There are many differences between the president’s terms. Overall employment was smaller in the ’80s, so a different comparison might be to look at the percentage change. Of course the participation rate was increasing in the ’80s (younger population and women joining the labor force), and the participation rate is declining now. But these graphs give an overview of employment changes.
Continue reading… “What job creation looked like under the last six presidents”
American adults who have a job (or are looking for a job) has fallen to its lowest point since 1979, hovering around 63 percent. Thirty-seven percent of working-age Americans aren’t working. But, what are they doing? Bloomberg Businessweek gives us a snapshot of 2013 with this amazing infographic above.
Continue reading… “37 percent of working-age Americans aren’t working, but what are they doing?”
86 million Americans were not counted in the labor force because they didn’t keep up a regular job search.
In the United States there are many more jobless people than you might think there are.
The unemployment rate is falling, but that doesn’t include the millions of nonworking adults who aren’t even looking for a job anymore. And hiring isn’t strong enough to keep up with population growth.
Men are grabbing most new jobs as the economy recovers.
Men are grabbing more than two-thirds of the private-sector jobs created as the economy recovers, reversing a long-running trend that came within a whisker of giving the U.S. its first-ever majority-female workforce.
Continue reading… “Men claim two-thirds of new jobs, even jobs in retail”
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