 The Labor Department's student jobs report shows that 206,000 jobs were added. The unemployment rate ticked up one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.1%. It's a report that was better than expected, although certain demographics are facing higher unemployment trends. Acting Labor Secretary Julie Hsu. That stubborn gap between black and white unemployment, it remains there, but it has also shrunk, and we're going to continue to do the work until there's real equity. Hsu admits that more work does need to be done.