Job Market Still Tight for Dipolma-Less Teens; the Competition Becomes 'Intense'

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CHICAGO - Erica Gomez dropped out of high school her freshman year so she could work to help her newly divorced mother pay the mortgage and buy groceries. A year and a half later, Gomez had a baby girl, Alize, and the need to make money became even more pressing.

Trouble was, the jobs she could find with no diploma - at a corner store in her Chicago neighborhood and later at a factory - paid less than $10,000 per year.

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Job Market Still Tight for Dipolma-Less Teens; the Competition Becomes 'Intense'

"It was depressing. We'd do all this work and still have nothing," says the 18-year-old, who recently enrolled in a class that helps young adults get their GEDs. Late last month, after only a few mon...

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