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Putting the city's youth to work over the summer
Flying Kite Staff
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015
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Fewer American teenagers are holding down summer jobs. Some organizations are working hard to combat the problem.
The absence of work means more than having no money for a mobile phone or a night out with friends. A summer job can provide essential experience that is crucial to snagging better jobs later, experts say.
Research
shows that for every year teenagers work while in high school, income rises an average of 15 percent when they are in their 20s.
If that’s true for Nasir Mack, he may be wealthy by the time he turns 30. The 16-year-old is starting his third summer in the Philadelphia Youth Network’s
WorkReady program
. In the past, he was employed by an engineering company and a community college. This summer, he will work at the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development.
When Nasir first heard about the program through friends, he jumped at the chance, given the alternative. “I’m not going to be doing anything but sitting in the house,” he said. “Why would I want to do that when there are so many things out there you can be doing?”
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