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Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at an event last year. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston is working to help those who are underemployed or unemployed

Michal Shvimer February 22, 2018
A new city-led initiative with plans to place 20,000 unemployed or underemployed city residents in living-wage jobs by 2022 launched Sunday.
A Friday report released by The Federal Reserve Bank of New York indicates a decrease in unemployment of recent college grads between September 2014 and September 2015. ILLUSTRATION BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Recent graduates’ unemployment rate decline sets “positive attitude”

Paige Smith February 4, 2016

The unemployment rate for recent U.S. college graduates between 22 and 27 years old has fallen from 5.3 percent in September 2014 to 4.9 percent in September 2015, according to a Friday report by...

College graduates face underemployment, report suggests

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2013

Almost half of college graduates are employed in jobs that do not apply knowledge gained from higher education, according to a recent study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. Despite...

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