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Summer Jobs Fail: Only 27% Of Teens Can Find Work
Rachel Jankowski, a University of Michigan student, Young America's
Foundation intern, and summer job-seeker explains how tough it's gotten for
students like her to find work these days:
For a teenager, another summer means another opportunity to make some quick
cash to spend on going to the movies or saving for college. But, lately, the
jobs have just not been there.
A recent report from Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market
Studies confirms that this summer will be even worse: only 26.8% of
teenagers will be able to find a job.
Most teens will have to sit around and wait with the hopes that someone
calls for an interview. For the past two summers, I was one of those people.
Going out for a month, hitting every restaurant and store in my suburban
Detroit hometown in the hopes that someone-anyone-would need another person
to work at their business. Bloomberg claims one out of every six 16- to
24-year-olds was in this daunting position last year and was unable to find
work.
For businesses, it's already rarely worth it to hire a temporary
student-worker. In this economy, many experienced workers are looking for
full-time jobs, so why would an employer invest in an employee who can only
work for the summer? Most businesses choose to invest in someone who can
stick around.
Another problem is employers find young people too expensive to hire.
Federal regulation costs businesses more than $10,000 to hire one additional
employee. The passage of ObamaCare poses a big problem because it alone
raises the cost of healthcare by 50% for young people.
Ask a senior in high school if they know of someone looking for a job. Ask a
mother of three teenagers if one of her kids needs to find work. Most, if
not all, will have a friend or family member in search of a job. Then ask
them if they know of any place hiring. According to a recent article in the
Huffington Post, more than 44% of teens are unable to work as much as they
want to. I was finally offered a job that first summer of my job search,
where I was given seven hours a week. It was not even enough to cover my
drive to work because of high gas prices. Finally, I was forced to return to
my high school job so I could come out of work actually making money.
A University of Michigan student, Young America's Foundation intern, and
summer job-seeker explains how tough it's gotten for students like her to
find work these days.
If it is already this hard to find a minimum wage job, what will happen to
my generation when we have to look for a "real" job?
If a college graduate begins looking for job prospects, but has never worked
a job before because he was unable to find one, it will be extremely hard
for him to land a sustainable career. With more teens becoming disheartened
and quitting their job search, will these teens, upon looking for a job,
become discouraged workers at an even faster pace than their parents' and
grandparents' generations?
Sadly, there seems to be no end in sight either. Bloomberg reports over the
past four years, 41% of the net-decline in full-time jobs has been among
those under the age of 25. A staggering two-thirds of lost full-time jobs
have been by those 35-years-old and younger. According to government
predictions, employment rates for young adults will continue to drop. By
2020, 16 to 24-year-olds will make up only 11% of the labor force thanks to
the government's failed policies and excessive regulations.
For teenagers, they can give it the old college try (if they or their
parents can afford it), but after a while, what's a kid to do?
Editor's Note: Rachel Jankowski is a Sarah T. Hermann Intern Scholar at
Young America's Foundation. She will be a senior at the University of
Michigan this fall.
http://cnsnews.com/blog/ron-meyer/summer-jobs-fail-only-27-teens-can-find-work
Rachel Jankowski, a University of Michigan student, Young America's
Foundation intern, and summer job-seeker explains how tough it's gotten for
students like her to find work these days:
For a teenager, another summer means another opportunity to make some quick
cash to spend on going to the movies or saving for college. But, lately, the
jobs have just not been there.
A recent report from Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market
Studies confirms that this summer will be even worse: only 26.8% of
teenagers will be able to find a job.
Most teens will have to sit around and wait with the hopes that someone
calls for an interview. For the past two summers, I was one of those people.
Going out for a month, hitting every restaurant and store in my suburban
Detroit hometown in the hopes that someone-anyone-would need another person
to work at their business. Bloomberg claims one out of every six 16- to
24-year-olds was in this daunting position last year and was unable to find
work.
For businesses, it's already rarely worth it to hire a temporary
student-worker. In this economy, many experienced workers are looking for
full-time jobs, so why would an employer invest in an employee who can only
work for the summer? Most businesses choose to invest in someone who can
stick around.
Another problem is employers find young people too expensive to hire.
Federal regulation costs businesses more than $10,000 to hire one additional
employee. The passage of ObamaCare poses a big problem because it alone
raises the cost of healthcare by 50% for young people.
Ask a senior in high school if they know of someone looking for a job. Ask a
mother of three teenagers if one of her kids needs to find work. Most, if
not all, will have a friend or family member in search of a job. Then ask
them if they know of any place hiring. According to a recent article in the
Huffington Post, more than 44% of teens are unable to work as much as they
want to. I was finally offered a job that first summer of my job search,
where I was given seven hours a week. It was not even enough to cover my
drive to work because of high gas prices. Finally, I was forced to return to
my high school job so I could come out of work actually making money.
A University of Michigan student, Young America's Foundation intern, and
summer job-seeker explains how tough it's gotten for students like her to
find work these days.
If it is already this hard to find a minimum wage job, what will happen to
my generation when we have to look for a "real" job?
If a college graduate begins looking for job prospects, but has never worked
a job before because he was unable to find one, it will be extremely hard
for him to land a sustainable career. With more teens becoming disheartened
and quitting their job search, will these teens, upon looking for a job,
become discouraged workers at an even faster pace than their parents' and
grandparents' generations?
Sadly, there seems to be no end in sight either. Bloomberg reports over the
past four years, 41% of the net-decline in full-time jobs has been among
those under the age of 25. A staggering two-thirds of lost full-time jobs
have been by those 35-years-old and younger. According to government
predictions, employment rates for young adults will continue to drop. By
2020, 16 to 24-year-olds will make up only 11% of the labor force thanks to
the government's failed policies and excessive regulations.
For teenagers, they can give it the old college try (if they or their
parents can afford it), but after a while, what's a kid to do?
Editor's Note: Rachel Jankowski is a Sarah T. Hermann Intern Scholar at
Young America's Foundation. She will be a senior at the University of
Michigan this fall.
http://cnsnews.com/blog/ron-meyer/summer-jobs-fail-only-27-teens-can-find-work
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Jun 20, 2012, 4:33:28 AM6/20/12
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southern border to criminals as diseased brown dwarfs.
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