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This is a Bloomberg Radio Special Generation Interrupted.

I'm Lisa Abram Woods. Over the next hour we look at

the pandemic's outsized impact on America's youngest workers. The people

graduating from college into this pandemic, they're really getting hammered. We saw a decline of new

jobs posted of 40%. The overall job is right it's been up about five for people

between 60 and 24 it's been up almost double that.

Plus the pitfalls and setbacks tied to learning and starting a new job in a virtual world.

Entering the workforce, entering an organization, getting to know people people and doing that virtually.

It creates challenges for younger people.

It's the kids trying to struggle through Zoom School.

We're not paying enough attention to the harm that is happening among those kids.

And also how young workers can respond and pivot to adapt to the pandemic.

Technology, those skills are very much in demand.

Health care, obviously, human services, financial services.

These are sectors who are well because they support the stay-at-home economy.

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