00:00I believe the government can promote initiatives to support students, maybe from an earlier age, secondary school, and provide workshops,
00:11initiatives to advise on careers, on further learning.
00:17If you know the right people, I feel like it is quite easier to get a job with people who
00:22you know. And I feel like for younger people as well, people are more open to employing younger people.
00:28My point of view, sort of facing that crisis with a son who's 15 years old, just starting to think,
00:33how does he transition into the workforce?
00:35And in terms of what can be done, I mean, I think a lot of it is down to the
00:40fact that menial lower level jobs are being took over by AI.
00:44So I think if there was a better education programme to upskill kids in that earlier so that they can
00:50actually leverage that when going into the workforce, that would be great.
00:53And aside from that, it's about making kids, I think, more aware of the various apprenticeship schemes.
00:59Because I think it's still very much, everyone thinks that university is the next step.
01:03Whereas I think there's a lot more opportunities now for apprentice level schemes in whether it be a trade or
01:08anything else, which isn't as visible as it should be.
01:11I had the opportunity to work, but I had universal credit. I had jobs lined up, but the thing moreover
01:22was the pay that was coming in, it kind of prolonged it.
01:27I was actually prolonging the time period from instead of it being a few weeks on no work to maybe
01:35a month or two.
01:35Because I'm in here and a lot of people say, well, I got taught at college, I don't really do
01:39anymore.
01:40So I think a lot of people will tend to kind of push towards their own education and reach out,
01:45especially in my industry.
01:46We have people coming to me for education and they pay a lot of money, a lot more than what
01:50they would do if they got it for free at college up until the age of 24.
01:53But then again, past that, you're going to have to pay for it regardless.
01:56So I think that it's a good thing that we can educate people without having to go through the ethos
02:02of going through, getting marked by a college to be able to accept our education to other people.
02:08So I'm a big believer in, like, let's do more of that.
02:12I think it's really good to be looking online for jobs. And I also think university is a really good
02:18option as well right now for people.
02:20Bring back apprenticeships and bring back work experience from year 10.
02:24If you remember back in the day, year 10 used to do work experience, where they'd be able to work
02:30in Tesco's, work in Morrison's for a week, put that on their CV when they're 16, they can get a
02:34job straight away.
02:36Now it's NCS. Who cares about NCS sleeping in a tent for a week?
02:39I also think having an education there for people who want to do higher education for, like, diplomas and stuff
02:45like that is a great opportunity as well.
02:47So I don't think it's, I'm not really biased by either way.
02:49I just think that for me, I don't do anything I've got taught at college and everything I do is
02:55either self-taught or taught by someone in my shop.
02:57So, you know, where do we go from there?
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