Finding summer jobs in Chicago may be more difficult for high school and college students to find this year. With the city’s unemployment rate currently above the national average, many adults desperate for work are competing for these positions. Since employers prefer workers with experience, students are being pushed out in favor of those with more on their resumes.

According to a recently released report, two out of every three teenagers will find themselves unable to find Chicago summer jobs this year. The youth employment rate this summer is expected to be around 34.2 percent, which is extremely low. Only about 33.5 percent of teenagers 16 or older held jobs during the first three months of this year. This is the lowest the youth employment rate has been since 1948.

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