Strada Education Network, a national social impact organization dedicated to forging pathways between education and employment, has released a new analysis of its weekly, nationally representative survey tracking the impact of the global pandemic on Americans’ lives, work, and education.
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This week’s Public Viewpoint report focuses on the 53 percent of Americans who have lost a job, income, or hours because of COVID-19. Of these workers, a third have started a new job: 14 percent have started a new full-time job, 19 percent a new part-time job, and 2 percent both a new full-time and new part-time job. The likelihood of having started a new job is comparable for education levels ranging from less than high school through a bachelor’s degree, but Americans with graduate or professional degrees are much more likely to have started a new job.
“Among those who have lost work or income, the only meaningful difference we see is how much more likely workers with graduate or professional degrees are to have found new jobs,” said Nichole Torpey-Saboe, Director of Research at the Strada Center for Consumer Insights. “We expected that workers with associate and bachelor’s degrees would be more likely to find new jobs as well, but to our surprise, they aren’t.”
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