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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Lessons from Chicago teens on the job this summer
Description: They are ringing you up at the register, keeping swimmers safe and running social media accounts for a lot of grown-ups.
Chicago area teenagers are on the job this summer.
Working teens faced a tougher time landing a job this year. The June unemployment rate for teenagers was up significantly over last year.
Chicago Sun Times reporter Emmanuel Camarillo and WBEZ’s Araceli Gomez-Aldana spoke to a group of teens who found work.
Here is what they have to say about finding a job, what they learned and how they’re spending their paychecks.
HOST: LANE