It sounds a bit simplistic, but I think the reality is that in any economy that has high unemployment, most of the brunt of that is going to fall on people who don't have the skills and experience. Given the choice, most employers will hire the person with the skills and experience.
I think an example of where you can learn from other countries is Germany, where the overall unemployment is quite low but youth unemployment is also very low . I think part of the reason, if you take Germany, the Netherlands, and some other countries, is that they really have a very structured way of taking young people out of the educational system into employment through apprenticeship programs. It looks like that's the case. My impression is that German and Dutch employers see the socially responsible thing to do as continuing to maintain the people they're bringing into those programs. So the direct fallout for young people has been much less there than here.