Economics
Young Americans Struggle to Find Jobs, Internships This Summer
- Fewer openings in leisure, hospitality sectors due to virus
- Lack of summer work experience can hurt future employment
A pedestrian walks through Harvard Yard on the closed Harvard University campus in Cambridge, April 20.
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Annie Christie, a rising sophomore at Northeastern University, applied for dozens of summer internships without any bites before she posted an ad on her neighborhood chat board looking for odd jobs in Bethesda, Maryland.