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Show Utah average age is 26, USA is 32 Utah has a young population compared to the rest of the nation. The average age here is 26, while the average age for the country is about 32. In Utah, the youth group (16- to 24-year-olds) is expected to show continued growth in 1992 about 270,000 in 1992 versus 265,000 in 1991. Even with this increase, the Utah Labor Market Report for April indicates in-dicates youth in Utah's labor force have a fair outlook for summer jobs in 1992. The national recession has impacted Utah's economy so the outlook isn't quite as good as last year. The retail trade and services industries, in-dustries, which usually provide the greatest number of summer job opportunities op-portunities for youth, have grown a combined total of about 3.5 percent from a year ago. Construction, another provider of youth jobs, has increased 5 percent from a year ago. The agriculture industry in-dustry has maintained its status quo. While Utah has felt some of the repercussions of the national recession, reces-sion, it has not dramatically affected the Utah labor market. The unemployment rate is currently 4.7 percent in Utah, while the national unemployment rate is 7.2 percent. This means the youth in Utah should have an easier time finding a job than the youth in more economically troubled states. The monthly average number of people seeking employment in Utah was 37,000. Nationally only 63.6 percent of the 16- to 24-year-olds were 0 employed during July 1991; this is down from 67.1 percent in 1990 and 69.2 percent in 1989. Across the nation many young workers have decided not to enter the job market until the economy shows some recovery. Labor force participation rates for 16- to 19-year-olds dropped from 56 percent in 1989 to 51 percent in 1991. During times of recession companies com-panies tend to cut back workers with fewer skills and less experience; experi-ence; therefore, young workers are usually the first to lose their jobs. This seems to be'a common occurrence occur-rence during recessionary periods. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that youth participation par-ticipation in the national labor force . will increase during the 1990s. C' The summer flood of youth into the Utah labor market impacts unemployment. Typically, the youth group (16- 24-year-olds) accounts ac-counts for about 44 percent of the unemployed people who are looking look-ing for work. During the three summer months, this share increases to about 60 percent. per-cent. Those 16-19 years of age usually account for 23 percent of the unemployed, but that share rises to nearly 40 percent during the summer months. National statistics show that during dur-ing 1991 employment for 16- to 24-year-olds was 2,331,000 higher in July than April. Most of this increase in-crease was due to youth entering the workforce for the summer. Where will the jobs be? Of the 120,000 expected job opportunities op-portunities this summer, 60 percent will be in the services and retail trade industries. Construction, manufacturing and government will account for about 27 percent. The remaining 13 percent in-cludes in-cludes transportationcommunicationutilities, transporta-tioncommunicationutilities, wholesale trade, and financeinsurancereal estate. Fast food restaurants seem to be hiring again this year, many of them have "Help Wanted" signs out and would probably love to hire ambitious am-bitious youth for summer and part-time part-time work. For retail trade, nearly one-half of the total jobs, or 16,000 will be in eating and drinking establishments. This category remains the largest single group for openings among all industries. Other major contributors will be food stores (4,000), automotive dealers and service stations (3,600), miscellaneous retail and general merchandise (7,000). Construction employment is projected pro-jected to increase slightly from 1991. This is another excellent area for youth to look for summer job opportunities. Special trade contractors in plumbing, electrical, painting, masonry, concrete, roofing and carpentering will offer about 5,000 jobs. Residential building jobs will account for 3,400 openings, and heavy construction will add 1,500 jobs. Manufacturing jobs will occur mostly in food (1,900), printing and publication ( 1 ,500) , fabricated metal products (1,000), and apparel (1,000). Other significant numbers of job opportunities will be in government (11,800), motor freight transportation transporta-tion or warehousing (5,000), wholesale trade (3,300), real estate (1,600), and depository institutions (1,100). The report advises youth to be creative in their search for summer employment. Read the want ads in newspapers, check out the job boards at the universities and colleges, col-leges, go to a temporary help agency, agen-cy, use personal connections, and check with the Utah Job Service Offices. |
