HH3 wrote:The people that say its too hard to get a job from unemployment are the ones that apply for four jobs a week on Seek. All of the jobs they've applied for are jobs they want, not ones they're qualified to do. And then they spend the rest of the week telling people how hard it is. I've had 3 full time jobs in my life. The first two I needed to complete months long courses beforehand that ended in a job. The last one, I took an entry level storeman position and worked my way up to the office job I was used to. Seven years later I want to burn the place down, but at least I have an income.
my lazy 19 year old step son reckons he is looking for work, if you can call laying in bed till 2pm looking for bloody work
It's an epidemic, today's youth have no get up and go.
That's a cop out, IMO. My two kids, 20 and 16, one full time permanent employee, the other part time work and TAFE. The three couples of whom I count as my closest, 3 kids, 3 kids and 2 kids, all working / studying / work + study. Only one of that 8 is still at high school.
Sure, I lament at the "kids" of today, joked last week that's why techno giants put things in clouds now, that's where these kids heads are at! To call it an epidemic makes it sound like all kids are lazy snoozers, when it might just be the parents who haven't got the drive to get the kids off their arse. ( Present company excluded ).
Let them lay in bed all day and they will, demand higher standards and help them reach them.
Its mainly a Gen Y thing, Gen Z are fine and quite impressive.
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Booney wrote: That's a cop out, IMO. My two kids, 20 and 16, one full time permanent employee, the other part time work and TAFE. The three couples of whom I count as my closest, 3 kids, 3 kids and 2 kids, all working / studying / work + study. Only one of that 8 is still at high school.
Sure, I lament at the "kids" of today, joked last week that's why techno giants put things in clouds now, that's where these kids heads are at! To call it an epidemic makes it sound like all kids are lazy snoozers, when it might just be the parents who haven't got the drive to get the kids off their arse. ( Present company excluded ).
Let them lay in bed all day and they will, demand higher standards and help them reach them.
Mate, positive attitudes are infectious, my partner's kids were lazy when we got together and could quite happily do the same, I laid down some rules about what time they have to go to and be out of bed, I applied for jobs for the older two and made sure they all attended school or got involved in courses available to them and they soon began doing it on their own accord and both found good employment.
I see it in so many of the youth today that they need a bit of a shove, my eldest had 3 jobs and studying for uni when she was 18, she now has a degree, studying for a 2nd one while earning over $50K pa, it comes down to parenting and who they hang around.
Standards have dropped in all facets of life, if I had of brought my phone to the dinner table my dad would've back-handed me.
Absolutely, just saying "kids are lazy nowadays" is a cop out. You reap what you sow.
Seeing a 92yo on the road this morning, was only caught behind her for less than a kilometre and she hit the curb twice and spent more time on the wrong side of the road despite doing about 30. I got my Dad off the roads when he was 62 and he was an excellent driver.
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Wedgie wrote:Seeing a 92yo on the road this morning, was only caught behind her for less than a kilometre and she hit the curb twice and spent more time on the wrong side of the road despite doing about 30. I got my Dad off the roads when he was 62 and he was an excellent driver.
