Relying on online listings, young Americans struggle to find jobs

Dealing with higher unemployment rates, young Americans find job search can take months at a time

• US adds 209,000 jobs in July as unemployment rate rises to 6.2%
• Student loan debt hits a new high as millennials take ‘poverty-wage’ jobs

For policy wonks and economists, the first Friday of every month is a jobs day – a day when the US department of labour releases its latest employment numbers and unemployment rate.

For 24-year-old Miriam Braverman, pounding the pavements to answer Craigslist ads, every day is a jobs day – until she finds a job.

I know very few people who have just one job, especially in New York. Living here is so expensive. It eats up your checking account really quickly.”