New entrants

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-001262",
  "term": "New entrants",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Unemployed people who have never previously worked.\n\nNote: Before 1994, new entrants were defined as jobseekers who had never worked at a full-time job lasting 2 weeks or longer, and reentrants were defined as jobseekers who had held a full-time job for at least 2 weeks and had then spent some time out of the labor force before their most recent period of job search. These definitions have been modified to encompass any type of job, not just a full-time job, of at least 2 weeks’ duration. Thus, new entrants are now defined as jobseekers who have never worked at all, whereas reentrants are defined as jobseekers who have worked before, but not immediately before their job search.",
  "references": [
    "BLS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/new-entrants/"
}