youth, we are talking about anybody who is between the age of 18 and 28 years according to United Nations.

The United Nations also claim that those who can be categorized as jobless are those people who are willing to work but have no jobs yet they have been searching. Over the last five years, the number of jobless people is reducing because the government is taking measures to help the young people to get something to do.

More statistics from the government show that the rate of unemployment has reduced by three percent from the economic meltdown. It is because many jobs were lost when the world economy was struggling. But the youths in South Africa should not be worried because the country is performing better in terms of employment compared to the other nations.

The main factors that affect job distribution in South Africa include education levels, government policy, and infrastructure. When more people are going to school, they get more jobs, and they perform better in the economy. However, more should be done to give more young people the opportunity to school to get the full potential of the country citizens.

The university should make their courses relevant with what the market needs if they want their students to be marketable by the sustained growth in the South Africa. Some of the problems that youth face in the job market is also attributed to the over dependence on white collar jobs. Most of developed countries grew their economies from blue collar jobs that spurred the growth. This age group must demonstrate the willingness to put their creativity to use.

Sometimes it takes trying to offer solutions to problems in the world to come up with great start-ups that would provide jobs to other people. It is for this reason that universities and colleges must aim at releasing the full potential of their students by allowing them to innovative. Your dream job is always in your mind, and if you put it in action you can be one of the most successful people in the world.

In conclusion, South Africa should expose their young people to internship programs if they want the number of youths who are jobless to reduce. They should also tap into their talent because different talents spur economic growth.




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