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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 teen unemployment rate  reached 13.2 percent in March 2026. That's worse than past years when teen unemployment rates hovered between 5 percent and 8 percent.  The data can be seen in action in the Twin Cities northwest suburbs.  "Between May and now, we've gotten more…