After recession, more young adults are living on street, By Susan Saulny, December 18, 2012, New York Times: “Duane Taylor was studying the humanities in community college and living in his own place when he lost his job in a round of layoffs. Then he found, and lost, a second job. And a third. Now, with what he calls “lowered standards” and a tenuous new position at a Jack in the Box restaurant, Mr. Taylor, 24, does not make enough to rent an apartment or share one. He sleeps on a mat in a homeless shelter, except when his sister lets him crash on her couch. ‘At any time I could lose my job, my security,’ said Mr. Taylor, explaining how he was always the last hired and the first fired. ‘I’d like to be able to support myself. That’s my only goal.’ Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession, which has left workers between the ages of 18 and 24 with the highest unemployment rate of all adults…”
Tag: Youth employment
Youth Unemployment – France
Young French Losing Hope as Prospects Fade, By Julia Amalia Heyer, December 14, 2012, Spiegel International: “As in other struggling European economies, the youth of France face dire prospects. Some 26 percent are unemployed, and almost as many live in poverty. Though the problem has been there for decades, ambitious political programs have improved little…”
Youth Underemployment – Canada
The real youth jobs crisis: underemployment, By Tavia Grant, October 30, 2012, Globe and Mail: “Youth joblessness tends to garner all the headlines, but the more troubling trend may be the more hidden one: underemployment. A paper to be released Tuesday is urging more examination of the extent of youth underemployment in Canada and more research into the causes that are driving it. ‘Contrary to the highly visible issue of youth unemployment, underemployment is seldom spoken of,’ says a 61-page paper by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, which periodically publishes research on various aspects of the Canadian economy…”