Introduction
Youths in United States are the future employees of various companies. Their age which normally ranges between 16 and 27 are mostly students or fresh graduates. At their age, they always want to be employed and be able to acquire the relevant skills which are greatly demanded by the employers. The youth always wants to be employed at a part time or seasonal basis since they still have to continue with their studies. The high cost of living has forced the youths in the United States to seek for employment after skull on daily basis or over the weekends and majority of them during their summers.
Discussion
The jobs availability for the youths is of great concern to the entire economy. If the economy is not performing well then the demand for employment will decrease, hence the youths employability will be decreased. The youths are exposed to many challenges in the US, unemployment being one of them. The youths supply for employment always is higher over summers. It’s due to this high number of the willing young people to work that the employers also exploits them with little wages and poor working conditions. When there is high supply of the youths, their demand by the employers will be less or the rules of the employment will fluctuate and mostly to the advantage of the employer.
The youths accessed to the job depends on the economic situation of the country. This will greatly determines the performance of the companies hence if well performing and the situations are favorable, their abilities to hire youths is enabled. Employment of youths in the United States depends on the availability of more resources and tasks to be executed. The employers have always targeted the availability of youths during summers hence at this time there are more jobs being created by the employers so as to reduce the number of jobless youths in the country.
Getting a first summer job for the youths in the United States is somehow complex than 50 years ago. This is because there are many people who have acquired the relevant credentials hence locking out quite a good percent of the youths as unemployed. The employers have valued the possession of certificates so much hence students will be relatively harder for them to get jobs than the adults. Employers also have concentrated on people who have knowledge and experience on the relevant fields which they are seeking employees. This will really reduce the number of the youths accessing the employment.
There have been various changes in the youth’s employment since 2001 across the gender. More women have been accessed to summer jobs than the male counterparts. This is a situation which is totally opposite from that which was experienced in the early 1980s. There has been an overall drop in the employment of youths in country which is reflecting that there increase deindustrialization in the economy. The crisis also in the year 2008 saw a lot of young people being unemployed from 2007 to 2009 summer period. There overall unemployment rate was affected by the economic crisis which hit the entire world. Most youths resulted to the crime activities as indicated that a higher percentage of youths were jailed for breaking the law over this period of unemployed youths (Krugman & Wells, 2009).
The youths have their needs to satisfy hence their demand for employment is due to the normal and basic necessities such as food, entertainment, clothing, and the educational fees. The chances of youths being employed depends on the type of industry and the overall performance of the economy. The employers also have a speculative way of projecting the cost associated with one employee from the insurance cover, daily allowances, and probably the wage rate.
Job satisfaction is very important in the employment sector. Most employees are not satisfied with their jobs especially the tasks they do. Employees are not being given specific roles to execute in the workplace hence their job dissatisfaction increases. The employees need to be given challenging tasks in line with their profession; they want to have excellent relationship among themselves and to the employer which they rarely come across.
This increases their dissatisfaction and may lead to high employee turnover since they have to change companies. The employees are not just after the pay, but good working conditions, their desire to grow in their line of profession and the advancement in life and work. If the employee does not get all these, in the workplace, the dissatisfaction will bring a lot of effects to the employer. In the US, many employers do not listen or offer the employees a chance to progress in their profession. This results in a high rate of employee turn over.
Employees in any organization are very important resources which have to be well taken care of at all times. After the end of recession, the company worst nightmare is losing its valuable resources such as the employees especially the young who are full of new ideas.
The youths in the US have been described to be the highest percentage of those who are searching for other openings elsewhere. More than half the employee turnover is of employees aged 16 years and 29. These are the young people who are looking for better opportunities at the work place especially after the economy has undergone some financial problems (Kates, 2010).
There should be policies which promotes the employees job satisfaction and reducing the employee turnover. The employer should at all times give the right job to the deserving person. This will enhances the quality of job done by the employees and relevant decisions will be made. The specification also as per the job descriptions is important. This will ensure that all the employees knows their roles and responsibilities hence their tasks will be enhanced and there will be a good job attachment. There should also be clear policies governing the succession plans in the employment especially for the core positions. The employees also need to be assured of their job security.
There has been increase in the youths who are in the market searching for jobs from 2.6 to 3.7 million in 2009. There are good policies set which make sure that a higher number of youths are employed hence, there are always high number of youths employed at this time over summers. The employed youths in the year 2009 rose to 19.3 million. The weak market conditions account for a higher percentage in the increasing rates of unemployment of the youths.
Conclusion
The economic crisis which began in the year 2007 is a major cause of the current youth’s unemployment. The more the number of youth’s employability, the more the income to the government through increase in the output and taxes. Employment has a positive effect on the gross domestic product (GDP).
References
Kates, S. (2010). Macroeconomic Theory and Its Failings: Alternative Perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Krugman, P., & Wells, R. (2009). Macroeconomics. New York: Worth Publishers.