Thread: Youth unemployment heading for worst in Europe

Quote: Originally Posted by IWantPVR We're producing too many graduates, plain and simple. Employers have just raised the bar for all roles meaning today's graduates are no more employable than you or I were. You now need a degree for anything which pays a decent wage and for anything which doesn't pay a decent wage you're better off on benefits. Thay is very true, IMO there is to much pressure and emphasis put on students...

Quote: Originally Posted by IWantPVR Are you sure? You should have another word with these 'friends'. I can understand media studies, etc being classed as 'Mickey Mouse' but if they think that business and IT are also 'Mickey Mouse' then I'm afraid you've been taking guidance from the wrong people. Best of luck anyway. As has been said, tourism has a very strong future in the UK. I can't see the...

Quote: Originally Posted by IWantPVR Are you sure? You should have another word with these 'friends'. I can understand media studies, etc being classed as 'Mickey Mouse' but if they think that business and IT are also 'Mickey Mouse' then I'm afraid you've been taking guidance from the wrong people. Best of luck anyway. As has been said, tourism has a very strong future in the UK. I can't see the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lardness Broad degrees do have more value. Agree with that. Most IT people I meet don't have IT degrees. Mathematics, engineering, sciences, business are also popular. You get the odd historian or 'ology too. Anything which shows a slant towards understanding and communicating technical concepts. I've never met an IT person with an arts & crafts or sports injury management degree. Niche...

Quote: Originally Posted by gummy mummy Because not every job vacancy reqires a university degree the qualifications gained from school and colleges are quite sufficient to be eligible to qualify for most normal jobs which youths apply for Yes I know but if qualifications are required then your view that those with experience are preferred over those with qualifications implies the reverse.

Quote: Originally Posted by clinch Hmmm. Is that the same Gordon Brown who has been shafting the private sector with more and more tax and regulation? And the same Gordon Brown who is hitting job creators with a 50 per cent tax band? Don’t forget the incoming increase in employment tax i.e. national insurance. Or a large decrease in private sector investment since 2002 that directly corresponds with Brown’s massive increase in public...

Quote: Originally Posted by gummy mummy I agree with what you said in an earlier post it is the lack of jobs that is the problem that is why IMO employers are more inclined to take on experienced workers over those who have the qualifications but lack the experience. The trouble is that with the immigration policies first with the Shortage occupations list and then by allowing the use of ICTs to increase to over 35,000 (in one year - it was...

Quote: Originally Posted by OvertheUnder I took a degree in Tourism and Heritage Management (+ History). My course in brief covered the academic study of conservation and protection of historic sites like Stonehenge, Listings, current issues i.e environmental impacts and the interpretation techniques used in said sites. I suspect your course might be more practical than you realise. Tourists are flocking to this country due to its natural...

Quote: Originally Posted by Turnbull2000 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...a-million.html An inevitable consequence of selling our future down the river. The young have been shafted from almost every direction for years, only now Labour have stepped it up a level in an attempt to buy their way out of a general election catastrophe. I'm sure Labour won't mind though. Why bother training or catering for the young when you can...

start my first job tomorrow, after graduating in july 2008 with an engineering related degree, cleaning in the local college, shall i tell the students not to bother with uni?