Unemployment still matters. Fortunately the unemployment rate has been trending down in the UK, from 7.9 per cent in May 2010, to a high of 8.4 per cent at the end of 2011, to the latest estimate of 6.9 per cent. The number of unemployed has fallen by 414,000 over this period. But those positive moves hides a multitude of sins. First, the unemployment rate of those under 18 is 21.7 per cent and 17.2 per cent for those ages 18-24.
Jobseekers risk losing their benefits if they turn down certain zero-hours contracts without good reason, the government has said. Until now, people on Jobseeker’s Allowance could refuse to accept such jobs without facing penalties. But the new universal credit system demands that people take up the casual contracts – even though they do not always guarantee work. The government insisted such contracts offer an average 25 hours work a week. A spokesman also explained that when workers did not get the hours
TESYouth was setup to help beat youth unemployment. We will host every Tuesday a video with various topics about young people. This week, we discuss about our Video Production workshop, that giving young people the skills they need to create their own videos & films. This workshop has been specially made to cover all stages of professional video production to give you the knowledge and hands-on practise to do it yourself.
According to a new report, youth unemployment will not reach pre-recession levels until at least 2018, a decade after the financial crisis kicked in. The Prince’s Trust warned that 10 years of young talent will “fall between the cracks” unless urgent action is taken. Before the recession, around one in seven young people in the UK were struggling to find a job, almost twice the current rate in Germany, said the report. Martina Milburn, chief executive of the Prince’s Trust, said: “The
TESYouth was setup to help beat youth unemployment. We will host every Tuesday a video with various topics about young people. This week the TESYouth team hit the streets of London to raise awareness of their work experience program and to get the publics point of view.
