| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Feb. 13, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| Last Updated | Feb. 13, 2026, 8:01 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/say-more-with-mary-dixon-patrick-smith/2026/02/13/from-paper-routes-to-fry-cooks-what-was-your-first-job-and-why-cant-youth-these-days-find-one |
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America – and especially Cook County – has a youth joblessness “crisis,”
according to a new study from the University of Illinois Chicago’s Great Cities
Institute. The report says too many young people in Cook County are neither
working nor in school.
_Say More_ talks with study author Matthew Wils...