Teacher, I don't want to graduate yet! Is the epidemic causing anxiety levels among freshmen to explode and even triggering an obesity crisis?
The outbreak of the new coronavirus in May this year has undoubtedly made every age group more anxious. After all, people have been practicing home epidemic prevention at home for more than two months, and they are in a state of physical and mental fatigue, not to mention College freshmen who have graduated and are about to enter the workplace. The slogan “You will be unemployed after graduation” has been shouted in Taiwan for many years. For newcomers, this year’s severe epidemic may make this sentence become a prophecy. What’s even worse is that a study conducted in the United States last year showed that if young people are unemployed or under financial pressure, it may lead to obesity, even mental instability and depression!
The epidemic has put young people under the pressure of unemployment and may cause physical and mental problems.
This study was co-authored by researchers from Harvard University and Dickinson College. Their study looked at the income changes of young people aged 18 to 27 in the United States at the peak of the epidemic in 2020. They found that in 2020, during the Great Recession caused by the epidemic, the unemployment rate for young people aged 16 to 19 peaked at 33%; for those aged 20 to 24, the unemployment rate was 26%; for those aged 25 to 29, the unemployment rate peaked at 33%. The unemployment rate is 16%. In addition, according to data from the U.S. polling agency Pew Research, since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in February 2020, young people aged 18 to 29 have used money in account savings or retirement accounts more frequently. They are more likely to borrow money from friends and family and receive unemployment benefits than other age groups.
Sharma, one of the lead authors of the study. Shamma Alam said that during the Great Recession of 2020, young people faced unemployment anxiety and financial pressure, and it was difficult for them to devote themselves to physical exercise. Therefore, during this period, their chances of engaging in independent exercise dropped by approximately 6.3%, and this also indirectly causes young people to suffer from obesity and cardiovascular problems; not only physically, but also at the psychological level, they are also more likely to suffer from mental diseases, such as depression, because they are discouraged and have frustrated confidence. Bipolar disorder and other issues.
The employment rate is even less optimistic this year. Adjusting your mood and being prepared is the key
Of course, the above situation can also be applied to Taiwan during the epidemic. According to reports, Taiwan’s unemployment rate in 2020 was 3.85%, the highest in the past four years. This has also caused a significant decrease of 35% in job openings in the accommodation and catering industry compared with 2019, and a 10% decrease in the sports and leisure industry. Around this time, students studying in related fields have lost nearly one-third of their opportunities; in addition, the number of job vacancies opened in the first half of 2020 was the smallest in three years, and the labor force participation rate also stagnated in June 2020. In 2020, when the local epidemic was still under control, such a huge change occurred. It is difficult to imagine how low the unemployment rate and job search rate will drop in 2021, when the local epidemic breaks out.
Although the epidemic situation is currently slowing down, freshers in the workplace must be fully prepared at this time. In addition to familiarizing themselves with and preparing for video interviews in advance, they can also sign up for relevant online courses if necessary or consult the department’s elder sister about the workplace ecology in advance to make up for it. Essential skills for entering the workplace in the future. The most important thing is that freshmen must have long-term plans to fight the war. During this period, anxiety due to not being able to find a suitable job is inevitable. It is important to relieve stress through timely exercise and normal work and rest. If your physical and mental state If you can adjust it to the best at any time, then you have already defeated the graduates who give up looking for a job and start living a useless life!
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