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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

More Than Seven in 10 US Teens Jobless in summer

Once a rite of passage to adulthood, summer jobs for teens are disappearing.

Fewer than three in 10 American teenagers now hold jobs such as running cash registers, mowing lawns or busing restaurant tables from June to August. The decline has been particularly sharp since 2000, with employment for 16-to-19-year olds falling to the lowest level since World War II.

And teen employment may never return to pre-recession levels, suggests a projection by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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5 comments:

LadyLiddy said...

My teen has two jobs and searched daily for a month to find them. It takes a tremendous effort.

Anonymous said...

if you search for a job you will find it. kids are too picky "i dont want to work at mcdonalds" well yeah noone does, but a job is a job. you need money to survive.

Anonymous said...

The illegal mexicans have taken all the jobs , with false IDs.

Anonymous said...

But I heard the private sector is booming!Or is that BS from Obama?

Anonymous said...

3:52 only a doofus would consider teen unemployment as a measure of how well the economy is doing