Tag: young adults
One segment of the U.S. labor force sheds light on the continuing struggle to find work: part-time employees who want a full-time job but can’t find one. The U.S. unemployment rate has drifted down during the economic recovery. But the number of people the Department of Labor calls “involuntary part-time” roughly doubled during the recession…
A recent blog article, “Retirement Tougher for Boomer Children,” did not elicit much sympathy for Generation X. Many readers who commented expressed a sentiment something like this: Yes, things are tougher for young adults. So deal with it. Members of Generation X, as well as Millennials, are largely on their own with their 401(k)s, in…
