Teen Unemployment

Nearly everyone has heard of the fall of the market and the rise of unemployment. Many teens don’t even take a second thought about, even when they search for a job. Unfortunately, this matters to teens as much as it does to well established businesses. When these unemployment rates go up; many adults are out of jobs they should have, so they have to settle for jobs mainly occupied as “teen jobs” such as cooks, dishwashers, and other minimum wage jobs. Now, instead of teens competing against their classmates for jobs, they face 30 year old adults that can work full time and have plenty of work experience. The majority of the time, employers choose the adult. According to LiveScience, Over the last 10 years, the number of teen workers has gone down a 4 million. Ryan Zentz, sophomore, said “Finding a job has been very difficult.” Kevin Campbell, a manager for the chili’s franchise, said “It’s sad to see teens apply for jobs the way they do today.” Even though times have been tough on many high school students, some have found ways to be able to get jobs. Andres Flores, junior, said “It was so easy to find this job and it has been absolutely great.” Even through the success stories of high school students finding jobs, it looks to be a bad time to want a job. Amber Chinn, sophomore, said “It is very difficult to find a job.” These next few years look to be very rough on high school students applying for jobs, but hope is still out there.