Young people are back on the job market to try to alleviate the labor shortage that currently affects all fields.
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Despite popular belief, young people are back to work and no longer on government programs that were intended to get through the most economically difficult times of the pandemic.
“It looks like we have a hard time believing it, but if we look at the data, we are at 99% in terms of the working population, for young people aged 15 to 24, compared to before the pandemic. In other words, if we told ourselves that young people do not come back to work, it is wrong, ”says Jean-François Bertholet, CHRA member and teacher at HEC Montréal.
Even according to the statistics, the various government programs have helped the aging generations more than the young workers.
“Know that those who benefited the most from PKU when you look at last year’s income are workers 65 and over. We often have vision, young people these days. You know that in research we even have a measure for that we call it “the Kid this days effect” the effect of young people these days. All the aging generations believe that the younger generation is less working, ”said the professor in an interview with TVA Nouvelles.
According to this professor, it will be necessary to be creative to find solutions to overcome this shortage of manpower.
“We forgot that before the pandemic, that was it, companies were looking for manpower so, the pandemic is ending, the problem is still there, we just put it on pause,” explains- he does.
In the short term, he doesn’t know a solution. On the other hand, robotization could help companies with simpler tasks and trades less coveted by Canadians.
“We can already see it in some stores, automation. Whether for somewhat repetitive tasks. We are talking about robots that are going to steal our jobs, but ultimately they are stealing jobs that no one wants to do, ”underlines Jean-François Bertholet.
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