Happy Hunting ; Springs Teens Report Having Good Luck Finding Summer Jobs, Despite the Minimum Wage Increase That Kicked in in January
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › June 20, 2007
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Local teenagers report little difficulty finding work this summer, despite predictions that an increase in the minimum wage would cost youths jobs.
"We have not seen the minimum wage hurting the job market at all," said Jeanne Cotter, spokeswoman for the Pikes Peak Workforce Center.See the full content of this document
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Happy Hunting ; Springs Teens Report Having Good Luck Finding Summer Jobs, Despite the Minimum Wage Increase That Kicked in in January
One factor working to teens' benefit: a falling unemployment rate, which means less competition for jobs.
The Colorado Springs area's unemployment rate slipped to 3.7 percent in April, the lowest it's been in six years. That leaves some companies dipping into the youth market as they scram...See the full content of this document
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