Aussies like Casper are working younger as the cost-of-living crisis rages on

EXCLUSIVE: If you've caught yourself reasoning nan unit astatine your section Coles aliases Woolworths look peculiarly young these days, it's not conscionable your imagination.

Australians are joining nan workforce younger than ever, mostly successful consequence to nan ongoing costs of surviving crisis.

New investigation from Employment Hero revealed that jobs among Aussies aged 14 to 17 surged by 30 per cent successful nan past year.

Jobs among 18 to 24-year-olds besides jumped by much than 16 per cent, signalling a salient generational displacement arsenic young Aussies effort to get up financially.

Casper Huisken, 17, is juggling a occupation astatine his section supermarket pinch his Year 12 studied successful nan hopes of building a financial information nett earlier he moreover finishes precocious school.

"I wanted to gain money earlier because it gets costly [when you're] extracurricular of school," he told 9news.com.au.

"It conscionable feels bully to person immoderate money to trust on."

Working a fewer shifts a week besides forces him to negociate his clip cautiously astir homework and assignments, which he said has helped him focus.

But he worries that it will beryllium difficult to support up pinch nan rising costs of surviving – moreover pinch a caput start.

Employment Hero's inaugural Annual Jobs Report recovered that Gen Z Aussies are entering nan workforce successful grounds numbers arsenic nan costs of surviving situation continues.

More than half of those aged 18 to 24 besides activity much than 1 job.

By comparison, only 20 per cent of workers complete nan property of 55 clasp aggregate jobs and only 1 successful 3 crossed nan full moving population.

"Teenagers are clocking shifts to prevention for a early they cognize is going to beryllium expensive," Employment Hero main executive Ben Thompson said.

Meanwhile, Millennials are astir apt to usage devices for illustration Earned Wage Access (EWA) to retreat rate earlier payday to ft mundane bills.

And nan mostly of Aussies are prioritising occupation stableness complete each else, particularly young workers.

Cyber information master Annabelle, 24, is among them.

"In nan manufacture that I activity in, which is tech, there's a batch of layoffs and they tin hap rather suddenly," she told 9news.com.au.

"Everything's changing a batch truthful complete nan past fewer years, I've decidedly weighted occupation security."

Annabelle sewage her first occupation astatine 14 and worked aggregate jobs each done precocious schoolhouse and uni, hoping to group herself up for nan future.

But she couldn't person planned for nan COVID-19 pandemic aliases costs of surviving crisis.

Now she's considering picking up a 2nd occupation connected apical of her full-time domiciled to thief screen essentials for illustration rent and groceries while she tries to support redeeming for life's large moments.

Because if she doesn't put money distant for a wedding, a house, and kids now, she mightiness ne'er spend them.

"I'd for illustration to person a location and beryllium comfortable, and besides person nan financial state if I want to recreation to travel," she said.

"But it's difficult ... you can't really do everything, you decidedly person to prioritize what you what you want most."

Annabelle is grateful her family encouraged her to create financial skills from a young age.

About 8.5 cardinal Aussie adults are considered financially illiterate according to 2020 stats, and only 28 per cent of teen boys and 15 per cent of teen girls show basal financial skills.

Thankfully, a increasing number of young group are starting activity and redeeming young successful nan hopes of getting up of nan curve.

Huisken plans to support moving done his last twelvemonth of schoolhouse and build up a small nest ovum to spot him done to his adjacent chapter.

Many of his friends are starting activity and redeeming up too.

"It seems for illustration a awesome point to get into early," he said.

"Because [the costs of licing] already is rather expensive, and if it keeps getting much expensive, past that would beryllium very bad for us."

Have you sewage a story? Contact reporter Maddison Leach at mleach@nine.com.au

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