Unemployment remains the biggest challenge to school-leavers in most countries. How far do you agree with this assessment? What are other challenges face by young people today?

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a more competitive world with limited

job

prospects

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for

school-leavers

. Personally, I totally agree that unemployment has become an obstacle for those who have left behind education at an early age.

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other concerns that youngsters encounter nowadays. Unfortunately, it is impossible to secure a

job

for

school-leavers

as the modern

job

pool is extremely challenging. Recruiters of most companies look for employees with a degree and some years of experience, which means only graduates from

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university

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will likely

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be employed.

Thus

,

school-leavers

with no prior experience are usually placed on the bottom of

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when even college graduates have a slight chance to get a

job

,

Moreover

, the fact that schools do not teach essential skills to

school-leavers

is

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another reason

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youth unemployment. To give a

further

explanation, most schools only emphasize on academic sector, which is not helpful for

job

security,

instead

of educating students on considerably important traits.

Consequently

, most

school-leavers

are incompetent in the workplace, causing

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company chaos. Alongside to reasons, adolescents

also

confront other issues

such

as financial, social and family problems as well as

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and discrimination. All of them are beyond their control and ability to deal with

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consequence of mental and physical illness. Research has revealed that the vast majority of young people suffer from depression and the rate of suicide commitment has increased every year. Some youths with no

job

become thugs, drug dealers and

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workers as they think they will earn more income easily if they pursue

this

field of career. In conclusion, getting a

job

is a barrier that

school-leavers

struggle most to overcome these days.

Besides

, they are

also

challenged by other problems

such

as social unrest and discrimination which have detrimental effects on them.