Cities Struggle to Connect Workers With Available Jobs
“Cities across the U.S. are experiencing a major discrepancy between the number of low-wage jobs available and the number of people in those areas seeking work, according to a study released Thursday by the Urban Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. The consequences of that mismatch can be bleak, authors argue, leading to high unemployment rates and longer spells of joblessness. The report analyzed 2017 data from Snag, the country’s largest online marketplace for hourly jobs, to determine the number of job listings within a city’s different ZIP codes compared to the number of job applicants who live in or near that ZIP code. The positions posted on Snag are hourly, mostly full-time jobs predominantly in the restaurant, retail and customer service industries.”