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What Do Youthink! About Employment?
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Linus, 27, Kenya
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"I believe the unemployment issue in Africa can be addressed if only our leaders stop being corrupt. I think most of them have reached retirement age, but instead of paving way for the youth, they have increased the retirement age to 60 years. Funds for youth to venture in entrepreneurship are inaccessible. Empowering the youth with a sustainable livelihood is the only hope of for any country."
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Velisa, 24, Kenya
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"I'm of the opinion that in order for us to tackle the constant problem of unemployment we need to stop thinking about looking for employment after school and instead think of how we will use what we learn in school to employ ourselves and in turn employ others thereby reducing the unemployment rate. If everyone is looking for a job, who will offer the job?
"Take charge and think outside the crowd. There may be safety in assured income but then you will not have the right to complain of underdevelopment if you cannot participate in development."
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Judidth, 22, Kenya
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Most governments all over the world are doing little to support the youth who are seeking employment. It seems to me that most employers in Kenya are recruiting persons who are considerably advanced in age and, for that matter, are experienced. This leaves the qualified youth jobless and idle, which contributes to a lot of youth engaging in misconduct. The government needs to put up measures to curb such practices by the employers, including itself.
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Fidele, 30, Rwanda
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"More youths in rural areas are unemployed, which is a major cause of migration to urban areas. Many governments have done a lot but no good solution has been achieved. For me the good solution is providing microcredit to youth in order to help them with startup capital. Finally, I would like to say that if a small state is developing, the great state can benefit: if small countries were developed as well, the problem of the global economic crisis could not occur."
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Lomantzi, 28, Zambia
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I think the essay is informative and educative. In addition to what has been written, some of the youths have lost the zeal to attain an education on the premise that there are no jobs on the market for them. We are seeing crime increasing in the workplace because most people are too lowly paid to properly provide for their families.
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Saira, 24, Pakistan
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"In our area, children are doing work and almost the whole family is dependent on them. Please give us some suggestions and help us in avoiding child labor and to make them educated. Thank you."
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Gautam, 23, India
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"I have done a survey on the migration of construction workers in Delhi. I tried to find the answer to several questions such as how old are you? To what extent did you study? Place of migration? Purpose of migration? At what age did you start work? And so on. The answers came with tears: "Please help me sir; we did worked but did not get payment after two months." They also said that they’d worked at other construction sites but did not get paid by the company/contractors. After completion, the company disappeared."
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Cate, 18, Philippines
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"The world is having a crisis. Every year, millions of people graduate from different parts of the world. They all want to get a job after they graduate. Some are fortunate enough to easily find one but, some are not able to find one. Most of the time, there are double-digit numbers of applicants trying for one job.
"In developing countries, a lot of people graduate every year. They apply to jobs which are in line with their majors. Usually, those who get a job do not get the job that they really want. What they get is a job that is not based on their educational attainment.
"Now, the world's crisis affects everyone. A lot of people have lost their jobs. This has a connection to the current problem of fresh graduates. It means that there is tighter competition among everyone in every industry. Before the crisis, getting a job was like passing through a needle's eye. What about now? What would it be like getting a job now?"
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Chibeze, 29, Ghana
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"I think the issue of youth unemployment ought to be tackled by involving all stakeholders (donor agencies, government officials, the private sector and young people)."
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Anna, 25, Ghana
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"I believe the problem of unemployment could be curtailed if volunteerism is encouraged. Some stipend could be provided while volunteers are equipped with skills. There should also be a policy for compulsory hiring of interns by all organizations in the country each year. This would provide young professionals with adequate skills to apply for jobs. Retired civil servants could be re-engaged on a volunteer basis to enable them earn some sort of income to support their families and impart their knowledge to the youth at the same time."
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Nawaraj Ghorsaine, 20, Nepal
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"I want to talk about how we can give employment to jobless people.
"I am also an unemployed student—I am economically poor, but I have different ideas on how to decrease unemployment in poor countries:
"Political stability is needed. If not, than we cannot do anything. For example I think Nepal does not have political stability, and thus has an unemployment problem. Due to the lack of knowledge and lack of technical ideas, some of us Nepali people go abroad to earn a hand-to-mouth living.
"Living at least hand-to-mouth is necessary for people, without which there is no peace.
"Nepal has different problems in different sectors. I think we could overcome them, if not for the lack of interest of different political parties and government leaders in development."
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Gifty, 24, Ghana
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"Young people, I think we have to be proactive and take radical actions to end poverty by being more creative to create our own jobs.
I have come to realize that adults will continue to promise and at the end of the day nothing much changes."
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Stella, 19, Nigeria
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"Concerning employment, the rate of unemployment is really alarming. Most times I wonder why the graduates are not employed upon graduation. This leads to high crime rate in my country Nigeria. After deep thought, I now realize the need for entrepreneurship."
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Jetro, 22, Philippines
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"I am currently into the microcredit business because I firmly believe that the passport to financial success for the poor is by giving them access to basic financial needs, including business start-ups, healthcare demands, and basic education, while advocating initiative and responsibility on their part. I just hope I can make a difference in my own locality, or who knows, in my country. I really am glad that Mr. Yunus won the Nobel Peace prize, not only he helped his countrymen, but he also inspired people around the world including me."
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Gilbert, 29, Cameroon
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"Youths need to be employed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) by 2015."
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"a_odus," 30, Nigeria
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"the period of unemployment is the most frustating period in a man's life time, it is a frustrating period, it is as well a serious social menace to a society. unemployment is a very serious problem that all society of the world has not been able to solve caompletely, it is very rampant in the developing countries of the world."
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"lgchefa," 24, Lesotho
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"Is there a way in which the youth of Least Developed Countries would survive the high rate of unemployment? Especially now that the education they receive seem to be just for them to get employed. I am particularly referring to countries like Lesotho where there is utterly no link between the class room education and real world."
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"chefdc," 22, Nigeria
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"The rate at which young gradute flock the streets in search of good employment is highly regretable and this is a common sight in the country where i come from. No wonder many Nigerians and indeed many Africans want to get out of this continent for greener pastures. Its high time our leaders start fulfilling their mandate and make the world a better place to live in."
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