I attended an information/business course in the early part of the week. Everybody there was unemployed and genuinelly anxious to find a job.
The vast majority in attendence were young men who had been employed in the construction sector but now found themselves signing on.
The content of the course was quite alarming. The younger guys in attendence seemed quite impressionable and spoke about re-entering the construction sector. Whilst the instructor had mentioned the sector was a basket case he in the next breath encouraged the guys to borrow as much money as they could and were they could, to help them get their businessses up and running.
It bothered me to see yonng people being encouraged in sectors that were in dire straights; the talk of retail opportunities was rife. Nothing new and absolutly no inovative ideas.
It just goes to show, we still haven't learned a thing.
The vast majority in attendence were young men who had been employed in the construction sector but now found themselves signing on.
The content of the course was quite alarming. The younger guys in attendence seemed quite impressionable and spoke about re-entering the construction sector. Whilst the instructor had mentioned the sector was a basket case he in the next breath encouraged the guys to borrow as much money as they could and were they could, to help them get their businessses up and running.
It bothered me to see yonng people being encouraged in sectors that were in dire straights; the talk of retail opportunities was rife. Nothing new and absolutly no inovative ideas.
It just goes to show, we still haven't learned a thing.