this is complicated, esp. because of their subject:
“I didn’t know how to go into a bar and order a drink until I worked behind one"
if someone said that to me during a job interview it'd be a big "no".
but my reading of this article is: there simply aren't sufficient jobs for young people.
Paul McO'Smith III
Young, ambitious and out of work: ‘I’ve gone from Oxford to zero jobs. It’s a bit of a fall’
About 1 million 16- to 24-year-olds are not in employment, education or training – and the obstacles they face are bigger than ever. Those unemployed for a year or more explain how they are coping
