U.S. News & World Report Summer Job Outlook Bleak for Teens Summer job hiring is off to a slow start for people ages 16-19, according to new employment numbers from the government.
Making Summer Jobs Work For Teens A report by Northeastern University’s Center for Labor Market Studies finds that less than 30 percent of U.S. teens had jobs in the summers of 2010 and 2011. Though the employment outlook is bleak, there are some strategies for navigating the summer job market.
U.S. News & World Report Use Summer to Boost Scholarship Applications for Fall Summer break is officially here for most American students: time off from early mornings, hitting the books, and taking tests. In years past, many teens looked to the summer months as a time to increase the hours they worked at their part-time jobs or take on summer gigs, such as babysitting, lifeguarding, and festival work. […]