Summer unemployment numbers for teens up
It looks like another tough summer for teenage job seekers in Georgia and the state’s teen unemployment rate remains above the national average.
The average jobless rate for Georgia’s teens in 2010 was more than 36%, the worst in the country. Now, it’s dropped to 28%, according to an analysis by the Employment Policies Institute, and the state is ranked 11th.
Michael Saltsman is a researcher at the institute, which focuses on entry-level work.
“There may be more teens this year getting jobs than there were last summer, but the question is, do we have teens in this generation that have sort of missed out on the valuable life skills and job skills that come from a first job. These are experiences earlier generations did have that maybe this one is not going to be able to have.”
Saltsman says teens face more competition for jobs with older, more experienced adults out of work because of the recession.
He says eventually the teen jobless rate should fall into a more healthy 12 to 13 percent range.
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