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Data Update- 3                                   The fluctuating employment rate in BC . The following bar chart shows the average unemployment rate of full time students in BC over the last 5 years. The 5 year time span basically highlights the pre, during and post-covid period. CHART: The data has been taken from:   Statistics Canada.  Table  14-10-0021-01  Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, monthly, unadjusted for  seasonality   https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1410002101 As seen in the graph, the unemployment rate peaked during 2020 which was the covid period. Later it declined to 12,4 in 2021 to 8.7 in 2022 and id did peak a bit in 2023. In the article by Victoria News , it talks about the increased unemployment rate as it rose by 0.3 in 2023 and for 2024 its until February, so its ha...

 Lead: The declining employment rate of full-time students in British Columbia over the last 6 months. Excel Workbook link and explanation:  As stated in the original Excel Sheet of  the original data set or the Raw data set, it shows the unemployment, employment and participation rate of full time students. In the Data Slice section, it specifically highlights the Employment Rate of full time students in BC. With the shown percentage it declines over the last month. As, it is 39.4 % in September 2023 and falls to 36.6 % in February 2024. The original data covers all the necessary information regarding the employment, unemployment of full-time and part time students in Canada  varying from the age group of 15-29 years.   Original Data Set Link :   Unemployment rate, participation rate, and employment rate by type of student during school months, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/cv.action?pid=1410002101