Better opportunites for your kids ....
Mar 13th 2009, 4:18 am
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Better opportunites for your kids ....
You so often see the comment better opportunities ..... doing it for the kids.....
This is quite a eye opener
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=770909
Was only a day or so ago I was saying our eldest, 4th year apprentice ( 600 applied for those jobs ) will be put off in june due to the recession
and how the 15 yrs olds class, they cant find those little part time after school hours jobs, $9 an hour that used to be so plentiful.
Very difficult time for those nearing the end of their education right now.
This is quite a eye opener
http://money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=770909
Was only a day or so ago I was saying our eldest, 4th year apprentice ( 600 applied for those jobs ) will be put off in june due to the recession
and how the 15 yrs olds class, they cant find those little part time after school hours jobs, $9 an hour that used to be so plentiful. Very difficult time for those nearing the end of their education right now.
Mar 13th 2009, 4:22 am
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Re: Better opportunites for your kids ....
Makes a good case for further education really, doesn't it?!
Mar 13th 2009, 5:16 am
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Re: Better opportunites for your kids ....
It does suck that they can't find part time jobs. Sucks for the kids because they can't earn themselves some spending money, plus the parents who are trying to get them to earn their money and learn a bit of responsibility.
It'll probably make it easier for me to find a babysitter though
It'll probably make it easier for me to find a babysitter though
Mar 13th 2009, 11:26 am
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Re: Better opportunites for your kids ....
Its not an Australian thing though - in Wales I know my nieces and nephews are all in uni and are struggling to get work this term
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Mar 13th 2009, 12:19 pm
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Re: Better opportunites for your kids ....
It's obviously not easy anywhere at the moment but thinking back to when I was first looking for work, graduates didn't have it any easier than me . I don't think it's a new problem and I don't see how strategies can be put in place to prevent it happening whenever the next recession hits. It's just how it works, just as youngsters have problems getting on the property ladder regardless of where they live.
I think they just believe they are more entitled to get what they want when they want now.
I think they just believe they are more entitled to get what they want when they want now.
Mar 13th 2009, 2:08 pm
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Re: Better opportunites for your kids ....
It's obviously not easy anywhere at the moment but thinking back to when I was first looking for work, graduates didn't have it any easier than me . I don't think it's a new problem and I don't see how strategies can be put in place to prevent it happening whenever the next recession hits. It's just how it works, just as youngsters have problems getting on the property ladder regardless of where they live.
I think they just believe they are more entitled to get what they want when they want now.
I think they just believe they are more entitled to get what they want when they want now.
I can't see any strategy, other than the Gov't piling money into small business's to keep apprentices and trainees in a job. I had to let my apprentice chef go, due to the union awards making him eligible for 38 hours a week pay whether I could use him or not, coupled with the fact he had to have a qualified chef with him. In a downturn, as much as I wanted to train an apprentice, I couldn't afford him.
