Gen Z are increasingly becoming NEETs by choice—not in employment, education, or training

Gen Z are increasingly becoming NEETs by choice—not in employment, education, or training

Just like Peter Pan, there’s a growing cohort of Gen Zers who are refusing to grow up and embrace life’s major milestones to adulthood, like getting some form of qualification or joining the world of work. Instead, they’re opting to become NEETs—which stands for “not in employment, education, or training”—and creating record levels of youth unemployment around the world. According to the International Labour Organization, about a fifth of people…