The general pattern in Europe of high youth unemployment, due I gather mostly to the difficulty in firing someone once employed, suggests "Europe" doesn't have all the answers.
We've got a very liquid employment market. Easy to fire means easy to hire, which along with our healthy small business climate means if you've got something many companies would find disqualifying "on paper"* you're still going to be able to find ones that will hire you. Like the one that don't bother with background checks at all, they just see if you work out.
Traditionally we're big on second chances, e.g. move out of town for a fresh start. Things like the net and specifically Facebook are changing that, but there's still more than enough of it to make a big difference.
We've got a very liquid employment market. Easy to fire means easy to hire, which along with our healthy small business climate means if you've got something many companies would find disqualifying "on paper"* you're still going to be able to find ones that will hire you. Like the one that don't bother with background checks at all, they just see if you work out.
Traditionally we're big on second chances, e.g. move out of town for a fresh start. Things like the net and specifically Facebook are changing that, but there's still more than enough of it to make a big difference.