Long-term Unemployment, A Reality For Many

Most everyone knows someone who became unemployed at some point during their career. However, not everyone easily finds their way back to a work. When you are out of work, you can face many different types of barriers to landing a new job.  Some need to develop new skills, while others have to overcome bias regarding their time out of work.

Job loss created by COVID-19 has steadily increased the number of people experiencing long-term unemployment. In this episode, we meet three people who share their experience with unemployment and job search. We also uncover Platform to Employment, a program that is helping put the long-term unemployed back to work.