America Is Flunking Out Of Youth 101

The youth unemployment rate has hit 52%.

Yep. You read that right. 52%. As in more than half.

And ok, I realize that there are a certain percentage of young people in that age group that don’t want jobs. So consider that when pondering this number. But the rest of it?

I understand this plight. All too well. Even though I don’t fall into this category of “youth,” who are by definition 16-24 years old, I’ve struggled in the past to find work. A past as recent as this year, when I moved to NYC shortly after the bank crash and stock plummet, when people were losing their jobs by the thousands.

I won’t gloss this over; it got desperate. It took four months. And this is with a beefy resume of solid work since I was 16, a college degree and management experience. I got bored. I got depressed. I came close to broke. And my heart goes out to those in the same boat.
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Sean Gardner