Today it was announced that
there were 4.978.300 unemployed in Spain in September. This amounts to 21,5% of
the population and is the highest unemployment has been since 1996.
As young people, you may be
particularly interested to know that the percentage of Spanish youth unemployed,
after rising above 40%, is now approaching 50%, and that RTVE reports that
almost 20% of university graduates between 25 and 29 years old are unable to
find work.
You may also be interested to
know the differences between the sexes: while 146,800 jobs were lost in the
last three months, 114,000 of these individuals were women and 32,800 were men.
Equally worrying is the fact that:
- the number of households in which all working-age adults are unemployed has risen to 1,425,200.
- of the 4,978,300 unemployed, 2,117,300 are long-term unemployed (1+ years).
BUT before you panic, bear in mind that there are 9,058,300 households in which all working-age adults have a job and also that there are 23,134,600 people of working age in Spain.
As we are only sixteen it’s easy for us just to read over these things and we don’t usually stop to think about it as we see it in the future. But the truth is that even though we still have between five to six years before we reach the working world I think we should start worrying NOW.
ReplyDeleteFive years seem very far away and most of us will think that by then everything will be solved and if not we will live off our parents. The real truth is that we might be facing a second recession and if we don’t start thinking about our future we will never be able to live the life we are living now. None of these figures mentioned above will be accomplished and we will have to worry about surviving each day and probably all our future plans will disappear.
It’s up to us to start worrying and do something. But how? Well, I am told constantly that this world is a competition were either you learn to stand out or you fade in the background and can’t achieve your goals. I hope our future society does provide us all these figures, as they are essential to be able to live in good conditions and with high standards.
Time flies and soon it will be our turn to decided and face the real truth.
Work is nowadays an important thing to have as it provides money which is needed for living. If you enjoy your job, you are in a perfect situation. On the other hand, if you hate it, you will probably think that working sucks, although you have to do it to have a wage. This means that you are bound to do it. Only in this situations the job doesn't help you personally.
ReplyDeleteNormally, a job helps the person finding out their personality and who they are. This is why it is a good thing to have a job that you like. But it is also important because it uses up most hours of your normal day, and if you hate it, you end up hating the whole world.
Having a job will satisfy your necessities, but also the vagaries. The only problem is that it is difficult to find a job that you enjoy with today's world's situation.
The unemployment throughout the entire world in the present is majorly caused by the crisis. Yes, it is an important issue to consider, and yes, we have to think about the consequences we are going to have when we seek for a job.
However, I think that it won't be this way always. There are still five years left for such problem as we still have to start and finish our degree, and by then, things will have changed.
Numbers don’t lie, more than 40% of Spanish youth is unemployed! Almost 20% of university graduates between 25 and 29 years old are unable to find work! And most of the people loosing their jobs are women! How can I not be worried? In two years I’ll start university and in six I’ll probably be starting to search for a job. If things haven’t changed by then I see a very dark future.
ReplyDeleteSince I was little they’ve always told me that studying was very important, that by going to university I would be able to find a good job and have a brilliant future, but apparently that isn’t right. What must all of those 25 year olds be thinking? Unable to leave their parents home, unable to have their own money, not to mention having children…
I still believe that studying is the best option, our country needs people with knowledge and initiative, however, the problem is that all of these well-educated people are starting to emigrate to other countries where they can find a job, and then, how will we recover our economy?