DEPRESSED and guilty.” “Nervous, unsure.” “I really felt bad, rejected and frustrated.” “I felt useless, lost weight and got physically sick.” Those are four cries from jobless youths.
“Sad to say, young people are in a bad situation,” says Cleveland J. Jones, account executive for a New York City employment agency. “Today’s job market is very tight.”
But you know that.
Trying to find a job is tough work. Worldwide Poltava job inflation and limited demand for unskilled workers have made jobs harder to come by, especially if you are a youth. And if you cannot find a job right away, it can affect you emotionally, make you wonder about your self-worth. Others have felt that way, too, when they could not find a job. Why do we feel this way when we are out of work?
Why Work?
It is only natural to work. We are created that way. Experiencing good results from hard work is called “the gift of God.” And who does not like receiving gifts? Gifts can make us happy; they show that others care about us. Meaningful work can bring happiness, as well as make us feel wanted and needed. Without work, we feel bored and restless.
People like to work because they can earn money to buy things they want. So they can “eat food they themselves earn” and ‘provide members of their household’ with the necessities of life. But even more important than that, people like to work because it helps them to know who they are.
It is a way of identifying themselves. They are no longer just Sal; but Sal the baker, Jeanette the secretary, or Juan the mechanic.
Finding a job is a major topic among youths. According to a recent survey published in Senior Scholastic magazine, American high school seniors were asked to rate which life goals they considered “very important.” Eighty-four percent responded: “Being able to find steady work.” And another survey found that 5 out of 10 current concerns of young people related to jobs.
Job Training.
School is a good place for you to prepare for a job-if you are willing to learn. Learning does not stop at graduation. The world is in constant change; so to keep up you have to be constantly learning.
“The shrewd one considers his steps,” a famous wise man advised the inexperienced. On a hot summer day wouldn’t a dip in cool waters be refreshing? But would it make sense to jump into a deep lake before you knew how to swim?
Likewise, ‘consider your steps’ by testing out the “waters” of the work world before submerging yourself in a job. While in school, prepare and train as much as you can for the outside working world before plunging into the work force.
Learn the basics well-reading, writing and mathematics. Mr. Jones, with 15 years of experience in finding jobs for others, offers this advice for future job seekers: “Get a good high school education.
I cannot stress enough the importance of learning to read and write and speak properly. Learn proper decorum as well, so you can handle people in the working world.” Labor statistics show that the unemployment rate for high school dropouts is almost double that of graduates.
Some may wonder: ‘What good is it to learn the basics if all I want to do is drive a bus, work in a factory or be in sales?’ A lot of good. Here is why: A bus driver must be able to read timetables for arrivals and departures. Factory workers need to know how to fill out job-completion tickets or similar reports.