[Alberta's Child]

I've noticed a change here in many vacation areas of the Northeast. Two different trends are taking place:

1. Employers can't find temporary workers during their peak summer season, partly because of #2 (below).

2. American kids who used to fill those jobs aren't interested in them, since they are more likely to be CUSTOMERS at these places.

Item #2 is really an interesting trend for me. As a senior manager who used to hire professionals regularly, I was astonished to see so many resumes from young adults in their mid-20s with impressive education credentials ... but who had never worked so much as even a part-time job in their lives.

Note to American college graduates: If you have a master's degree in a professional field and the job you're seeking at the age of 25 is going to be the first gainful employment of your life, you ain't getting hired by me.

[Hot Tabasco]

On my last ski trip west to Vail Colorado, the vast majority of employees I met and talked with were Australians. From the ski lifts to the highly experienced wait staff at a couple restaurants we enjoyed.

They were ski "gypsies" of all ages whose sole goal in life was to ski and that meant taking advantage of free skiing for whatever resort they were employed with.

When the ski season ends in the U.S., they move on to another country where the ski season begins.

One waiter I encountered was approx. 45 years old and spent his life rotating from country to country, following the snow seasons. He was Australian and spoke English, German, French and Portuguese since he would spend ski seasons in Argentina............

[central_va]

Employers can't find temporary workers during their peak summer season because the are unwilling to pay wages high enough to attract Americans to work.

Fixed it.