WEALTH & RICHES LIZ BARCLAY
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The world of work is changing. Jobs as we know them – working for one employer to do a particular task – are becoming a thing of the past. Small business journalist and adviser, Liz Barclay, says fortune favours those thinking out of the box.
lmost one
million – that’s more than a fifth – of 16 to 24-year-olds
in the UK are unemployed. 73,500 of those have been unemployed for more than a year – almost 3 times as many as three years ago. Youth unemployment has
gone through the roof and a generation of young people, their talents, qualifications and education, could be lost to our future workforce. The picture is even bleaker in some European countries. Youth unemployment has
been growing over the last 10 years. With more older people staying on in work because of
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changes in state pensions and retirement ages, poorer work pensions, and the need to carry on earning as prices rise relentlessly, it’s harder for young people to find jobs. And when there are job vacancies, bosses say many young people simply don’t have the right skills and qualifications. Leaving school without any qualifications is almost a guarantee of unemployment. The future is digital and mobile, and young people
who understand that are carving out careers for themselves. One in ten workers now spends all day on computers and mobile devices. They send on average
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