The Christian Science Monitor Summer jobs for teens wane even as research finds big benefits The effect of a generation of twenty-somethings entering the workforce with little or no previous work experience is not yet known. Will they quickly pick up those basic job habits – being on time, dressing appropriately, treating customers with courtesy – that their parents learned early on waiting tables and manning shop counters? “I worry most about the […]
Marketplace Employers shying away from hiring teens for the summer Employers who don’t want to find themselves in a short on staff in the late summer may shy away from hiring younger workers. Alicia Sasser Modestino, a labor economist at Northeastern University, says teens now have lots of competition for summer work. “If you add on one or two more reasons like school starting early […]
National Journal What happens when American teenagers can’t find work Most Americans love to reminisce about their first paying job, whether it was scooping ice cream, babysitting, or working behind a retail counter. It was rarely glamorous, but earning that first paycheck was a point of pride and marked a milestone in a teenager’s life. By the time Andrew Sum entered his teenage years, he’d […]
Still tough for Mass. teens to find summer jobs Beyond boosting a teen’s self-esteem, jobs for young people give them skills that prepare them for the workplace and full-time employment. A study released in July by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University found that having summer jobs made it less likely that low-income teens in Boston would engage in violence. But […]
Summer Slump: Teens Struggle To Find Jobs A new job report out today shows teen employment remained stagnant from June to July, and there’s been no increase over last year. Dr. Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, says a big part of the problem is that federal programs supporting summer job programs have disappeared. He says […]
Business West Work in Progress When asked why he became involved, Peters referenced a recent report authored by Andrew Sum, director of the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, whom he’s heard speak a number of times on the subject of the importance of employment opportunities for young people. He said Sum’s message has always been consistent — […]
The Berkshire Eagle In Mass., only 1 in 4 teens expected to land a job this summer The economy is moving toward recovery, but summer job prospects for the state’s youngest workers are dismal. The number of teens with jobs in Massachusetts fell 28 percent between 1999 and 2012. This summer, only one in four teens between the ages of 16 and 19 is projected to find a job, according to a […]
When teens can’t find jobs elsewhere, mom and dad do the hiring Will Boynton is 17, lives in Newburyport, and put in dozens of applications for a summer job. He applied to nearby Water Country, to restaurants and stores. An amateur disc jockey, he looked all over for gigs. Finally, he found a part-time job doing photography for a business website and playing music at the owner’s […]
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. […]
For teen job-seekers, summer again offers dismal prospects The number of teens holding summer jobs in Massachusetts and across the country is expected to match or be even less than last yearâs record lows, with only about 1 in 4 teens finding work, according to research by Northeastern University.