Desperate employers grateful for teens
Paul Wiseman and Joseph Pisani
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON The owners of restaurants, amusement parks and retail shops, many of them desperate for workers, are sounding an unusual note of gratitude this summer:
Thank goodness for teenagers.
As the U.S. economy bounds back with unexpected speed from the pandemic recession and customer demand intensifies, high school-age kids are filling jobs that older workers can’t or won’t.
The result is that teens who are willing to bus restaurant tables or serve as water-park lifeguards are commanding $15, $17 or more an hour, plus
bonuses in some instances or money to help pay for school classes. The trend marks a shift from the period after the 2007-2009 Great Recession, when older workers often took such jobs and teens were sometimes squeezed out.
Taylor Duke / By Taylor Duke//New Era staff writer
The Hopkinsville City Council unanimously passed the first
reading of an ordinance that would close the pictured section of
11th Street for the possible addition of outdoor seating for a new
restaurant that will be in the black building to the left of the
street.
The first reading of Community Development Services SC-21-5-1 â a street closure of 11th Street between South Virginia and South Main Street âwas passed at Tuesday nightâs Hopkinsville City Council meeting.
American Institute of Certified Planners Director, CDS, Steven Bourne told the mayor and city council that a request was put in for the street closure and that with his recommendation, they vote to pass it.
As employers struggle to fill jobs, teens come to the rescue
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Thank goodness for teenagers.
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As the U.S. economy bounds back with unexpected speed from the pandemic recession and customer demand intensifies, high school-age kids are filling jobs that older workers can’t or won’t.
The result is that teens who are willing to bus restaurant tables or serve as water-park lifeguards are commanding $15, $17 or more an hour, plus bonuses in some instances or money to help pay for school classes. The trend marks a shift from the period after the 2007-2009 Great Recession, when older workers often took such jobs and teens were sometimes squeezed out.
As employers struggle to fill jobs, teens come to their rescue
Pedestrians walk past a sign inviting people to apply for jobs at a shop in Boston this week. As the U.S. economy rebounds from the pandemic recession, teenagers are filling jobs that older workers either can’t or won’t.
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The owners of restaurants, amusement parks and retail shops, many of them desperate for workers, are sounding an unusual note of gratitude this summer: Thank goodness for teenagers.
As the U.S. economy bounds back with unexpected speed from the pandemic-induced recession and as customer demand intensifies, high-school-age kids are filling jobs that older workers can’t or won’t.
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