JESP GENERATION

First of all, I would like to introduce myself.
Im from Spain and currently Im 28 years old. I have two degrees and some work experience.
I belong to what we call in Spain the JESP generation, which translated to English means,Spanish young people over prepared.
And if you have a look at our stats in Spain, you can see the unemployment rate is above the 25%, thats the general one, but among the youth it ramps up to 46%. Some people are starting to call us, the lost generation.
Now, in my case after finishing my studies, I figured out my way out of the country, then I decided to come to the US, and find my way here. Now Im working  here in Washington DC, after seeking and waiting using a trainee visa.
The situation in Spain and for so many people at my age is starting to become desperate. Every one who I talk to, says that they are lucky if they have an interview and many of them are struggling to stay at the same job.
I know and everyone knows that the life quality in Spain is very high, with a sensible wage you can live very well, and furthermore the families in Spain are a very strong bond.But there are no jobs to absorb all the people coming out the universities.
There are many reasons why we have ended up with this situation but to display some of them:
- In Spain the idea of being an entrepeneur is not so encouraged as it is in other countries, and without entrepeneurs there are no business and without business there are not jobs.
When you want to start a company in Spain you can create it very fast, but since the company is running, they stab you with taxes, besides, the protection to the employees is very high.
I understand that the government must protect the citizens, but many times you see very old people occupying post that should be occupied by young people and the boss cannot fire them because in that case he should sell the business.
In Europe we have to change our minds, and start to live in the reality, we are living in a very competitive world, where the Chinese, Indians and South Americans who before never complained about the differences in the world now they want to live like we used to live. So now the world has to share its resources among more people, so it means that there is less for everyone.
Another reason why this has happened, is because in Spain the government has focused to generate and encourage the degrees with better social reputation, like lawyers, business, engineers among others. But meanwhile the carpenters, plumbers and other blue collar workers, didnt get any studies or preparation for their jobs, and they made even more money than the white collar workers.
 The Government should create better studies for them and generate degrees and final degree projects to evaluate their skills, like they do in Germany.
Those are some of the reasons why we are so sinked in Spain, there are many more, though.
I have some hopes about the future in Spain but our generation have to make many changes to make it work again and take Spain in the right way. Lets see if in a close future with so many expats abroad getting experience and knowledge with the ones getting better prepared, can generate new jobs and give a push to this country.