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With a lower unemployment rate comes a challenge for franchise companies seeking qualified and talented workers, and recent data shows that hiring young workers has become even more challenging. According to a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, the unemployment rate among 16-24 year olds interested in working fell to its lowest level in almost 50 years.

To attract and retain good employees, brands like Wisconsin-based growing better pizza franchise <a href="https://topperspizza.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-wall-street-journal-summer-youth-unemployment-falls-to-lowest-level-since-1969-2703753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toppers Pizza</a> has employed more aggressive tactics to bring workers in. &quot;&ldquo;If you wait five days to call someone back, they already have a job,&rdquo; Scott Gittrich, founder and president of <a href="https://www.toppers.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=the-wall-street-journal-summer-youth-unemployment-falls-to-lowest-level-since-1969-2703753" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toppers Pizza</a>, told the Wall Street Journal. The company has amped up proactive hiring tactics mainly in more affluent areas away from colleges where the brand has an easier time finding college-aged employees.&nbsp;

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The Wall Street Journal: Summer Youth Unemployment Falls to Lowest Level Since 1969

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