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There are 26 million young people in the developed world who are not currently employed, in school or in training programs, according to the OECD. Forget losing weight or exercising more: Our most important resolution for 2014 needs to be solving the youth unemployment crisis.
Youth unemployment is above 35 percent in Italy, more than 53 percent in Spain, and today is nearing 60 percent in Greece--an exceedingly painful situation for our young people, and our economy.
Even in the United States, where the economy is in stronger shape by world standards, youth unemployment is 16.2 percent.
The Economist called today's millennials "Generation jobless," and the numbers bear out that title. Not even counting those who are enrolled in school, young adults between the ages of 15 and 24 make up 17% of the world's population, but 40% of the jobless.
What these students have accomplished continually amazes me. Milenko Pilic is a young man who recruited a team to develop HeySuccess, the largest database of opportunities for youth in the world.
Through the site, thousands of students and young professionals have been connected to opportunities that they would have been unlikely to learn of otherwise. Ever the entrepreneur, Milenko is expanding HeySuccess to include live coaching and a video book.
Please check out Heysuccess.com for bundles of students opportunities out there!!
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