1.79 million people were unemployed for 15 weeks or more in July, down 61% from a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
, one bullish point flew under the radar. The number of long-term unemployed people has plunged, reaching its lowest mark since the start of the century.1.79 million people were unemployed for 15 weeks or more in July, down 61% from a year earlier,That’s the lowest point in any single month since July 2000 with the exception of April 2020 — and it’s down from a pandemic high of 8.13 million in August 2020.
The sharp drop reflects the continued resiliency of the job market, which has now recovered all of the nearly 22 million jobs it had lost during the pandemic.Facing intense labor shortages, employers are beginning to hire workers they previously would not have considered, Goodwill Industries International CEO Steve Preston tells Axios.
“There’s just huge demand in the marketplace, so those people are being pulled in,” Preston says. “It's a very encouraging number.”In some cases, employers are abandoning resume-filtering algorithms that automatically eliminated long-term unemployed people as job candidates, Preston says. Some employers are no longer requiring college degrees for certain positions, while others are hiring recently incarcerated individuals or are considering people with “other life challenges,” Preston says.Recent layoff announcements have been reason to question the strength of the job market. But today's jobs report suggests that hiring is overwhelming dismissals for now.
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