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Why is it so hard for young people to find jobs these days?

Three broad reasons come to mind. Inappropriate skill sets, Government
regulations, and Uncertainty.
Youth unemployment may partially be the result of a mismatch between the
skills young adults possess and the skills employers require of their workers.
Younger individuals already have less experience and training.
But even people with college degrees may find that they do not possess the
appropriate skills for the jobs employers are looking to fill.
Government can subsidize education and send more people to school through
loans and grants, but this does not guarantee future employment.

Second, government regulations and taxes may also be part of the problem.
Things like minimum wage laws, overtime pay mandates, payroll taxes, health
care regulations and unemployment insurance all make it more costly to employ
labor.
When it is more costly for firms to hire workers employers hire fewer
workers. Some of these costs may not be immediately obvious.
Take, for example, laws that make it more difficult for firms to hire and
fire workers as they see fit.
Why could this cause more unemployment?
Compare it to dating. Imagine that any blind date you went on had to result
in marriage.
Would you ever go on a blind date? I doubt it.
Same goes for a company that's interested in hiring more workers but worries
about not being able to fire a new employee if they're not working out.
They won't want to take chances.
So firms are particularly reluctant to hire young workers who lack experience
and do not have an employment record to prove that they're reliable.

Finally, there are many reasons for employers to feel uncertain about the
future.
For example, we're experiencing a slow economic recovery after a major
financial crisis.
Further, consider something like health care reform.
The recent health care bill is very long and there is much debate and
unanswered questions about what its ultimate impacts on the cost of labor may
be.
All this creates uncertainty, which makes employers more cautious in hiring
workers.
These three reasons, mismatch of skills, regulation, and uncertainty,
are three potential reasons are three potential reasons why many young people
are having a hard time finding work right now.

Each of these three reasons has one factor in common: government.
Interventions haven't helped things and they have likely made things worse.
The unemployed would be better served if government stepped out of the
picture and allowed economic growth and a free market to create more jobs and
prosperity.


單字重點整理：
3 reason:

1.Inappropriate skill sets
2.Government regulations
3.Uncertainty

possess : I possess coding skill.
subsidize : Government subsidize education
loans and grants : Government give college loans and grants.
guarantee : Government don't guarantee  future employment.(promise)
wage : minimum wage laws  (salary)
blind date : She is nervous about going on a blind date.
reluctant : She was reluctant to discuss the matter. (unwilling)

financial crisis

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※ 作者: chinagogoya 時間: 2016-04-20 10:25:14