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The unemployment rate among young Americans fell to its lowest level in more than 50 years this summer, though the share of young people looking for work remained well below its peak in 1989.
Of Americans between 16 and 24 years old actively looking for work this summer, 9.2% were unemployed in July, the Labor Department said Thursday, a drop from the 9.6% youth unemployment rate in July 2017. It was the lowest midsummer joblessness rate for youth since July 1966.
originally posted by: MarlbBlack
a reply to: 727Sky
Honestly and IMO I put only the blame on parents and the way kids are raised today. Not all are to blame don't get me wrong there are great parents everywhere but when you do not get on your kids to do chores and all they want to do is play video games all day then what do you expect? What kind of skill sets will you see? We have young kids come in that can't put in or take out a drill bit because they don't know how, heck we had one kid not even know how to mop a floor!
I blame nobody but society and the parents.
originally posted by: musicismagic
I was 8 years and had my own lemonade stand.
originally posted by: markovian
originally posted by: MarlbBlack
a reply to: 727Sky
Honestly and IMO I put only the blame on parents and the way kids are raised today. Not all are to blame don't get me wrong there are great parents everywhere but when you do not get on your kids to do chores and all they want to do is play video games all day then what do you expect? What kind of skill sets will you see? We have young kids come in that can't put in or take out a drill bit because they don't know how, heck we had one kid not even know how to mop a floor!
I blame nobody but society and the parents.
so u had one kid that probly laughed at you
every time someone asked me if i knew how to mop a floor i always saied nope and watched there dumbass mop a floor
originally posted by: CanadianMason
a reply to: markovian
Yeah, because we have no patience for stupid, so we'll just do it ourselves.
originally posted by: markovian
originally posted by: MarlbBlack
a reply to: 727Sky
Honestly and IMO I put only the blame on parents and the way kids are raised today. Not all are to blame don't get me wrong there are great parents everywhere but when you do not get on your kids to do chores and all they want to do is play video games all day then what do you expect? What kind of skill sets will you see? We have young kids come in that can't put in or take out a drill bit because they don't know how, heck we had one kid not even know how to mop a floor!
I blame nobody but society and the parents.
so u had one kid that probly laughed at you
every time someone asked me if i knew how to mop a floor i always saied nope and watched there dumbass mop a floor
originally posted by: eXia7
originally posted by: markovian
originally posted by: MarlbBlack
a reply to: 727Sky
Honestly and IMO I put only the blame on parents and the way kids are raised today. Not all are to blame don't get me wrong there are great parents everywhere but when you do not get on your kids to do chores and all they want to do is play video games all day then what do you expect? What kind of skill sets will you see? We have young kids come in that can't put in or take out a drill bit because they don't know how, heck we had one kid not even know how to mop a floor!
I blame nobody but society and the parents.
so u had one kid that probly laughed at you
every time someone asked me if i knew how to mop a floor i always saied nope and watched there dumbass mop a floor
I would have fired you on the spot, then shamed you for being so dumb.
originally posted by: SlapMonkey
a reply to: markovian
"Someone" probably lied during the interview.
Plus, it can be easily assumed that most functioning human being of legal working age can mop a floor. I mean, if you don't even have THAT semi-marketable skill, what do you have to offer an employer? (that's rhetorical, not a jab at you, per se)