Cruelest summer for teen jobs since 1958

From Money and CNN:

According to an analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data by global outplacement consultant Challenger, Gray & Christmas, teen employment grew by only 683,000 jobs in June, 38.7% below the 1.1 million new positions that teens were able to fill in June of last year.

"This tells you how sparse and thin the job market is right now," said Challenger, Gray & Christmas Chief Executive John Challenger. "Companies are cutting back to their core and cutting out their extras."

June is typically the peak month for teen hiring, yet this June marks the first since 2004 in which companies added fewer than one million new jobs for 16- to 19-year olds.

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