Britain's young people are in danger of becoming a 'lost generation' as they show little interest in pursuing skills-based jobs and instead dream of being the next TikTok or Instagram influencer, an education charity has warned.
The dire projection comes as a major new report highlights the mismatch between young people’s career aspirations and the types of jobs available.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) study, titled ‘The State of Global Teenage Career Preparation’, reveals that while jobs in digital, computing and data science have grown rapidly since the year 2000, young people are not willing to meet the demand.
In the UK, the study found that 46.4 per cent of young people are uncertain about their career options – a rise from 24.6 per cent in 2018.
It also revealed that students’ job plans focus on a small number of predominantly professional occupations which compare poorly to actual patterns of employer demand '
