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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.
Well, increasing minimum wages and granting benefits sounds awesome... not just for young people, but for all the workers worldwide. Minimum wages in some countries (including mine) are a complete joke, and since this inflation started going up like crazy minimum wages look like welfare.
It's hard to attract young people to some traditional jobs. What I have noticed is that younger people don't care at all about some things, and I honestly envy them for that.
They don't give a fuck about working for little money and having someone give them orders just like that. They know they can find a job that pays better, or at least another job with the same wage but better working conditions. We should all learn more about self-esteem.
This is very common for current young generation. You hit bulls eye with that. Young people are spoiled by their parents and used to everything being affordable to them. Even many years ago, after graduating from school, I have heard many times how parents suggest (but proper word would be insist) their kids to enroll for lawyers, bankers or financial sectors, because other jobs are "not prestigious". Current kids go in IT sector, because junior dev earn +2k EUR from the start and you can quickly became senior and start earning +3k. They aim to get bachelor's in 4 years, spend a year as junior dev and at the age of 25 earn 3-4k, while most of adults spend 20+ years working to get same salary. Many times I have seen young kids saying that they better sit home (and be supported by parents) then go to work where they earn less than 1.5k EUR.
What we get now is overcrowded market with white collars and IT guys (who are afraid that AI going to replace them), and nobody who wants to work with hands. And then those kids are surprised how come a mechanic can earn +5k per month, when his job is to twist the nuts only.