Keep in mind that the youngins going on international travel and doing working holidays/back packing - that's the only thing that separates them from the other 500,000 kids who come out of the education factory with the exact same degree when they're going for jobs.
We've got 4 mechanical and 1 electrical engineer at work, two are doing basic assembly work in the factory for sub $20/hour, one does basic data entry work and another one keeps offering to come in on his weekends to work for free.
We had an experienced aerospace engineer across the road who was our barista at the cafe because he was struggling for work.
The travel is the only point of difference on a graduates resume that is going to put them on top of the candidate list, everyone else has the same high level of education and they're competing with a global workforce in Melbourne and Sydney - who will work on the weekend for free.
The grey nomads could walk out of one job at lunchtime then walk into another starting tomorrow, you had much more industry and a much lower bar for entry with less competition than Generation Z faces who are coming out of their University degree starting $50K in the red.
I saw something a few days ago where a business is advertising for a position to wash and park their fleet of cars but they're looking for qualified automotive trades person with manufacturing experience then to even apply for it the candidate has to do a cover letter addressing key selection criteria and complete a further application form - to wash and park a fleet of cars even though this person is not responsible for maintenance just organisation of the fleet in the car park
Our resident oldies here - would you rather be in your teens/20s when you were or in 2019?