Make the Most of Your New Hourly Role

The cruel irony of economic downturns is their tendency to disproportionately impact the populations least equipped to withstand them. The downturn caused by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is no different.

A 2020 report from the Brookings Institution shows that people between the ages of 16 and 29 years old represent less than one-fourth of the workforce, yet account for one-third of the rise in the unemployment rate during the first quarter of this year — meaning young people were more likely to be laid off than older workers in almost every industry.

Read the full article at the Harvard Business Review.