Catch 22

What does one do when career wise you are not going anywhere? What if you are exactly where you were a year ago and nothing has changed?
Nowadays it is really hard to find a job that is actually what you want, what you studied for, what you are passionate about. Instead you are either stuck in a mediocre job that you hate or you are unemployed.

It is catch 22! They want you to have on the job experience but how do you get experience if no one gives you a job?
According to recent data 881,000 young people aged 16-24 were unemployed in December 2013 to February 2014.

Apparently the reasons for this are four:
Financial Crisis: Graduate recruiters have recruited less because of the financial crisis of 2007–2010.
Public sector cuts: The cuts to the public sector have also affected young people.
Lack of qualifications: A report by Centre links youth unemployment and poor results in GCSE English and Maths.
Lack of experience: Recruiters becoming more risk averse and looking to recruit more experienced older staff.

Regardless of the cause how do you tackle this problem?
Clearly by creating more job opportunities for young people and NOT I repeat NOT offering them internships which they do for free or apprenticeships which they do for coins. 

What annoys me personally when applying for jobs is the fact that employers don’t provide you with any feedback on your job application instead they send you a generic e-mail in which they don’t even bother to address you by name. And yet you are expected to have done your research on the company and tailor your CV and cover letter to fit the job description.


Let’s brainstorm here for a second, if a candidate is applying for a job that they really want and have been rejected what is the thing to do here? Probably continue looking for jobs, but what if this keeps happening and you don’t know what you are doing wrong? Well, I am sorry but you would never know because “Due to the high volume of applicants we cannot provide individual feedback”. 
How come employers don’t understand that feedback from them is much more valuable and useful to job seekers than a review by the JobCentre?

If you are looking to excel within a certain sphere and you keep being rejected but you don’t know what you are doing wrong, what do you do? I am seriously asking here, what do you do?