Since 2009, a layoff victim has been more likely to give up looking for work and drop out of the labor force than to find a job, according to a new report from the Roosevelt Institute, meaning employment prospects for the jobless are the worst they have been since the government started keeping track of them.
Daily Chart: Graduates in low-skilled jobs. Feeling undervalued and over-educated? Join the club. Young graduates living in Spain and Canada are particularly likely to end up taking low-skilled work, while graduates from Britain and America are the best paid in the world.
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Hey guys, I was just thinking about how much time I wasted when I had plenty of spare time, and how well I spend my free time these days. Suffice it to say that creating this chart took up a considerable amount of my free time today.
What the hell is a job?
“On the left, job losses from December 2007 through July 2009 (the earliest President Obama’s policies could actually have an impact on the economy). On the right, job losses since July 2009. Around 41,000 compared with the Bush administration’s job losses numbering 7,796,000.”
More reasons to support libraries.
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