Due to the recession, the number of unemployed teens in the workforce have hit an all time high. It's rated at near 28% as of October, which is the highest it has ever climibed since the amount has been recorded, and is near triple the 10% which the whole workforce in general is suffering. It seems that now many retailer and construction sector affiliated job openings are now only being reserved for those of 18 years of age or older.
This strikes me as lame, because I as teenager am always being nagged by my superiors to "get off my lazy a** and get a job," when there aren't even all that many job opening's out there which are available to me. But this situation strikes me even more as ultra super mega lame because I think about people who dropped out of school for a reason like an unplanned pregnancy who are going to have an even tougher time now that they can't find a way to financially support themselves.
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