With the youth unemployment rate at double the national average, many young workers are finding that the path they thought would lead to a career — go to college, work hard, land a job — may not be for them.

A ratings agency in France evaluates how presidential candidates plan to tackle the country's dire youth employment problem.

While the U.S. continues to see optimistic job gains, the situation in Europe is not looking so hopeful. The worst affected group by far are the young.

Commentator Todd Buchholz says young adults who return home to live with their parents are sapping the economy of needed vitality.

A study by the Economic Policy Institute has found that for men and women between 23 and 29, the average income dropped between 7 and 11 percent in the past decade.

Soon-to-be graduates from Emory University in Atlanta discuss the four years they spent studying alongside a lousy economy, what they've learned since the financial crisis, and plans after graduation.

In this economy, young people postpone careers, marriage, kids and even leaving home.

And so the decline of the Gen X mind begins

One year after the Egyptian revolution, the country's youth have free speech — but still face massive unemployment levels.

Our "Future of TV" series continues with a look at how advertisers target youth through ever-changing mediums.