Will Teenagers Be Able to Find Jobs This Summer?
At a certain point, teens start to want money to buy things like video games and cell phones. Some of them want money for dates and maybe want to start saving for a car. Every summer, a whole new group of teenagers start looking for their first job and this year is no different.
This summer of 2009 might see more teens than ever looking for jobs. This is because so many adults have become unemployed that they might need their children to find jobs and help out the family situation. Children used to work on the farm in old times to help out and this year might be similar in that many families might benefit from any money the kids can bring in.
This might put tremendous pressure on the system if the jobs for teen just aren’t there in the volume that is needed. On one hand you might have more teens than ever looking for work and on the other hand you might have employers who have fewer than ever jobs available. If the economy stays in the doldrums where it is now, many companies are having trouble staying afloat and have no resources to create summer jobs.
Another reason teens want summer jobs is to try to get some job experience under their belt. If they can get their first jobs and learn some responsibility, this will help them get better jobs in the years to come. Of course there are the teens that do this mostly because of their parents urging and then there are those that are motivated and do it on their own.
This year though, the importance of teens getting a job may be more about the money than the experience they might gain. If jobs are hard to find, they may have to take anything they can get just to bring in some added money into the household and not worry about whether they are getting a job that will look good on a resume.
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