Despite having high unemployment costs, more college graduates are applying for jobs in Washington, D.C. and New York City.
According to the survey results from Handshake, 9.1 % of its people applied for jobs in New York, which is the most uptick from last year, at 1.35 percent points. At 3 %, which is an increase of over 0.5 percentage points from the previous year, applicants were pining for Washington.
However, in March, when this survey was taken, New York reported an unemployment rate of 4.3 %, and Washington reported 5.2 %, both higher than the nationwide rate of 3.8 % at the time. In a express- by- state position, New York had the 40th- lowest level, and the District of Columbia was 50th.
This is in response to more job applications from 2024 alumni in this presidential election year, which accounted for 7.4 % of all job applications. The group of 2023 sent 5.5 % of its applications to the state.
However, all five of the cities run by Republican politicians have increased employment applications from the previous year. Rep. Randy Weber’s ( R- TX ) Texas City increased by 0.2 percentage points, and Salt Lake City, which is split up into each of Utah’s four congressional districts all represented by Republicans, increased by 0.16 percentage points. Rep. Mike Simpson’s ( R- ID ) Boise experienced an increase of 0.15 percentage points, which tied with Rep. Jen Kiggans’s ( R- VA ) Virginia Beach and Rep. David Schweikert’s ( R- AZ ) Scottsdale.
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The market added 315, 000 careers in March, followed by 175, 000 in April. In the final month of April through May, 231,000 people applied for employment benefits.
Handshake surveyed 2, 687 students graduating with bachelor’s degrees from 616 organizations.
