People of Glasgow share their views on Gen Z unemployment

With unemployment on the rise among Gen Z we ask Glaswegians what they think.

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00:00A lot of heartbreak, a lot of people thinking I'll come out of school and I'll go in to do this and just not able to.

00:04A lot of people will get a degree but find there are absolutely no jobs for that degree.

00:08Some of the courses that are being offered, you know, it's a bit dead end.

00:11I feel very bad for people in that situation.

00:14I think they should be offered more now to train for apprenticeships.

00:20It should be automatic as it is in some countries.

00:23In the UK we've got one million people between 18 and 25 that are claiming benefits

00:29and unemployed and all the rest of it.

00:31And the question there is, why is a million kids not working?

00:35You know, what's went wrong to cause that?

00:38I mean, there's plenty of work in Glasgow.

00:42You know, you keep hearing about the people coming over, migration and things like that.

00:46But you've got to ask a question, why have we got migration when we've got so many people that aren't working?

00:51We need plumbers, electricians and joiners.

00:53I'm hunting for an electrician at the moment and finding very hard to get one.

00:58I think Covid has a lot to answer for.