The long road to recovery for the US labor market

Jun 11, 2020

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While the US economy may have added jobs in May after going through historical loses for the rest of the summer, the road to recovery is going to be long and winding. The data that is not being widely shared is the unequal nature of the data released. The unemployment rate for white people was a re ...

Enabling the class of 2020

Jun 11, 2020

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The class of 2020 has just graduated, and, they are having to enter a historically dismal job market. Despite sending countless emails to employers and companies and attending dozens of interviews, graduates are unable to land a job in their field due to the state of the job market. With student lo ...

Why the latest unemployment rate is not inclusive

Jun 11, 2020

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Last Friday was an eventful day in the job market as the Bureau of Labor Statistics released their weekly update on the US labor market. The report indicated that jobs had been added to the economy and that the unemployment rate had fallen to 13.3 per cent, which may seem like good news on the surf ...

Jobless claims spiked to 1.6 million in early June

Jun 11, 2020

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While the implications of COVID-19 have been devastating for the job market, there was some improvement in the month of May, with more jobs being added to the economy. However, there are still millions of Americans without jobs, which means that it's too soon to expect to recover. what's more is th ...

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