Interactive Metro Map: Baby Boomers Gaining Jobs, Millennials Standing Pat

From Career Builder News Release:

The jobs recovery has put spotlights on two large sections of the labor force: workers nearing the end of their careers and young adults just beginning them. While the economy has been difficult for both groups, baby boomers now hold a larger percentage of jobs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and other occupations than before the recession, while millennials have generally struggled to make headway four years into the recovery.

The number of jobs held by baby boomers (age 55-64) grew 9 percent from 2007 to 2013, a gain of 1.9 million. The millennial workforce (age 22-34), however, has not recovered from the recession nearly as fast. With an increase of only 110,000 jobs, employment in 2013 was essentially unchanged from 2007 (.3 percent growth).

This analysis – from CareerBuilder and Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) – explores the very different stories of millennials and baby boomers post-recession. EMSI’s extensive labor market database pulls from over 90 national and state employment resources and includes detailed information on employees and self-employed workers. 

Source: CareerBuilder

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Women in the labour market - United Kingdom

Women in the labour market - Key Points

• Rising employment for women and falling employment for men over 40 years
  
• Men have consistently higher employment rates than women above the age of 22
  
• Employment rates for women lowest in Northern Ireland and London
  
• Birmingham has the lowest employment rate among the smaller areas
  
• Men with children more likely to work than those without – opposite picture for women
  
• The employment rate gap between mothers in a couple and lone mothers smaller for those with older children
  
• Men tend to work in the professional occupations associated with higher levels of pay than women
  
• Women dominate employment within caring and leisure occupations
  
• The number of women working within managerial roles slightly higher than the EU average
  
• Female graduates more likely to work in a slightly lower skilled occupation group than men
  
• Men make up the majority of workers in the top 10% of earners for all employees but the gap is lower for those under 30
  

Source: National Office of Statistics (UK)
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