Showing posts with label college. Show all posts
Showing posts with label college. Show all posts

Friday, 13 May 2016

Why won't companies take a chance on young people?

If you're a teenager and looking for a job then I have a feeling you will be able to relate to this blog post.

As I'm now approaching the end of my first year of college I feel like I'm ready for a job. I now know the kind of work to expect from college and I feel like I can now manage my work and a job. 

I first started looking for jobs just after I started college last year. I didn't have any luck then but shrugged it off, thinking that I will put my focus onto my college work and I would look next year. Now I've started to apply for jobs again. All I hear is one thing. No, no, no and no. Why? Because I don't have any experience. This is beginning to make me angry because no where will take a chance on young people like myself. I know I'm not the only one and it isn't fair. We are trying to get experience but how can we when no one will take a chance? I have applied for so many different places over the past few months and it's starting to get me down. It's like we're not given a chance because we don't have experience but how are we suppose to get experience when no one will take a chance? I do have some experience due to having to complete 30 hours of work placement for my course but it's obviously not enough.


It makes me not want to bother because getting no's every single time is just making my hope disappear. Why don't companies take a chance on us when they can pretty much mold young people like myself into whatever they want?

I don't know if it's the same in the rest of the country but I know it's like this in Worksop and even in some of Sheffield.

What are young people suppose to do to get onto the career ladder? If you have any tips or advice or know of any companies that would take a young person on part time then please comment because I would love to know.

Thanks,
Chronicles xox