The question we should ask ourselves is: "are we training our youths with job seeking skills or are we teaching them to be job creators?” It is important that we start training individuals at the university level to be creators of jobs so that they can view the world out there as, "my business, and I can make it work too". This type of action will solve many other social problems that are beginning to grow within our society, such as unemployment, drug trafficking, poverty, etc.
It will also create a chain reaction. For example, imagine there is a boy named Peter who has established his own electronics business. He decides to employ Michael, a friend of his from university who majored in Management. Obviously, considering Michael’s field of expertise, he is given the job of managing Peter’s business. From his training Michael knows that the only way he can effectively manage this business is to establish an accounting department. So Michael decides to employ Peter, a guy he knows who has a degree in accounting.
This can go on and on, but the point is that, if we can help train our youths to not only be job seekers, but also job creators, then the ambitions of one individual can wind up giving jobs for at least 6 to 10 people.
I'm presently working on a proposal to create a network of the government and business people from my country Guyana, to work on a 10 year project that will deal with mainly education and employment. Weproject will also entail solutions for other social problems.
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