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In New Jersey, a Summer Jobs Program With a Bigger PurposeThis forum post is dated 03/22/10. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it. New Jersey - Teaching Jobs
| In New Jersey, a Summer Jobs Program With a Bigger Purpose This is the VOA Special English Education Report, from voaspecialenglish.com The United States has lost almost seven million jobs since the recession began in December of two thousand seven. The good news the central bank says economic activity appears to be "leveling out." The bad news: no one knows when the job market will recover. These days, if a job is available, young people often have to compete with more experienced workers. The situation is worst for those with the least education. About thirty percent of workers age sixteen to twenty-four with less than a high school diploma were unemployed in July. That was more than three times the national unemployment rate. The Labor Department says even among high school graduates, twenty-one percent of those with no college were jobless. The federal stimulus spending includes money to pay for jobs for needy young people. One such program in the state of New Jersey gave some young people their first experience with the world of work. Counselors at the One-Stop Career Center in Hackensack found jobs for a few hundred young people this summer. The jobs were twenty hours a week through August. The pay was seven dollars and twenty-five cents an hour -- the federal minimum wage. Those chosen came from poor families and also faced at least one barrier to getting a job. For example, they had left school or had been in trouble with the law. Sixteen-year-old Nahdir Gonzalez left school last year. He said he wanted a job because he X;b>...X;/b> |
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