6 charts to show your family when they ask why you don't have a new job

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• When your family asks why you didn't find a new job this year, show them these charts.
• It's been a year full of milestones for the job market — but not the good kind.
• Unemployment rates for 20-somethings hit their highest level in years.

Kanika Mohan lost count of her job applications.

With a new bachelor's degree, a slate of summer tech internships, and years of networking at campus career fairs, she hadn't expected getting a job to be this hard.