Posted on 06/04/2005 6:57:27 PM PDT by Tarantulas
Other articles about summer jobs referenced on MSNBC:
Summer job time
Low unemployment rate boosts summer jobs in Quincy area.
Fewer jobs for teens this summer - Unemployed less prepared for real world, report says
The scarcity of summer jobs for young people in King County and across the country has reached a crisis level, according to a report on youth employment released Thursday.
Teens seeking work face fierce competition
While the economy has added more than 3 million jobs over the past 18 months, teens are likely to have a tough time finding work this summer, experts say. By Martin Wolk.
Teen Job Market Warming Up This Summer
The summer job scene for area teens is brighter this year than in recent summers, when the employment market was so weak that teens had to compete with many adults for jobs, experts said.
Attention teens: In search of a summer job?
The good news is, it's not too late to get one. Jeff Allen, founder of SummerJobs.com, says there are still jobs out there. He offers some tips to help you get your search in gear.
Summer youth employment
School is almost out and you know what that means; time for teens to land those summer jobs.
They took our jobs! (South Park reference)
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH MINIMUM WAGE
Well illegals or no illegals my kid better find a summer job!
It's not just about immigration or illegal immigration. It's about free trade/outsourcing policies gone overboard, which have decimated this entire economy to the point where people who once worked in skill positions are now fighting for these service jobs that high schoolers once used to take. It's all part of a giant chain reaction.
And we have our own economic policies to blame for it.
We looked for a summer-only nanny for our 3 boys, and we were inundated with resumes from recent graduates with teaching degrees...unable to find a teaching position, so ready to settle for $400 a week watching kids (and okay, tutoring my autistic middle son). We had young women in their mid-20s literally begging us to hire them.
My 18 year old daughter has been looing for a job for two months with no luck. This girl is a National Merit Finalist, well mannered, attractive, and fluent in Spanish (we're in Texas). As soon as prospective employers learn she'll be leaving for college in August she's shown the door. Same thing is happening with her friends. Nobody here wants to train and hire for summer help -- they want permanent employees. She's applied at every restaurant in town, WalMart, grocery stores, retail, etc. The temporary agencies don't seem to have any listings that don't require some experience. Meanwhile she's picking up some spending money babysitting.
"looing" = looking
Fingers are faster than the eyes.
They need to come work in the Bush of Alaska. Lots of jobs out there I here. I think many teaching students suffer from lack of willingness to move. I can't say I blame them. There are lots of jobs out there but you have to move to get them sometimes.
One fast food place in my area has only young people working the counters. No worker over thirty in sight. Even the manager looks younger than thirty. Talk about age discrimination.
How far are teens willing to go for jobs these days? When I was a teen, teens went to farms to work day labor, or to resort areas to work as maids, busboys, waiters or waitresses, and for the lucky ones, lifeguards.
Teens who wanted to stay home mowed lawns, babysat, whatever.
I don't see teens going after those jobs these days. I see more of them looking for internships in office situations.
Seasonal jobs have never been attractive to adult Americans. I find it hard to believe that the problem for teens is illegals. I think it's just as likely that the teens don't want these jobs.
After all, in this "sluggish" economy are millions of American workers fleeing to Mexico and Canada for jobs?
I note that the very media that has for years encouraged and aided illegal aliens is now starting to wring their hands at the results. Liberals should heed the saying, those who benefit eventually replace their benefactors. Los Angeles is a shining example.
And so does our manic obsession with promoting free trade policy, especially within this party.
Totally agreed.
Unemployment is a labor surplus. Shortages and surpluses are price phenomena, not supply phenomena. You could have a surplus of BMW's by pricing them at $100,000 each, you could have a shortage of same by pricing them at $10.
Back in my hometown area the Burger King is advertising for help wanted at $9/hr. Unemployment is ~2.7% in the region.
The boy/teen I have mow my lawn every other week is now 17...he's done it faithfully for the last 5 years.
He's told me he'll continue to do it, at least until he finishes high school.
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