Joslyne Baird has been looking for a job for about a year to help her family pay the bills.
She began her job search at 14 years old, applying to summer camps and grocery stores around her small Kentucky town of about 1,500 people, without success, she told The Epoch Times.
“I’m looking for babysitting jobs, mowing jobs, cleaning jobs, and so much more,” the now 15-year-old said. “Anything I’m able to do to make money for, I will do.”
Baird has not heard back from a single employer to which she submitted applications, she said.
What the Kentucky teenager is experiencing is a continuation of a trend that began in 2025: a worsening job market for American teens looking for summer work….