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The job crisis for young New Zealanders

What is our youth unemployment rate? And what will it take to get more of our young people into work?

By Joanne Black In Commentary

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12th November, 2011
After three years of being unable to find a suitable job, graduate Cameron Grant began to ask himself whether it was worth hanging onto his dream of working in the website industry. He had a fine arts degree, is creative and passionate about his career choice and has well-developed skills, but he constantly found employers were not interested in people without experience. “I just couldn’t get a break, I couldn’t get anyone to take a risk on me.” He tried offering himself as an intern. “For the right person I would definitely have worked for nothing, because what I needed right ...

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