Teens Face A Tough Summertime Job Market

DETROIT (WWJ) - The summertime blues have arrived for thousands of Michigan teenagers, who face a tough job market this year despite some improvement from a year ago.

For many teens the days of getting a job just by walking into a restaurant or the mall are a thing of the past.

The unemployment rate forecast for Michigan teens this summer is 30.6 percent, a 4.4 percentage point drop from 2010, according to a report published in the Traverse City Record Eagle. Much of the improvement is because fewer teens are trying to get jobs this summer.

The state estimates that the teen work force this summer will fall to around 274,000, and slightly over 190,000 teens will find work.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.