Posts tagged unemployment
What’s wrong with young American workers? Nothing, says Scott Gerber, and he wants to get the word out.
Gerber and the nonprofit he launched two years ago, Young Entrepreneur Council, Monday launched a campaign to raise money to print “#FixYoungAmerica,” a compilation of essays written by nonprofit founders, philanthropists, educators and entrepreneurs to show that entrepreneurship “is creating the new means of employment,’’ says Gerber. He wants the media and politicians to read dozens of ideas that are helping 20-to-30-somethings, recent grads, young veterans and other folks who are unemployed or under-employed get to work.
“I believe youth unemployment is an opportunity, not just a catastrophic epidemic,” says Gerber, who started his first business as a student at New York University. “The jobs of yesteryear are not coming back. If we don’t find ways to innovate on hyper-local levels, I believe we are going to become a lost generation, and I don’t believe we have to.’’
ShortFormBlog: Unemployment fell in majority of states last month
- 43 states have seen a decrease in unemployment since October source
» As goes the country, so go the states: Or maybe it’s the other way around? Well, either way, figures released today by the Department of Labor show that unemployment, in addition to falling to its lowest level in two…
The classic top-down approach to job creation is deeply flawed. It’s not enough to simply put more people on payroll. For economic recovery to truly take off, we need companies that are innovative, disruptive and scalable. New and growing firms are the instruments that create jobs. To focus on individual jobs — the output — is ineffective. The focus must be on the mechanism.
A good look into the flawed system of job creation.
Nick Seguin: It Takes a Village to Raise a Startup
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How Fragile Is The U.S. Economy Right Now?
Some feel we’re on the road to recovery, others shout doom. What objective criteria can we use to assess the US economy?
3 Ways To Find Top Talent For Your Startup
Conventional hiring doesn’t match a start-up business. Find out how these successful startups found top talent.
Profiles of Unemployment: What It's Like to Be Jobless in Your 20s
In August, The Atlantic asked readers to share with us the one thing people didn’t understand or appreciate about looking for work. You responded with beautiful, heart-wrenching accounts of the job search. We published you in three pieces: The Unemployed Speak and Advice from Employers, and Longer Voices of the Jobless.
Here, we call special attention to the plight of the Millennial Generation. Some of you feel adrift without a college degree. Others went to college and graduate school, only to land in a job market where that degree carries the scarlet letter O for Overqualified. These are your stories.
Tumblr, a lot of these entries came from you. Do you have a story to tell? Submit a post or send a note to our private email account aboutmyjob1@gmail.com. Keep reading and sharing
