Summer Job Market Off to Slower Start for Nation’s Teens182,000 TEENS FOUND JOBS LAST MONTH, 16% FEWER THAN A YEAR AGO The number of teens finding jobs in May was down from the previous two years. However, if history is any indication, the decline does...
An improving economy and falling unemployment should significantly improve the job prospects for the nation’s teens this summer; at least, for the declining number of teens who actually want jobs. In its annual teen summer job outlook, global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. noted...
More teenagers found jobs in July compared to a year ago, but it was not enough to lift the overall summer hiring total above last year’s levels, according to an analysis of government employment data by global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Employment among...
After getting off to a strong start in May, job gains among teenagers stumbled in June, as employers hired 15 percent fewer 16- to 19-year-olds than a year ago, according to an analysis of the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by global...
Teens seeking summer jobs got off to a strong start in May, as employment among 16- to 19-year-olds grew by 217,000 in May. That was the biggest May employment gain for teenagers in eight years, according to an analysis of the latest employment data...
Much attention has been given to record-low participation rates in the wake of the Great Recession. The latest data indicate that only 62.5 percent of non-institutionalized working age adults are employed or actively seeking employment. The remaining 37.5 percent, so the story goes,...
Published on: Aug 5, 2013 After getting off to its strongest start in seven years, the pace of teen hiring in June and July declined from last year’s levels, as a slowdown in economic activity provided little reason to grow payrolls. Overall, teen employment gains during the...
