MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — They’ve noticed storefront windows flush with “hiring” signs. Their friends have jobs. And they say Google, that all-knowing oracle for teens, has been serving up a buffet of options from simple web searches.
It means Joe Kinsman will fill his summer days dishing out soft serve at Conny’s Creamy Cone in St. Paul. Harshini Sunil will be whipping up drinks at Caribou Coffee in Plymouth and teaching dance. Cole Boelter will be wooing passersby with fuzzy llama prizes at Valleyfair game booths in Shakopee.
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Many teens have more options than that age group has seen since before the Great Recession.
“This is a summer for teens to be encouraged to go out there and try to find a job,” said Mónica García-Pérez, an associate professor of economics at St. Cloud State University. “They are in a good market.”
