'Into A Void': Young US College Graduates Face Employment Crisis

Source: International Business Times

At 5. 8 percent, unemployment for young, recent graduates from US universities is higher than it has been since November 2013 AFP Over two years, Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm -- one opened by the highest unemployment rate for recent college graduates in the United States in more than a decade. "It was extremely dispiriting," said the 25-year-old, who graduated in 2022 with a degree in law and justice from a university in the US capital Washington.