Employment: A Youth Perspective

Having a job implies a lot more than having means to support oneself. It is also a tool for life experience. Through employment, individuals (particularly young people) develop many skills, ranging from basic technical skills to personal skills.

Unemployment and bad working conditions are part of the complex interrelated issues creating obstacles to people's full development and to their maintaining their inherent dignity. Some examples of these consequences include the inability of the unemployed to afford adequate living conditions for themselves and their dependants, the potential creation of a large number of black market jobs decreasing workers' security and ability to protect their rights, and the need for a large social security scheme to be created in order to provide assistance to the unemployed.

The transition from school to work is a crucial stage for young people in their personal and professional development throughout adult life. The consequences of being unemployed at young ages can be serious. Youth unemployment is often associated with social problems such as violence, crime, suicide and abuse of alcohol and drugs.

Unemployment rates amongst young people are often higher than amongst adults. This difference can be wide or narrow, depending on the specific context of the country.

Various reasons explain the high incidence of unemployment among young people: segmentation of the labour market; technical and organisational changes that have created a demand for higher qualifications; and the labour market crisis which has meant tougher conditions for unemployed workers.

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