Casey Smith has been going to the job centre every few weeks since she was 16 but feels she's been "going round and round in circles".

The teenager, from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, is one of nearly a million young people in the UK classified as a Neet - not in education, employment or training.

After four years, she is desperate to work.

"I'm nearly 20 now," she told BBC Scotland.

"I at least thought by the time I was 18, 17 that I would have something and I don't.

"I'm very frustrated about it because the amount of pressure that is on young adults nowadays is absolutely insane."

The Scottish government will release annual figures on young people's work status later.

Last year the figures revealed that 93% of those aged 16-19 were in education, employment or training.

Those who are between 20 and 24 are more likely to be Neet than those aged 16-19 in the UK.

Casey is just about to enter that cohort. She says she is "constantly" applying for jobs.

"I think I've definitely applied to a thousand, maybe just a wee bit under that.

"You're waking up every day and you're doing the same thing, applying and applying, and you're not hearing anything.

"I've had roughly five interviews," she said.

Casey hands in CVs and has phoned every store in her local area twice looking for work.

"If I had it my way I would be doing a nine-to-five every day. I would love to do that."

The majority of Neets in the UK - 60% - are economically inactive, meaning they are not searching for work or able to start work.

Former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn is leading an official review into Neets and is expected to recommend major reforms designed to get many young people off benefits and into work in the coming weeks.

For Casey, the current system at the job centre just isn't working.

"I go once every two weeks and you're supposed to be there for roughly half an hour and have a conversation about what you can do.

"I will sit in the waiting area for maybe 20 minutes and then I will be speaking to whoever it is I'm speaking to for no more than five.

"And it's honestly it's like seeing somebody in the street that you've not seen in a wee while: 'Hi, how are you, what have you been up to? Ok, see you later'."

She says she is sometimes referred to community projects for assistance.

"They will teach you how to do things like making CVs or there might be a couple people looking for young people to start working for them", she said.

"However, it never gets anywhere.

"They're telling me to go out and do these things which I have already done several times over."

"I think the pressure of it all is what really bugs me. Why is there so much pressure on me when you know that I try every single day yet I'm not getting anywhere with it?

"It's also embarrassing to talk about, because, I don't have anything, neither do my peers.

"And then when people who are older than us are like, 'Oh, have you got a job yet?'

"And it's just constant pressure, constant judgement."

Figures from Scotland last year revealed that 16-19 year olds from the poorest backgrounds were more than five times less likely to be participating in education, training or employment than those who lived in the least deprived areas.

Casey thinks there needs to be more feedback from employers when rejecting applicants and that those at the job centre could talk more about ideas for work, volunteering or experience.

"I know we have the job centre that's supposed to help us go out and get jobs and find work and things like that, but that's not working.

"That's falling to bits. I don't think it's going to be up and running in like the next 10 years.

"It's collapsing and nobody's doing anything about it.

"So once that crumbles and just does not work anymore, what do you expect us to do?

"We need a new system in place."

A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which is responsible for Job Centres, said: "Every young person deserves the chance to build a future they are proud of.

"That is why we are investing £2.5bn to help more young people earn or learn, including through a Youth Hub in every local area, bringing together housing, mental health and employment support.

"And we are transforming Jobcentres to create a more personalised, modern and accessible service to support people across the country into work."