i’ve been trying!
i’m even willing to hire adults not cheaply.
But I don’t want to put an ad on craigslist, so I’m just going by word-of-mouth. But so far no takers.
HaHa. We have something here called THE FORUM, for the town and surrounding area. You can go on there and read all the local gossip, and/or post a notice for help wanted.
We also used to have a program on the radio called swap shop. Items for trade, barter, or sale. So could get something like that on the radio for free.
Moving from the free to the local weekly paper all sorts of non-classified ads for people to work, or often youngsters wanting to mow yards etc. and numbers to call. So we used to look at those, and then check with a couple of teachers to see how responsible the kids were.
I do know, however, that kids the days are more likely to be playing games and texting on smart phones than moving anything other than their thumbs. LOL It’s a weird world compared to my teenage years.
Ain't that messed up? I made lots of extra spending $$$ in my young fit years by working extra odd jobs. Not sure why teens and young adults aren't willing. Hubby has offered good pay for 1) someone to come help with household chores the doc told me not to do 2) someone to come over occasionally and help me with the heavy lifting parts of gardening. 3) a reliable lawn mowing person who is willing to use a push mower or weedeater. There's some lawn mowing people in our small town but they want to do it all with their nice riding ZTRs, those won't access most of our property because it's on the side of a steep hill. I'm not understanding these able young people. We've tried ladies who advertise as maids, paid $25/ hr. One did practically no work and the other decided the drive was too far. We are rural but we gave both ladies extra money for fuel too. We offered the good worker the full $25/hr for her drive time and then a higher wage overall but no dice. She said her boyfriend didn't like her driving out into the country. Sheesh.
Makes you think we are scary freeks out here :(