It's not really all youngsters really but absolutely everyone you talk to is in the same boat cannot get any help.
Contractors farmers, dealers, shops, hotels anyone can't get staff.
Where have all the lads that used to fill these rolls gone?
Always people in the local delis to fill rolls, things would be bad if ya couldn't get the auld breakfast roll
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On a serious note, answers to your question (spelling mistake accepted) people fed up of the long hours, poor pay and conditions, but some of the problem is lack of respect by ""employers"".
The situation with farmers/contractors is no certainty of employment, e.g. silage season gone to only a few weeks and especially this year where a lot of farmers had ample from the 1st cut and there are very few 2nd cuts at least around here. The other thing is that with all the rules, regulations about farm safety etc etc very few youngsters outside of family members are ever near a farm to learn about things, unlike me for instance where my mother was from a farming background and from around 8 I was hanging about the big farm over the road which kind of gave me an apprenticeship in farming and machinery.
Another issue for the other sectors you mention is again, like farming, the seasonality especially hotels in the areas dependant on tourism like down your way.
Some supermarkets and other types of retail only offer up to 20 hours per week spread over 7 days with the hourly rate is poor enough and the general public think it's great when politicians announce that x,y or z is creating so and so number of jobs but in reality the number should be at least halved because it's going to take 2 people to do the 40 hours 1 person should be doing to make up a full time job.
Also don't forget we're in a mini Celtic Tiger era with the building offering some good incomes even for unskilled people.
I'm not having a go at you or anyone else on here but some people on here wouldn't be tuned in to the situation out in the labour market because of not having to look for employment so don't see or have to concern themselves with the issues.
To get an idea of some of the precarious and badly paid "jobs" being touted sign up to the likes of indeed.com to get email alerts. A lot of ""employers"" mouth off about how difficult it is to get staff, no one is loyal any more, want too much for wages but these are the kind that wouldn't be happy if people worked for nothing and think people should bow before them. An employee is a stakeholder in a business and if treated properly will do their utmost to make it a success.
Apologises
@TAFKAT , you liked before I added a bit so I hope I didn't make you dislike with it. 😁