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Youth unemployment: By the numbers

Last Updated: June 12, 2013

Some may call millennials whiny and self-important, but when it comes to jobs, Generation Y’s sense of entitlement is partly the result of being pointed down career paths that have led them back to the same opportunities they had when they were teenagers.

CBC News spoke to young people about the challenges they're facing trying to find jobs and start careers in their chosen fields, while also dealing with mountains of student debt they've built up pursuing the credentials those jobs require.





Writer: Josh Kolm | Designer: Duk Han Lee



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