A Red-Hot Job Market Awaits US Teens While Employers Sweat

Talk to other employers in America’s vast hospitality sector – hotels, restaurants, public pools, ice cream parlors, pick-your-own strawberry farms – and you’ll hear a similar lament. They can’t fill many of their summer jobs because the number of open positions far exceeds the number of people willing and able to fill them – even at increased wages.

The Power of Place

In the last decade, we have witnessed a transformation of the traditional office environment, the stereotypical employee and the nine-to-five work day.