When the newest unemployment report was released the national average had actually dropped by two-tenths of a percent. At least it’s progress, but recent college graduates were one group of people that was not excited. The unemployment rate amongst age 20-24 college graduates was up to 10.6%–the highest it has been since 1983.
With the improvement in technology in recent years, video interviews are becoming more commonplace amongst employers. Though this method may never replace a face-to-face interview, it will become something you may have to prepare yourself to do well. Something to remember at all times is that a video interview is still an interview. It should [...]
Today’s job market is nearly filled to the brim with college graduates, and this is a much different picture than the job market 35-40 years ago. In 1973 only about 47% of high school graduates were going on to college for higher education. In October 2008 about 70% of high school grads aspired to get [...]
Losing a job is always a hard experience. If you don’t see it coming it can be especially testing, and you risk running the entire gamut of negative emotions. It’s important to keep your emotions in check when losing a job because it can have an effect on how you kick off your search for [...]
As the global economy is shrinking, unemployment isn’t just an issue in the United States. Europe, too, is seeing unemployment rates that are genuinely horrifying. What’s most disconcerting about this is that, just as in the US, the unemployment rate is actually higher than the “official” statistic. Until the end of the 1960′s, unemployment in [...]
