Texas students pivot to gig platforms amid historically brutal summer job market

There is an economic squeeze happening, everything costs more. For the jobs that are out there, increase competition. In the industry where summer jobs are normally big, people aren't spending as much and employers are hiring less. Summer job market for teensFor teens and young adults hoping to find work, it has been anything but a walk in the park."It was the most frustrating thing I’ve had to deal with applying to hundreds if not thousands of applications for internships or just finding a respectable salary. It was just terrible," said Lukas Lindestaf, experiencing a hard time trying to find a job.Labor analyst, Parag Amin, believes it starts with inflation."It is the toughest labor market for teens and summer jobs since 1948," said Amin. "As a result of that, adults staying in the workplace longer adults taking jobs that traditionally many teens would perform, including lower-paying jobs like working in retail or working in fast food."Inflation, automation changing entry-level jobsN