2012

Addressing global youth unemployment requires an examination of the unique trends and challenges at play in both developing and developed countries. The breadth of economic impact on the labor market as well as training and educational deficits and successes are as diverse as nations themselves. This paper presents a brief look at this diversity on a global scale, highlighting emerging challenges as well as trends that have provided career development and employment opportunities for youth. The information gathered here also serves to present a challenge to career-focused helping professionals who wish to stay ahead of the plethora of information, and to help youth apply the knowledge of these opportunities towards their own successes, and to be an advocate for policy changes that promote youth employment.