The U.S. Youth Unemployment Rate - The United States Youth Chamber of Commerce;
"Although the recession ended in the summer of 2009, youth unemployment remains near its cyclical peak…What keeps the numbers from being even higher is that many teens have simply given up. Some are sitting on couches. Others are in school, which can be a dead end itself. The percentage of American 16- to 19-year-olds who are employed has fallen to below 26 percent, a record low.”
According to the NY Times only 53% of college graduates from the classes 2006-2010 are employed full-time. Even recent graduates who are working will make 10% less in their first job than graduates from just a few years ago, down to $27,000 a year.
With the sharply falling employment rates among recent college graduates, there is a growing development of these young people taking unstable, low/under-paying jobs that don’t match their skill's or training. Many of these same young people have tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt which they will find very difficult to pay off."
景気後退のサイクルは2009年夏に終わったが、若者の失業のサイクルはピーク近い水準のままだ…。これ以上数値が上がらないのはティーンの多くが単に就職を諦めたせいである。ある者はカウチに座って動かない。ある者は学校に戻ったものの、その学校自体がデッドエンド（出口のない行き止まり）となる可能性だってある。アメリカの16歳から19歳の若者の就業率は今や26％を切る史上最低の水準まで落ち込んでいる。
NYタイムズによると、2006～2010年の大学卒業生のうち正社員採用はたった53％。最近就職した新卒にしても初任給は年収2万7000ドルで、ほんの数年前に卒業した新卒より10％少ない。
このところの大学新卒の就職率の急激な落ち込みを受け、若者の間では自分の技能・職業訓練と全く吊り合わない不安定で低報酬or正当な支払いに満たない仕事に就く動きが広まっている。しかもこうした若者の多くは何万ドルもの学生ローンの借金を抱えており、その支払い目処も立ちにくい状況だ。
Source(s): Business Week, Salon, Huffington Post
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