Since the return to face-to-face activities, in general, it is possible to read and hear that there are many job offers in various industries, but little has been said about the phenomenon of employment in the summer season, which has a positive impact on adolescents who seek an income before returning to classes .
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, currently, adolescents have the best scenario to work in the summer for 50 years . According to the federal agency, in June, the teen unemployment rate from 16 to 19 years was 9.9%, compared to 1953 is the lowest.
Alicia Modestino, economist and professor at Northeastern University in Boston, exposed to CNBC, that there is a combination of post-coronavirus factors that has generated a noticeable increase in the hiring of adolescents, which cannot be lost sight of, since it is a new trend
According to the expert, probably the workers who were fired during the pandemic are receiving unemployment benefits or no longer want the jobs they had. These workplaces have gradually been occupied by adolescents who want to start having some money in their pockets.
Modestino stated that the largest hiring of adolescents throughout the country have occurred in fields that can hire minors, such is the case of several retail and restaurant chains . With which, for the moment, the lack of people who have not returned to work in the plant is being compensated.
The expert explained that the opportunities that are being given to many young people around the United States it has to do with the fact that “employers are desperate to hire because it is summer” . This season is essential for the business sector because it is when families and individuals can buy more.
The representative of Northeastern University made it clear that adolescents, unlike many adult people are eager to work. This is beneficial for employers, since this segment of the population does not need benefits and, in general, accepts lower wages, making it profitable for companies.
Despite this particular reading by the expert, the recovery of adolescent employment is not the same in all areas, which highlights an uneven rebound in the face of the pandemic and the reality of employment throughout the United States, since there is an ethnic differential for hiring .
In this sense, it has been found that the unemployment rate for Caucasian teens was 9% in June, the rate for African American teens was 9.3% and for Latinos it was 13. 2%, that is, the highest of all ethnic groups in the country.
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