Hardest-Hit Industries and Job Plans of Workers – Inside Higher Ed
A weekly survey looked at job loss and education plans across different industries, finding workers prefer nondegree training over completing college degrees.
New survey data show that nearly three in four leisure and hospitality workers have lost jobs, income or hours as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Over all, more than 50 percent of Americans report the same.
For weeks, Strada Education Network has kept up a survey asking Americans how they’ve been impacted by the pandemic. In early April, the survey demonstrated just how deeply the pandemic was affecting the country, showing spiking numbers of respondents losing jobs, hours or income.
On Wednesday, Strada researchers and experts summarized week six results, which expanded on previous results and examined job loss and education plans by industry in which workers are employed.
Over half of information technology workers are worried about losing their jobs, income or hours during the pandemic, and two-thirds of education workers say the pandemic will affect them personally for at least six months, the survey showed.
The data on IT workers were surprising, said Nicole Smith, chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.