Our page 3 story about employment got the newsroom talking about the younger generation and their desire for a job. Here, Mercury journalist Sage Swinton, 26, has her say on the issue.
As a millennial, I must say our generation cops a lot of flack for being lazy and unmotivated.
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"Things are much easier now than they were back then," older people have said to me. "There's no excuse not to have a job."
Yes, it might be true that things are easier than they used to be with the advent of technology.
But to say there's no excuse not to have a job was proven wrong by the 200 or so people who turned up to Reading Cinemas Maitland to apply for a few available positions this week.
Among those were plenty of school and university students.
Reading Cinemas Complex Manager Yvette Cavanagh said the response left her gobsmacked and with a renewed faith in the younger generation's will to work.
Now, there has been a lot of talk about Newstart lately, and whether or not it should be raised.
The Government argues that the best form of welfare is a job and that Newstart should not be seen as a substitute.
But, judging by the roll up at the cinema on Wednesday, there are clearly job seekers out there who are hungry to work.
New data even shows that 25 per cent of people under 30 are working more than one job in order to make ends meet.
Now that can't be said for all youth. There are obviously some young people out there who aren't as keen on working as others.
But whether or not unemployed youth want to work, there is an issue with local young people not having jobs.
The youth unemployment rate in the Hunter Valley (11.8 per cent) is double the area's overall unemployment rate (5.4 per cent) and both rates are higher than the state average.
The local youth unemployment rate has been fairly high for the past few years and even reached a peak of 21.8 per cent in December 2015.
While some of these people may not want a job, there are plenty of young job seekers out there willing to work - they just need to be given a chance.
And for local business owners who are willing to answer that call, Ms Cavanagh said she certainly has a few good resumes to pass on.