Posted on 08/03/2014 9:35:43 AM PDT by Steelfish
Relying On Online Listings, Young Americans Struggle To Find Jobs Dealing with higher unemployment rates, young Americans find job search can take months at a time
3 August 2014 Jana Kasperkevic.
For policy wonks and economists, the first Friday of every month is a jobs day – a day when the US department of labour releases its latest employment numbers and unemployment rate.
For 24-year-old Miriam Braverman, pounding the pavements to answer Craigslist ads, every day is a jobs day – until she finds a job.
It’s a task that many young college graduates are used to: the job search. In July, the unemployment rate for younger workers, those 20 to 24 years old, including many recent college graduates, was 11.3% – five percentage points higher than the overall unemployment rate in America.
Finding a job, for young workers, however, is not what it used to be. The defining factor of the millennial generation – technology – is thwarting many young people in their search for jobs, as they contend with the randomness of Craigslist, the cruelty of email black holes, and the increasing importance of personal connections.
And then there’s the pay: low. And the job security: nonexistent. Firms prefer freelance workers because they are protected from having to pay for unemployment, taxes or benefits. Companies no longer hire temps to work just days or weeks, but instead opt to keep them for months at a time.
“These jobs are what I call ‘permorary’,” says Phil Press, executive vice-president at Temporary Alternatives. “People think that temping is a quick fix, but it’s not. Not any more.”
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I’m in MA and have spent a lot of time in NY state-—upstate,downstate and The Island.
It is beautiful——we spent many wonderful vacations upstate. The Adirondacks are incredible.
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Yes, the Adirondacks are incredible; in many parts you’d think you were hundreds of miles north in Quebec.
Wouldn’t want to winter there, though...
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