Has the budget done enough to tackle the crisis in youth employment?

Peter can discuss (budget-related):

-          that a higher education alone is no guarantee of a job

-          is a university degree worth it for today's young people

-          parents will have to keep supporting young people well into their 20s

-          other youth employment, education and careers issues raised in the budget

-          funding (lack of) for careers counselling in schools

-          lack of funding for on-the-job and other training opportunities

-          Gov't needs to support small business to hire young and willing

Peter can discuss (youth employment, small business related)

-          schools and parents are NOT preparing young people for work

-          young people have poor communication and personal skills due to social media

-          that employers won't hire young people, they're too expensive and other barriers

-          that working while you study is the key to getting work when you graduate

-          young people and their parents aren't preparing their kids for the future

Peter is an expert practically and academically

Peter is a self-made millionaire turned best-selling author of research-based 'Your Bosses Boots: ​how to get your foot through the door of the competitive world of work'. He's hired over 1000 young people and seen first-hand the employment crisis facing Australia's youth in the last 25 years.

In 2014, Peter liquidated his multi-million dollar restaurant empire to follow his passion and founded Fingerprint Me Academy, Australia's first European-style 'finishing school' providing evidence-based intensive programs for unemployed young people to transition from study to work and successful careers.

Peter travels the country speaking in schools about the growing youth employment crisis. He has appeared on TV, radio and print urging governments and businesses to give young people a chance and to alert Australians to young people's lack of real-world workskills and career planning.

Mr Coronica is available for in-person interviews immediately.

Please contact Irena on 0412 424 523 for more information or to discuss scheduling.

* More than 310,000 people aged 15 to 24 are underemployed in Australia. When you add the numbers who are without any work, more than a quarter of 15 to 24 year olds in the labour market – that is, more than 580,000 young Australians – are either underemployed or unemployed.

(Source: ABS via Brotherhood of St Laurence – Barely working young and underemployed in Australia - September 2014).