Potential loss of life chance?

I know that some tradesmen here have given up having apprentices over the past decades. The apprentices have to go to college some of the time, fair enough, and they need a lot of training on the job, where they are slower (of course) than a time-served tradesman, fair enough. The trouble is that as soon as they had served their time they would go offshore where the money is better, and so we are still short of tradesmen and the current ones are not getting any younger.

We need a way of ensuring that if young people are trained they should have to work for at least some time in the area where they had their training. It isn't just trades that are affected. The same is true of nurses and doctors who are trained in the NHS and then go off abroad without working for the NHS. A balance between the provision and paying for training and the freedom of the individual needs a bit of attention IMO.

Schools are barely able to discipline children or impose sanctions.
Unless a child has a loving supportive home with boundaries then the child goes into adulthood with a sense of entitlement.
As for anxiety…it’s endemic.

I know someone who wants to employ an apprentice to train up so far he’s tried 2, the first seriously lacking in common sense and couldn’t follow simple instructions. The the other one just couldn’t turn up on time over a months trial both were surprised when told the reasons they weren’t suitable. As a small 3 man company everyone has to be reliable and work together. Someone would have good and well paid training if only they took a career seriously.

I'm well aware what I was saying was anecdotal but that's three youngsters losing out. I wonder how many more are affected.

I work in a profession which is predominately staffed by young people, they work very hard. Anecdote doesnt really show anything.