Economics for Everyone: Job Markets and the Economy

Understanding the job market is key to a successful a job search. Learn how to identify opportunities and leverage labor market data to get ahead in your search for a job.

Overview

• Welcome
• The importance of the jobs, jobs data, and the economy

1. Job Market Data

• Unemployment and joblessness
• Different measures of unemployment
• Underemployment
• Unemployment scarring
• Wages and job creation
• The labor force and population
• Labor force and unemployment
• Layoff data
• Online jobs data

2. Historic Issues and Disparities

• Jobs data and racial disparities
• Jobs data and gender differences
• Differences by age group

3. Geographic Differences

• Unemployment at the state level
• City (MSA) unemployment rates
• Global employment and jobs data

Final Thoughts

• Value of education
• Takeaways and more resources