Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ24716

Unemployment Problem Among Youth : A Sociological Study of Educated Unemployed

Authors(2) :-Sanjay Kumar Gautam, Durga Prasad Yadav

Youth is generally portrayed as an enthusiastic, vibrant, and innovative section of any population that shows strong passion, motivation, and willpower. This makes them the most valuable human resource for a nation's economic, social, cultural, and political development. However, if young people are unable to find a job that satisfies them, it destabilizes the rest of their lives. The unemployment problem is affecting a large number of youth, and a growing number of those have already achieved a respectable level of education. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to know what reason youth are perceived as responsible for unemployment among them and to provide suggestions to redress the unemployment problem among educated youth. The study is quantitative and uses a random sampling method with educated youth to collect data. This paper found that many resons, such as lack of vocational education, demand, and supply imbalance, low quality of education, lack of communication skills, and lacking hold over the English language, are responsible for unemployment among educated youth.

Authors and Affiliations

Sanjay Kumar Gautam
Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
Durga Prasad Yadav
Research Scholar, Department of Sociology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

Youth, Unemployment, Educated Unemployed, PLFS, Quantitative Study.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 7 | Issue 1 | January-February 2024
Date of Publication : 2024-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 50-56
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ24716
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Sanjay Kumar Gautam, Durga Prasad Yadav , "Unemployment Problem Among Youth : A Sociological Study of Educated Unemployed ", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 7, Issue 1, pp.50-56, January-February.2024
URL : https://shisrrj.com/SHISRRJ24716

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