Alternatives: apprenticeships, bootcamps, entry jobs

Work Christmas parties might be in full swing - but many young people are simply wishing they had a job to go to.  

Figures show the unemployment rate has risen again and those aged between 16 and 24 have been hit the hardest. 

Nowadays it seems not even a degree is enough to land you a job - so what’s causing youth unemployment and what can be done to reduce it? 

Niall is joined by social media influencer and careers adviser Soshanna Davis - better known as the Fairy Job Mother. 

Producer: Tom Gillespie 

Editor: Mike Bovill