Hot summer jobs fill quickly Teens find employment can be elusive.(Business)

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Byline: Michael Sean Comerford mcomerford@@dailyherald.com Summer retail jobs are hot in the Elgin area. Numerous amusement park jobs in Gurnee and lifeguard jobs throughout the suburbs are filling up quick though. Area youths will have to look increasing hard for their own summer job hot spots because the market promises to be tight in select areas.

"The teens hit the hardest are the 15-, 16- and 17-year-olds," Joseph McLaughlin, senior research associate at Northeastern University, Boston, said of the shortage of jobs. "It's also hardest on teens from low income and minority households." Dana Heiser, 15, of Lake Villa, worked one of the game sections on Thursday at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. She said she didn't bother applying anywhere...