The number of students in the labor force (ages 16- to 24-years-old) grows sharply starting in April each year. Now might be the prefect time to encourage kids to start KICKin' IT IN on the summer job search. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, last summer the youth labor workforce grew by 2.9 million to a total of 24.3 million in July 2007.

While some predict the 2008 summer job outlook for teens won't be impossible, they do caution that kids will have to work to find work. Want to get a jump on the large numbers of high school and college students searching for summer jobs? Check out these suggestions, resources and articles from SnagAJob, Teens4Hire and Young Jobs.

BTW, if you'll be hiring students this summer, you might want to beat the rush too. That is if you want the best-of-the-best kind of kids KICKin' IT IN for you this summer. FYI, here are the top-ten industries employing kids in the summer: