{"id":16478,"date":"2020-01-06T10:58:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T09:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=16478"},"modified":"2020-01-06T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:00:20","slug":"saturday-jobs-are-dying-resolution-foundation-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/saturday-jobs-are-dying-resolution-foundation-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Jobs Are Dying, Resolution Foundation Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Studies suggest that teenage employment has halved in the last 20 years, which has employers worrying that “Saturday jobs” might be done for.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Resolution Foundation report suggests “a quarter of 16 and 17 year olds were in work between 2017 and 2019 – falling from 48% in 1997-99.”<\/p>\n

The number of people who have reportedly never worked has risen by over 50% in the past 20 years, including people who aren’t teenagers. The youth are apparently prioritising study over part time work, studies say.<\/p>\n

Laura Gardiner, who works at the Resolution Foundation, said: “The rising number of people who have never had a paid job has been driven by the death of the teenage Saturday job and a wider turn away from earning while learning.”<\/p>\n

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People have also said they wish they started an apprenticeship sooner.<\/p><\/div>\n

“With young people today expected to end their working lives at a later age than previous generations, it’s understandable that they want to start their working lives at a later age too,” Ms Gardiner added.<\/p>\n

“But this lack of work experience can create longer-term problems, particularly if they hit other life milestones like motherhood or ill-health before their careers have got off the ground.”<\/p>\n

Overall, households are the most “in work” they’ve ever been, with out of work benefits at their worst for a long time. Additionally, studies have found that people leaving full time education are taking much longer to find work, on average.<\/p>\n

“Lazy interpretations related to workshy Brits are very far wide of the mark,” the report added.<\/p>\n

“Instead, the rise in the proportion of working-age adults who have never had a paid job is above all a story about the complex choices many young people are facing in trying to get the most out of their education.”<\/p>\n

Ms Gardiner added that, “More and more of us are now working, with employment hitting record highs and worklessness hitting record lows, but despite this, around one in 12 working-age adults have never worked a day in their lives – a 50% increase since the late 1990s.”<\/p>\n

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