If you're a teenager looking for a job, get in line. Or go online, and you're bound to discover -- as older generations have -- that the process of finding work is more tedious than it once was.
Those teens, who are part of what demographers call "Generation Z," are starting to nudge their way into the workforce. They're known for being extremely tech-savvy because they haven't known a world without smartphones. But as a result, they're more impatient with the grind of the employment process. And many are looking to their smartphones to cut through that grind.
"Teenagers nowadays, I guess they’re not patient enough," said 17-year-old Jennifer Cano of Inglewood. "There's so many stores, and there’s so many people out there saying they need people to come into the job. I guess the process is still not efficient enough to the new generations that are coming through."
A few months ago, Cano applied for seasonal jobs at Target and Subway. She didn't get in at either place, and said it took a month to hear anything back.