In an op-ed for the Worcester Business Journal, Bryan Engelhardt, assistant professor of economics at the College of the Holy Cross, and Anthony Spagnoletti , a member of the class of 2014, write about why teenagers who are looking for jobs are in trouble.
According to the piece, the national unemployment rate for people ages 16 to 19 is 24.9 percent, which hasn't been seen since the Great Depression. They write: “With school out and more local teens looking for jobs, it's clear that many will come up empty and wind up disappointed this summer. For a teen, the cost of a jobless summer is much greater than missing out on a weekly paycheck. Without job experience, many teens will not learn valuable workplace skills including accountability, time management and self-respect: keys to future employability and success.”
- Read the op-ed in the Worcester Business Journal to find out what one local organization is doing to fight back.
This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Cristal Steuer.
