The subject I have decided to focus my documentary on is the difficulty of finding

jobs for teenagers. I decided to choose this subject as recently I have been made
redundant. Before becoming redundant I was employed for four years, so I
missed the phase were teenagers were looking jobs and finding it hard. As I
started at a family friends business the process of applying to getting the job was
more casual and was less stressful then what other teenagers had to go through.
However as I am recently unemployed I am only now realising the difficulty of
finding a job as a student.
The concept for my documentary is that I will do an interactive style
documentary recording my experience at trying to get a job, I will show myself
writing a CV and an application as well as documenting the result. Throughout
this I will be giving my opinion as well as what I am feeling through each phase. I
will also be interviewing a verity of teenage students to get an insight into what
they think about the employment levels for teenagers. As well as interviewing a
teacher at The Henley College to get a professionals view on this subject.
The point of this documentary is to find out if in todays society it really is hard to
find a job or are teenagers today just too busy to put in the effort. The target
audience for my documentary is teenagers as this documentary is based around
them so they will be interested and engaged in the documentary.
Primary
Personally applying for a job
Writing CV
Writing application
Getting result
Interviews
Recently unemployed
Unemployed
Expert (teacher)
Local MP

Secondary
Research
Finding job websites
Newspapers
Facebook groups focusing on jobs

For this documentary I will be interviewing a verity of people to get an in depth

view on teenage employment, I will be interviewing Niamh Sames, a local
teenager which has recently been made redundant, Isabella Bull, a local girl who
is struggling to find a job, and a teacher at The Henley College.
I will research newspapers to see if there are any articles that already cover this
idea and use them as secondary research, this will help me understand the pros
and cons of teenage employment and will allow me to give a more logical and
impartial view on my findings.
An article written by Katie Allen (Allen, 2016) highlights the dramatic rise of
teenage unemployment over the years, she found that there is a strong link
between teenage unemployment and the current economic statues.
Of around 620 million economically active 15 to 24-year-olds, 81 million were
unemployed at the end of 2009, the highest number since records began in
1991, the UN agency says. That put the global youth unemployment rate at 13%,
up from 11.9% just before the global downturn in 2007
However other statistics seem to show that unemployment is decreasing in
recent years with teenagers aged from 16-24 years old (Youth unemployment
statistics, 2016). The unemployment rate (the proportion of the economically active
population who are unemployed) for 16-24 year olds was 13.7%, down from 16.1% a year
ago.

(Youth
unemployment statistics, 2016)

There are news articles based on this problem, (BBC, no date). The BBC focus on
the rising need for jobs with over 1M teenagers being counted as unemployed.
The latest unemployment figures show that the number of people without a job
has risen by 38,000 in the three months to June 2011 to 2.49 million.

For 16-17 year olds the unemployment rate is higher than in the early 2000s
even though the total number unemployed has reduced. This is explained by
increasing numbers staying in full-time education so that fewer 16-17 year olds
are economically active. ([CSL STYLE ERROR: reference with no printed form.]).
This information highlights the fact that there are more unemployed teenagers
aged between 16 and 17 then in 2000, however they are not being counted as
unemployed, and are instead counted as not economically active as teenagers
now have to stay in education until they are 18 years old.
There are websites created to help unemployed people find jobs such as Indeed
(One search. All jobs. Indeed, no date), this website allows the user to search for
specific jobs as well as in a specific area.
There are also job adverts in newspapers like the Henley standard (Higgs and 2013,
2013). This website allows people in Henley to be more aware of the job
opportunities in Henley. However newspapers mostly focus on permanent work
and forget about part time work meaning teenagers in education are left out.
Allen, K. (2016) Youth unemployment hits record high. Available at:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/aug/11/unemployment-and-employment-statisticsrecession (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
Youth unemployment statistics (2016) Available at:
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN05871 (Accessed: 25 April
2016).
BBC (no date) Youth unemployment in UK expected to reach 1m. Available at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15270040 (Accessed: 25 April 2016).
(No Date) Available at: http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN05871.pdfCached Similar
(Accessed: 26 April 2016).
One search. All jobs. Indeed (no date) Available at: http://www.indeed.co.uk/ (Accessed: 27 April
2016)
Higgs and 2013, L. (2013) Henley on Thames jobs. Available at:
http://www.henleystandard.co.uk/jobs/ (Accessed: 27 April 2016).