if i have to pay a mans wage for a boys job, and a man and a boy apply for it, i'm going to hire the man.
Posted on 08/09/2009 6:14:33 PM PDT by Steelfish
AUGUST 10, 2009
Unemployment Among Teenagers Remains Stubbornly High
ERICA ALINI
Economists don't see much relief for unemployed teenagers in a recession that has trimmed hires and pulled many adults into the scramble for jobs typically held by teens.
Unemployment of people ages 16 to 19 was a seasonally adjusted 23.8% in July after hitting a quarter-century high of 24% in June, the government said last week. That compared with last year's summer peak of 20.5%.
Caleb Cross, 16 years old, waits to apply for a summer job funded by stimulus money in Fort Worth, Texas, in June. Traditional teenage jobs now draw competition, for example, from "stay-at-home moms looking to boost the family income to retirees seeking to supplement their pensions," said John Challenger, CEO of Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., an outplacement firm.
For white teenagers ages 16 and up, July's jobless rate of 22.2% was the highest since record-keeping began in 1954; among African-American teens, it was 35.7%, nearly four times the national average of 9.4%.
Layoffs and stock-market losses have increased parents' reliance on kids' part-time jobs to help pay for ever-rising college costs. A weak youth labor market is putting "a real crimp" in Americans' ability to afford a four-year degree, said Harvard University labor economist Lawrence Katz.
The scarcity of jobs also means more middle-class teens work at jobs that fatten wallets rather than résumés.
Emily Weingart, a sophomore at Boston University, sent out about 20 applications to find a summer internship at a veterinary clinic.
But the 19-year-old, who lives in Westport, Conn., heard back from only one employer, who later turned her down because, she said, "they didn't have the resources to train someone without experience."
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It’s almost as if EVERY ECONOMIST EVER was right about minimum wage laws, hmmm.....
Ask Mom and Dad if they voted for Hopey-Changey.
“Unemployment Among Teenagers Remains Stubbornly Hi”
Getting rid of illegals will fix that in a jiffy.
Seems like more of those jobs are probably being given to illegals. Fast food establishments even require its employees to be bilingual.
Let’s consider this for a moment...we could have the basis for “Cash for Clunkers Redux”...
Look at what unemployed Muslim Yewts did for the National Economy of France a couple of years ago...after just a few weeks of rioting they had burned nearly every private auto to the axles in the entire Country, most of which have surely been replaced by those evil insurance companies by now...
And if State-Run labor union muscle can be used to break a few heads and put down the rioters, we have the potential for a real Win-Win here...
Midnight Basketball
Idiots, minimum wages idiots, thanks for the post!
if i have to pay a mans wage for a boys job, and a man and a boy apply for it, i'm going to hire the man.
Except for unskilled and semi-skilled jobs (now the exclusive province of illegals), teenagers are for the most part unemployable. Get a criminal record, and its all over as far as job hunting goes.
bingo...
My sons, now finished with college, were not able to find part time jobs until they were 18. I believe that there are many more regulations of those who employ teens than there were when I was a kid. We live in central OK.
Now we have to “bailout” teens or they’ll burn our cities down? Yawn.
This is true for some teenagers in my area. Also, some just don’t want to work at “certain” jobs.
My two oldest have been working since 16 yrs old and 15 yrs old at the same job. They’ve had the job (same place) for 2 1/2 and 2 years respectively. The latter also has an additional job for the same boss at a local pool. Their boss worked around their sports schedule during fall season (they play a fall sport). They both babysit and do serving for various catered events (for cash). This summer their hours were cut due to a drop in profits at the store/post office where they work. The oldest leaves for college soon so she won’t be working there except maybe during breaks and summers. She’ll have to find a job near her college after the sport season is over.
I don’t know what it’s like in other areas but here it seems that there are less jobs for teens but also a huge problem is so many teens here won’t work at certain jobs.
A neighbor’s daughter came home from college in mid-May, looked for a job, couldn’t find one she liked, so didn’t work. She’s almost 20 years old and never had a job!
So maybe it’s a combination of factors.
Most former entry-level jobs have been outsourced overseas or eliminated as companies close due to foreign competition. What few are left have increasingly been taken over by illegal aliens, and experienced workers displaced from their own careers by outsourcing, downsizing, and the recession.
I definitely feel for a kid looking for his/her 1st job right now. It’s gotta be rough.
Depends on the area I think. Where I am, any teenager with transportation can get all the yard and odd work they want at $10 a hour. Anyone with even moderate skills can get $12. CT is bleeding young people. There is a shortage of healthy able people in this state.
The problem here is its tough to get a 1 bedroom apartment if you make $10 and hour. So the jobs are there but the people to take them can’t afford to live here.
City teens are not know for their legal employment.
1. Deficient in basic education skills.
2. A school dropout.
3. Homeless, runaway, or a foster child.
4. Pregnant or parenting.
5. An offender.
6. Lack employability goals and/or skills.
All applicants needed to be able to show proof of family income (W-2 forms or check stubs), Dauzat said.
This is a joke, right? They'll find a job for a kid who's a screw-up, but if you don't have at least one of those problems, you also don't have a job? Can I possibly be reading this wrong?
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