A daily grind: What it feel being young and unemployed

With more than one in six young people out of work there are rising fears a generation may be lost to mass unemployment. Some of them give their views on being out of work and the struggle to find

Unemployment in Britain was now 7.8% of the workforce. Meanwhile in America, the unemployment rate forecast for the next six month is at 10% to 10.2%.

What Authorities have just said!

"But this is just the start of a long and downward spiral, which all too often leads to crime, homelessness or worse. Only by stopping young people falling out of the system can we rescue this lost potential and save the economy billions each year," said Madam X, the charity's chief executive from Britain.

The Democrat work and pensions spokesman, Steve W., added: "Young people should be getting intensive support as soon as they sign on instead of having to wait a year for a guarantee of a job or training place. With vacancies at a record low, it is vital that we prevent today's school and university leavers from becoming a lost generation of long-term unemployed."

But Did we try listening what youth had to say about their unemployment? We did not! We simply judged them. Let's understand from these lads, both has been interviewed a month before Christmas.

D Tucker (left) and G Aherne (Right)

Boy no 1 - D Tucker , 19

I've got good grades in art, English and science. I failed maths. That makes things difficult, that's what everyone looks at – maths, English and science. I've had quite a few jobs. I've worked in Hobbycraft, Asda, an optician's. I found I was mistreated a lot because I didn't have good grades. They thought I was thick. I'm not, honest. I've been unemployed a year and five months. It's horrible. I can't do anything, I can't go on holidays. I live in a council flat but I haven't got much of a life. I stay at home, watch TV, talk to neighbors.

That's it. It gets boring. I get depressed. I'm on tablets for being depressed. I'd like to get into care work. I've been trying but nobody wants anybody at the moment. You have to save for a month to go out. I get $156 a fortnight and I have to pay part rent out of that. After I've bought my food, gas, water, electricity, television and water there's nothing. I haven't been to the cinema for years. I'd only go to McDonald's if someone else is paying for me.

I can't get a job in town because I couldn't afford the bus fare and you get paid a month in hand so I couldn't get a job away from here without getting in debt. It's catch-22. To be honest if I got a job after paying full rent I wouldn't be better off anyway because I'd lose part of my rent and tax benefit.

Boy No 2 - G Aherne 17

I got kicked out of school three years ago. I had to go to a different place and I've got no qualifications. Over the past year I've been doing courses – level-one painter and decorator, level-one construction. But that hasn't led to any job. I get $30 a week. It doesn't go very far – just on fags and stuff like that. It's hard.

There's nothing going on. We go and try to find work but there isn't anything around and that's very frustrating. When we go to college they just get you to fill in forms but it doesn't come to anything. Last Christmas, I worked in Home Depot for two weeks. I'm hoping to be able to do that this Christmas again but I don't know if there'll be anything in between that. It's just boring. I think the government should make sure there's more for young people like us to do.

The ILO ( International Labor Organization) data shows that the employment rate of 16 and 17-year-olds dropped to 28.6% in April-June from 34% a year earlier, while the rate for people aged 18 to 24 dropped to 59.8% from 64.1%.

These Boys (and even more out there)and girls wants to be employed. But the mechanisms create by both government are not effective and only targeting on certain individual. The mapping is somehow turn blue and thus providing dilemma among teenagers.

The Academic skills and technical skills mapping should be implement, thus creating balance in workforce. We understand in reality that not everybody is good academically, some are created to be technically savvy.

These two-pillar (as we often said in education world) need to be revised during recession period. Remember that our youth is our future. Thus, for these 2 lads not to choose wrong career (if you know what i meant-i.e pornography-drug-gangster)

i offered to both of them to work at the cafe belong to Steve's Uncle! include with lodging At least that will help these 2 to start with their life and be able to coop with their technical learning. I learn this by observing the Chinese community lives in Chinatown. The wealthier will provide protection, works, lodging, foods and all necessary support to the newbie, and this has been practices long ago.

My point is, there is so many individual out there who need our helps and supervision. This technique will ensure our future generation will live in better place. Now ask your good self, will you do this?...