Oh noooo...Teen unemployment stuck abover 20% for 40th month in a row.

[iamwhatiseem]

As adults are filling jobs normally occupied by teens because they can't find anything else...sucks to be a teen trying to find work in this economy.

Their unemployment rate remains above 20% for the 40th month in a row, the first time this has happened since the government started keeping records in 1948.

Last month, it edged up to 23.8%, roughly the same as a year ago and up a bit since December. The national unemployment rate, meanwhile, has fallen to 8.3%.

Some 31 states and the District of Columbia have teen unemployment rates above 20%. Washington D.C. ranks the worst with an unemployment rate of 48%, while California comes in in second place at 35.2%.

http://economy.money.cnn.com/2012/03/15/dismal-summer-prospects-for-teens/?iid=H_E_News

 

[Katzndogz]

Having been in business and done my best to hire a teen, it was a failure every time. Teens are primarily a class of persons who believe they should be paid to sit around and text their friends. I ended up with a very reliable 50 year old woman after trying to give a dozen or more teens a chance. Including a few that were very memorable in creativity to avoid work.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

To be fair, when Obama promised "Change" he never said it would be for the better

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Having been in business and done my best to hire a teen, it was a failure every time. Teens are primarily a class of persons who believe they should be paid to sit around and text their friends. I ended up with a very reliable 50 year old woman after trying to give a dozen or more teens a chance. Including a few that were very memorable in creativity to avoid work.

There is something to be said about this.
I can't find any reliable teenagers either. I use to use my son and daughter and a few of their friends. I have went through several and no go. I literally gave up. I am outsourcing what they use to do and paying more to have it done.