Mandy Poremba put it this way: “Employed but underpaid, even after being successful in the position for five-plus years.”
She’s a graphic designer who graduated from university and into a recession in 2009.
A Toronto-based education expert says new Statistics Canada data reporting good news about how young people like Poremba are fairing in the labour market is masking real, lasting employment scars for Ontario’s recent grads.
The study, published Thursday, found Canadians ages 25 to 34 generally didn’t see a drop-off in income or employment during or after the 2008-09 recession.
She’s a graphic designer who graduated from university and into a recession in 2009.
A Toronto-based education expert says new Statistics Canada data reporting good news about how young people like Poremba are fairing in the labour market is masking real, lasting employment scars for Ontario’s recent grads.
The study, published Thursday, found Canadians ages 25 to 34 generally didn’t see a drop-off in income or employment during or after the 2008-09 recession.