Generation crunch: the youth take the brunt of the recession

Boomers are big on generational warfare, they're convinced that they're never going to die.

No generation in American history has ever been so completely head in the sand about death as these people have. It's always about the short term to the boomers.

Generalization of course, not all of and quite possibly not most of them. But enough to fuck over my generation pretty bad.

Some of these responses are fucking clueless. Yeah, our generation has scene kids and rap music, therefore we clearly deserve a period of economic drought only equal to the great depression to teach us some manners. It couldn't possibly be that our parents built a country built around predatory and ever increasing debt and shipped all of our production overseas because they wanted to protect "individual freedom."

Anyways, I'm definitely feeling the effects this article is talking about. It was shit hard to get a job before the recession, it was even harder to get one after it started and now it's fucking impossible to get one after the financial crisis. Straight up, without a connection, you won't get a job. Qualification has nothing to do with it.

I'm so glad my generation will be remembered for not having enough money to eat because they spent in fucking stupid looking pants.

I was actually thinking about this the other day, and over here in London its tough. I'm a newly qualified broadcast journalist and it cost over six and half grand to do My journo MA. And even though newbies pretty much always get a tougher time breaking in, now its annoyingly difficult to get into the job market. Cause experienced journalists are loosing jobs and going freelance, so we can't fill their positions in or get freelance work.

But i though to myself, this has to pass sometime, and if there are jobs and things i can do to help myself, build up on skills, i really think that we being the 18-24's will be so much stronger and better skilled at navigating the job market cause we've been up against it all. I spread myself a lot, and produce podcasts, and video's for the web, and have some marketing experience for radio.

But i know that when are backs are up against the walls, that's when more original thoughts come through, eureka moments, to think outside the box, job wise and career wise, so in the end we discover skills and abilities we never expressed cause we were thinking one.

>Its like 2.00am and i'm mashed so this sounds so spacey right now, but i really mean it.

lmao. out of all the problems other generations have created for us in the 18-24 age group, their plan is to help get us "a reduced wage placement to help in getting vital experience."

???

i got a better idea: dont put my generation into world war 3, and we might actually live to see a time where we can get good wages and vital experiences.

Even without the economic downfall, it has been so hard for me to find a job. It's incredibly frustrating Catch-22...they won't hire because I don't have enough experience, but how the hell am I supposed to RECEIVE experience if I'm never hired?!? Now with many stores going on hiring freeze, I might just go live in a box.

I'm 24 and I've had the same job for 5 years. If you are having trouble finding a job I recommend group homes; agencies are ALWAYS looking for people because the turnover rate is ridiculous.

Im turning 18 in a couple days and graduating from hs in june. Since the gas prices shot up I've been careful with my money and so has my class. However public colleges are being flooded with applications this year because of the economic problems so its gonna be harder to get into a college.

But im looking at the brightside of this. When I graduate from college in 4 years(assuming I get into college and afford it) the economy will hopefully be starting to recover and go up.

oh thank god i'm only 17 *wipes sweat off brow*

besides, aren't you all forgetting that Barack Obama will be coming down on his cloud of glory to rescue us all in only 10 days!!!

(jk, don't hate)

I'm 18.
I don't think many kids in my graduating class realize the magnitude of what's going on.
The next few years are ether gonna make or break us, it seems like.

Another way to look at this situation is an advantage to rebuild; destruction breeds creation. When we, the skilled and young 18-24 age group, come out of this depression, we will have taken experience operating from harder times and will be in a good position to rebuild the nation economically and politically.

Maybe this will give the distracted net generation youth to fight for change that is way overdue.

ahh the rat race. what a beautiful disaster.

I guess im in the far end of that group im 24 and I got so many credit card bills its scary I made some financial mistakes when I was younger I owe 20k in credit cards on top of my rent and car note and I have a kid!!! Im in the process of becoming part of the LAPD so this will get me out of this crap!

wow. im screwed. thanks geezers

I really wouldn't want to be coming out of Uni this year.

how is revolution and violence/anger a good thing?

This could be a very good thing.

When young people get screwed over they get angry and when they are are angry the get motivated.

Young people are always the ones that make change in the world.

And fuck could we use some REAL change.

I cannot empathize enough with this people, as I also had the same problem, and I had to leave my home country to find work abroad. It was that or stay in and keep searching for a job forever and ever...

This is scary. Graduating in a normal economic climate is difficult enough. It's a nice thought our government has had, giving us internships, but they're only for three months and then we're back on the good ol' dole.

minus egg cup... summer interns are dangerously inefficient. add dash of diesel

19 - 24 is the softest landing group for the economic slammer, this age group can see what it's like to be poor in europe.

i think i'd look abroad. Travelling is what this surplus of youngsters should be doing. Work abroad for small amounts of money while it makes sense. just like other members of europe have done.

governement sponsor of uk ex res teaching english courses. no taxes, no benefit either