The U.S. job market continues on a downhill skid, and unemployment is hitting young workers the hardest. Unemployment for 16-24-year-olds just jumped to 10.5%, the first time over 10% since the pandemic. Google searches for "how to get a job interview" spiked 629% last month in the U.S., leaving job seekers anxious. Despite the sluggish market, career experts have tips up their sleeves on landing a job interview in 24 hours.
The acronym NEET refers to young people "not in education, employment or training." While the term NEET has come to be associated with modern dropout culture and feelings of discouragement common amongst Gen Z, NEET cohorts also encompass young people who are actively looking for employment and educational opportunities, and can reflect broad systemic economic issues. The share of young people not in education, employment or training crested globally in 2020,