Tinie Tempah is slowly starting to release details of his new charity, aiming to help fresh graduates find jobs. He is willing to pay for a new suit, travel expenses to interviews, hotel stays and wants to arrange work experience through his new charity.
He told The Sunday Times: “Some are doing law, some are doing sociology — pretty good subjects — but in terms of finding work afterwards it is not happening. It’s so much more difficult to create these opportunities for young people unless you know someone who works in a big company. I am seeing that among the young people I know, so I have taken it upon myself to set up a charity to try to help them get the breaks.”
Although he didn’t go to uni himself, Tinie thinks that the competitive job market is stopping grads from staring a career and establishing a steady future.
He asked the paper: “Are we at risk of having a lost generation? I don’t see why not. The generation of millennials is what they call it and, yes, it does seem scary. Students are so bogged down in debt from university. They cannot get a job straight away that they are qualified for.”
“If I ever needed £10 to get on the train or to go to an audition, I could ask my mum or dad, but not everyone is in that situation.
“I’m good friends with Lewis Hamilton and footballers and actors, and I know if they had not had support networks, they might not have been able to do what they are doing because it was expensive.”
He also thinks that online activity is damaging to our future prospects.
“I’d encourage youngsters to get up and go out a little bit more. The more powerful the internet becomes, the more inclined people are to say, ‘YouTube is all you need, Instagram is all you need to make it.’”
More details of his grad job charity will be released later this month.