CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are three reports that we found interesting this week.
Labour Force Survey, August 2022 (Statistics Canada)
Employment declined by 40,000 (-0.2%) in August, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.5 percentage points to 5.4%. Employment fell among youth aged 15 to 24 in August, primarily young women, as well as among people aged 55 to 64.
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022: Investing in transforming futures for young people (ILO)
Incorporating the most recent labour market information available, Global Employment Trends for Youth sets out the youth labour market situation around the world. It shows where progress has or has not been made, updates world and regional youth labour market indicators, and gives detailed analyses of trends and issues facing young people in the labour market.
Impact of a First-Year Place-Based Learning Community on STEM Students’ Academic Achievement in their Second, Third, and Fourth Years (Springer – Open Access)
These results suggest that while benefits of first-year learning communities on grades decline over time, benefits for retention and graduation can persist, though they are insufficient to erase equity gaps.
