Young Graduates Face Tougher Hiring as College’s Job-Market Edge Narrows
Young graduates face a harder job search as college’s hiring advantage narrows, but earnings data and employer surveys still show value in degrees and skills.
Explore MarketSpeaker's latest reporting, research, and expert analysis tagged with "unemployment", collected in one continuously updated archive.
Young graduates face a harder job search as college’s hiring advantage narrows, but earnings data and employer surveys still show value in degrees and skills.
September payrolls rose by only 29,000 as unemployment edged up to 4.2%, wage growth slowed and downward revisions weakened the summer hiring picture.
Initial US unemployment claims declined by 1,000, while continuing claims and the four-week average also fell in the Labor Department’s October 1 report.
Unemployment measures people without jobs who are available and actively seeking work. Learn how the rate is calculated, why it changes, and what labor reports reveal.
A recession is a broad decline in economic activity. Learn how recessions are defined, what causes them, which warning signs matter, and how economies and markets recover.