Youth unemployment has become a worldwide problem, and it’s not one to be taken lightly. Research found that long periods of early unemployment can lead to what economists refer to as “structural dependence problems”. In other words, when young people are unemployed for long periods they are more likely to have employment difficulties for the rest of their work lifetime. Recent psychological research shows unemployment can lead to clinical signs of anxiety and depression. Inability to find work reduces self-confidence and create feelings of isolation. The psychological effects are arguably more damaging than the economic effects.

LIKE if you won’t let youth unemployment define our generation & COMMENT if you have ideas on how to stop it.

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After the last debate, we asked you who won. Obama received 12,652 LIKES & Romney received 2,216 RE-BLOGS/Comments. Who did you think did better tonight? 

It’s the first time in 15 years that college enrollment numbers have dropped. LIKE=Education should be a priority! REBLOG=The Presidential candidates should talk more about their plans for higher education.

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Did you watch the debate tonight? Tell us your opinion!

Millennials just aren’t buying homes like the last generation did. Why? To minimize costs. Between student debt and a lack of jobs that pay well, the expense of home ownership is more intimidating than ever! Have you purchased your first home yet? If not, why? OUR TIME wants to know!

Today’s job report showed bad news for everybody, but especially bad news for Millennials. It’s not that members of our generation are losing jobs - it’s that there simply aren’t enough jobs to go around.

theatlantic:

An Awful Jobs Report for Young People

For most Americans, today’s jobs report was merely bad. For young people, though, the news was just downright awful.

After declining for most of the summer, the unemployment rate for workers between the ages of 16 and 19 popped up again, rising from 23.8 percent to 24.6 percent. Among 20-to-24 year olds, it hopped to 13.9 percent from 13.5 percent in July.

These numbers don’t necessarily mean that thousands of young people are suddenly getting laid off again. Rather, they’re a sign of how hard it still is for teens and early twenty-somethings to find work.

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Are you a starving college student trying to figure out how to stretch your food budget into something that will sustain you through this afternoon’s lecture on multi-variable calculus? Here are a few recipes that will leave both your wallet and your belly feeling full!

LIKE = I’d prefer to work for a start up than a big business.
COMMENT = I’d prefer to work for a big business than a startup.

National Service could be the key to not only addressing youth unemployment, but also addressing many of the serious challenges our nation faces. As such, OUR TIME’s proposed “1 Million Jobs” plan is the latest topic of discussion on idealist.org!

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Most Americans are afraid of the economy. Here at OUR TIME our biggest fear is zombies… and the economy. What’s yours?

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