Why do young people leave town to find a job?
a walkthrough with stand-ins — a demonstration, not a finding · 29 certified links · outlined boxes are the roots · tap a claim to read it in full
Showing every action the room judged: it acts directly on 4 of the 6 root causes. It does not act directly on 2.
A driving licence is the real entry requirement and nobody says so → Young people leave and do not come backA driving licence is the real entry requirement and nobody says so → We hire on attitude and cannot test for itRecruiting takes the owner's evenings → We cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothingRecruiting takes the owner's evenings → There is no single person in the school to ringThe jobs here do not need what school taught → One bad placement cost us a week of a supervisorThe jobs here do not need what school taught → We cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothingThe last three we trained left within a year → Careers advice is one afternoon in the final yearThe last three we trained left within a year → We cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothingWe would take four a year if someone organised it → The council asks us for skills forecasts we cannot makeCareers advice is one afternoon in the final year → Nobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroomThe council asks us for skills forecasts we cannot make → Nobody has ever asked us what we would need to take a school leaverYoung people leave and do not come back → The council asks us for skills forecasts we cannot makeThe school sent us the pupils they wanted out of the building → The jobs here do not need what school taughtThe school sent us the pupils they wanted out of the building → One bad placement cost us a week of a supervisorThe school sent us the pupils they wanted out of the building → There is no single person in the school to ringOne bad placement cost us a week of a supervisor → Recruiting takes the owner's eveningsOne bad placement cost us a week of a supervisor → We cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothingWe cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothing → Recruiting takes the owner's eveningsWe cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothing → The jobs here do not need what school taughtWe cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothing → Careers advice is one afternoon in the final yearWe cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothing → Nobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroomThere is no single person in the school to ring → The jobs here do not need what school taughtWe asked to visit and never heard back → Young people leave and do not come backNobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroom → The jobs here do not need what school taughtNobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroom → Half the applicants do not turn up to the interviewNobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroom → One bad placement cost us a week of a supervisorNobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroom → There is no single person in the school to ringNobody has ever asked us what we would need to take a school leaver → There is no employer group here that anyone convenesA driving licence is the real entry requirement and nobody says soA driving licence is thereal entry requirement andnobody says so①what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 1 ACTIONThe last three we trained left within a yearThe last three we trainedleft within a yearwhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYWe would take four a year if someone organised itWe would take four a yearif someone organised it①②what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 2 ACTIONSThe school sent us the pupils they wanted out of the buildingThe school sent us thepupils they wanted out ofthe building②what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 1 ACTIONWe asked to visit and never heard backWe asked to visit and neverheard back①what the shown actions do to this root causeREDUCED BY 1 ACTIONYoung people leave and do not come backYoung people leave and donot come backwhat the shown actions do to this root causeNO ACTION ACTS ON ITDIRECTLYThe jobs here do not need what school taughtThe jobs here do not needwhat school taughtpart of a feedback loop⟳One bad placement cost us a week of a supervisorOne bad placement cost us aweek of a supervisorpart of a feedback loop⟳Recruiting takes the owner's eveningsRecruiting takes theowner's eveningspart of a feedback loop⟳There is no single person in the school to ringThere is no single personin the school to ringpart of a feedback loop⟳Careers advice is one afternoon in the final yearCareers advice is oneafternoon in the final yearpart of a feedback loop⟳We cannot afford the time it takes to train someone from nothingWe cannot afford the timeit takes to train someonefrom nothingpart of a feedback loop⟳Nobody in a position to hire ever visits a classroomNobody in a position tohire ever visits aclassroompart of a feedback loop⟳We hire on attitude and cannot test for itWe hire on attitude andcannot test for itThe council asks us for skills forecasts we cannot makeThe council asks us forskills forecasts we cannotmakeHalf the applicants do not turn up to the interviewHalf the applicants do notturn up to the interviewNobody has ever asked us what we would need to take a school leaverNobody has ever asked uswhat we would need to takea school leaverThere is no employer group here that anyone convenesThere is no employer grouphere that anyone convenes
WHAT WAS PREDICTED TO FOLLOW
Each number on the map marks a root cause that action reduces.
① Someone to convene the employers here, quarterly
no prediction about this action yet
② One named person in each school for employers to ring
we expect: an employer who wants to reach a school knows who to ring
measured by: employers who contacted the school in a term
due 24 Mar 2027
guesses: the room: 10 (median of 15, spread 3 to 20)
③ A shared apprentice pool across small firms
no prediction about this action yet
A map from True Causes: a group’s judgement, not a measurement.