Magic Eight Ball of Job Market for Youth Says Outlook Not Good
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Wednesday Rutgers University's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development released a survey of college students (PDF) and some of the only numbers I have seen on youth "underemployment."
So many statistics today show data on the unemployment levels in the US which are based on those that are filing for unemployment. If you're still working your college job part time, or you don't qualify for unemployment, or your unemployment has run out - these numbers aren't counting you. This leads many to assume that the unemployment rate in the US is higher. Since the youth unemployment rate is almost double the national average it would only stand to reason that these more accurate numbers would also show the true unemployment level for youth to also be double.
According to Rutgers
"In order to better understand the American public’s attitudes about work, employers, and the government, and to suggest ways to improve workplace practices and policy, the Heldrich Center began conducting a series of nationwide surveys titled Work Trends. Since 1998, more than 20 surveys have polled employed and unemployed Americans on critical workforce issues. While prior Work Trends surveys had focused on a cross‐section of workers, the prolonged “Great Recession” prompted a closer examination of the experiences and opinions of unemployed workers. A new paper highlights the key findings from the Heldrich Center’s effort to capture the experiences of American workers during the worst labor market in a generation."
Read more here:
http://futuremajority.com/node/13147
http://futuremajority.com/node/13147
Wednesday Rutgers University's John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development released a survey of college students (PDF) and some of the only numbers I have seen on youth "underemployment."
So many statistics today show data on the unemployment levels in the US which are based on those that are filing for unemployment. If you're still working your college job part time, or you don't qualify for unemployment, or your unemployment has run out - these numbers aren't counting you. This leads many to assume that the unemployment rate in the US is higher. Since the youth unemployment rate is almost double the national average it would only stand to reason that these more accurate numbers would also show the true unemployment level for youth to also be double.
According to Rutgers
"In order to better understand the American public’s attitudes about work, employers, and the government, and to suggest ways to improve workplace practices and policy, the Heldrich Center began conducting a series of nationwide surveys titled Work Trends. Since 1998, more than 20 surveys have polled employed and unemployed Americans on critical workforce issues. While prior Work Trends surveys had focused on a cross‐section of workers, the prolonged “Great Recession” prompted a closer examination of the experiences and opinions of unemployed workers. A new paper highlights the key findings from the Heldrich Center’s effort to capture the experiences of American workers during the worst labor market in a generation."
Read more here:
http://futuremajority.com/node/13147
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