/tags/teen-employment Teen Employment en-US Copyright »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Thu, 31 May 2012 19:45:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-31/for-many-teens-summer-jobs-may-be-thing-of-the-past A recession and its lingering effects have made it even harder for teens to find summer employment. But the drop off in teen summer hiring predates the recession. Thu, 31 May 2012 19:45:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-31/for-many-teens-summer-jobs-may-be-thing-of-the-past April Fehling /npr-news/2012-05-24/teaching-teens-to-build-hammers-home-a-message As in other U.S. cities, many of Washington, D.C.'s teenagers can't find work. Staff and volunteers at a program for troubled youth hope a program that trains teens to rebuild a gutted house in a day will give them a boost in a tight job market. But learning construction is only part of the lesson. Thu, 24 May 2012 06:50:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-24/teaching-teens-to-build-hammers-home-a-message Yuki Noguchi /2011-07-13/job-program-helps-colorado-teens-find-work Even with fewer teenagers actively looking for work this summer, unemployment among young people remains at just over 24 percent nationally. And that… Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:57:44 GMT /2011-07-13/job-program-helps-colorado-teens-find-work