What's Happening in Rosedale, MD…

New evidence suggests that an increasing number of teens are looking to internships to increase their future chances of employment.

The movement started before the Great Recession and continues. Having connections helps, but there’s a program in Baltimore for those who don’t.

More teenagers are taking internships to increase their chances of being employed after graduation instead of taking traditional summer jobs. Although many of these internships are unpaid, it is the Zeitgeist to believe they will pay off in the end.

Some find internships through family. Friends School of Baltimore senior Riley Drake is in this camp. He received a voluntary internship last summer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and is returning for a paid internship this summer.

Others have the June 25 to Aug. 3 Baltimore City YouthWorks, a job-locater program for paying positions for 14 to 21-year-olds.

College and Career Exploration senior Jasmine Lane took this path and is pleased to be able to put her work experience at Veolia Transportation on her resume.

Baltimore printing companies have been printing and producing resumes, Business Cards and digital Business Cards for many ambitious teenagers.

Contrarily, certain teenagers choose not to work. The Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates that one million of 11 million 16 to 19-year-olds who were involuntarily unemployed last year wanted to work.

However, there are still some who take summer jobs for the money and the activity, choosing or hoping to seek out internships later.

Since 1994, the BLS has seen a steady decline of youths in the labor force. In 2001, it sunk to a record low and is predicted to be even lower this year.

Despite these findings, there are positions for teens who wish to have them.

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