The ways of earning and living for young people have changed drastically since we moved from the agriculture(field) era to the technological( Internet money) era. Many young people are willing to sit at home waiting for a freelance job rather than going out to work for someone and getting paid little shillings. Research has proven that the rate at which people quit working in traditional industries has increased, perhaps they have found an online skill or a way to offer their services with high flexibility.
Link to complete ChartThe concern is very alarming this is because if limited young ones are willing to work in these traditional structures (Oil, Agriculture, manufacturing, etc.) how will they grow? The Gen Z workers (that is people born between 1997 - 2012) were the first to prioritize flexibility, personal well-being, and as well as intelligent usage. Of course, the internet money is way higher than low-paying jobs in those sectors, they can either choose to start their own social media accounts that would endorse them or pursue freelance work rather than entering the traditional workforce.
So if there is a way to create balance and bring more young people to have interest in the traditional workforce what would you think of? I was thinking that increasing minimum wages and granting more benefits like health, rent to mention a few would help
You are really correct on this, in this current generation, younger people find it difficult to maintain a 9am to 5pm job, because they don't have passion for it, they are mostly doing it like they don't have a choice, since it's the only means of survival at present, they mostly took it as a job were you work like elephant and eat like ant, because it's very difficult to obtain a higher paying job.
But with the advancement of technology worldwide, younger people have more passion in acquiring digital skill and and they prefer doing business online because it pays better than our traditional 9am to 5pm job, though it's has it own advantage, but the major disadvantage of young people abandoning agriculture is that who will feed the state, if everyone no longer have interest in it? And it will definitely be a major problem to the government of the state if the agricultural sector is being abandoned.
So to me, the best that can be done about this is for the government to make the 9am to 5pm job and working for the agricultural sector to be more attractive to the upcoming generations, so as to strike a balance between agricultural sector and technological sector of the economy.