Employers are looking to hire teenagers this summer, but teens are just not interested.
"The biggest problem in recent years has not been the shrinking number of summer jobs for teens, but the shrinking number of teens who want traditional jobs," said John Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an employment consulting, in a statement.
Despite an economic slowdown, American employers are expected to add between 1.5 million and 1.6 million 16-to-19-year olds to their payrolls according to a report by Challenger, just slightly lower than the 1.64 million jobs that were filled by teens during May, June and July last year.
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