Unemployment figures: Life as a farmer revealed

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All this week on Newsbeat we're looking at the jobs where it's claimed there are staff vacancies.

Around a million 16 to 24-year-olds are out of work in the UK.

Some industries say they do have jobs but many people see them as uncool and don't want to do them.

When Gareth Barlowe was 17 he sold his games console to help set up a sheep farming business in North Yorkshire.

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