Times are hard young people looking work. It is becoming more and more difficult Generation Z (or Gen Zers) to find a job. A Gen Zer is someone born the mid-to-late 1990s and early 2010s. Students who have just graduated university cannot find employment. Aki Ito, chief correspondent for the "Business Insider" website, warned a "career apocalypse". She said uncertainty the world has "taught today's graduates to prepare the worst". The British journalist and writer Peter Hitchens said one reason is that people are studying "worthless degrees". He said young people would "be much better off" if they became plumbers or electricians.
There are 4 million Gen Zers not in school or work the USA. In the UK, there is a similar problem. There were 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 not education, employment, or training in December last year. This has risen by over 100,000 the past year. Many people cannot find jobs because artificial intelligence (AI). An increasing number of jobs are now being done AI. There are fears that teachers, accountants, lawyers, writers, and other jobs could completely disappear. However, some people say many graduates no longer want to do "entry-level" jobs. Instead, they want to enter a company a management level and get well paid their very first job.
