With Job Market Tough for Teens, Businesses See Flood of Applications:

As many teenagers struggle to find work for the summer, local businesses are seeing applications far outpace their hiring needs. Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development data from spring points to a tough job market for teens.  The employment rate reached 13.2 percent in March 2026. The article said that this is worse than past years, when teen unemployment rates have hovered between five percent and eight percent.  The data can be seen in action in the northwest suburbs.  "Between May and now, we've…