US teenagers struggle to find summer jobs
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No these are real but my area is not one of the harder hit areas. That is not to say we have 100% employment either. Still jobs exist that need to be filled.
EDIT: I just pulled this list from monster.com. California lists 5000+ jobs. I realize there are more than 5000 out of work but shouldn't they be snapping up any job they can get?
* Alabama (2008)
* Alaska (309)
* Arizona (3335)
* Arkansas (811)
* California (5000+)
* Colorado (3723)
* Connecticut (2822)
* Delaware (667)
* District of Colum... (2776)
* Florida (5000+)
* Georgia (4810)
* Hawaii (449)
* Idaho (411)
* Illinois (5000+)
* Indiana (2866)
* Iowa (1264)
* Kansas (1222)
* Kentucky (1437)
* Louisiana (1806)
* Maine (658)
more...
Maverickz
Your list is great... but did you check the ads correctly ? If you do it you will see that they ask for Xp like 3+...
How can a young man have such Xp...
Your list is great... but did you check the ads correctly ? If you do it you will see that they ask for Xp like 3+...
How can a young man have such Xp...
Can't get a summer job?
When I was a kid, we used to cut grass (older brother and I), hourly rate. After a big snow, we would clear our parents' place, then go up and down the street, knocking on doors. Contract prices for that
We'd make some pretty good money in a foot of snow.
That was years ago. My house sits on 6 acres, owned it 20 years. I mow 4 acres of grass, front yard only. The local lawn services charge $40/hour to mow grass. Have never tried them. I'd put an ad in the paper to hire a teen. But if he got hurt, I assume his parents would sue my ass.
I have never heard of anybody around here hiring a kid to mow grass. And have never ever heard of kids going door-to-door to shovel snow.
Times must have changed. In what way??
When I was a kid, we used to cut grass (older brother and I), hourly rate. After a big snow, we would clear our parents' place, then go up and down the street, knocking on doors. Contract prices for that
We'd make some pretty good money in a foot of snow.That was years ago. My house sits on 6 acres, owned it 20 years. I mow 4 acres of grass, front yard only. The local lawn services charge $40/hour to mow grass. Have never tried them. I'd put an ad in the paper to hire a teen. But if he got hurt, I assume his parents would sue my ass.
I have never heard of anybody around here hiring a kid to mow grass. And have never ever heard of kids going door-to-door to shovel snow.
Times must have changed. In what way??
Country Boy,
How right you are... be really carefull. Lawyer are the true plague of the Us...
How right you are... be really carefull. Lawyer are the true plague of the Us...
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Can't get a summer job?
When I was a kid, we used to cut grass (older brother and I), hourly rate. After a big snow, we would clear our parents' place, then go up and down the street, knocking on doors. Contract prices for that
That was years ago. My house sits on 6 acres, owned it 20 years. I mow 4 acres of grass, front yard only. The local lawn services charge $40/hour to mow grass. Have never tried them. I'd put an ad in the paper to hire a teen. But if he got hurt, I assume his parents would sue my ass.
I have never heard of anybody around here hiring a kid to mow grass. And have never ever heard of kids going door-to-door to shovel snow.
Times must have changed. In what way??
kids can't think outside the box anymore
because many aren't. Tons of scam posts on monster.com now. Others may post to merely collect apps. *maybe* if someone exceptional came across, they'd look at it further, otherwise the company really isn't hiring at the moment; more for the future.
Some others may be hiring, but then the position gets cut in the budget...or they're not sure yet if it will officially exist.
It's almost of a perception issue at times...either way one has to wade through more crap then ever before to get through and find a worthwhile position...or fight with far more people.
Of course, still other people are stupid and don't know still how to properly apply for a job, or make themselves stand out from the ever growing crowd.
I understand that some of the posting may be scams or headhunters. But certainly not all of them. In fact here is a link to some jobs posted to Monster TODAY and NONE of these look like headhunters or scams:
http://jobsearch.monster.com/Search.aspx?brd=1&indid=75&cy=us&re=508&k=JobSearch;Browse
My point remains THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE. Many people may have to take a pay cut sure, and there are probably not enough jobs for everyone. Those without jobs just need to look deeper and be willing to at least temporarily take a lesser job than their old one. Either way with jobs available the unemployment rate should NOT be as high as it is.
I looked at a local "Employment Guide" pamphlet. You know, the kind that is next to the Cars For Sale booklets and Apartments for Rent papers that they give away for free. I looked through it carefully.
In the past, the Employment Guide pamphlet was as big as a newspaper section, easily 20 to 30 pages.
Currently, it's eight pages, cover to cover. And there was only ONE job in there - for a CNC operator. The rest of the ads were for
* Colleges
* Employment Guide (LOL)
* Some job fair
* Be your own boss!!!!!!
* An exciting opportunity in SALES!
Pretty bad. The ratio of wheat to chaff has fallen off of the radar, and even the chaff is diminishing.
In the past, the Employment Guide pamphlet was as big as a newspaper section, easily 20 to 30 pages.
Currently, it's eight pages, cover to cover. And there was only ONE job in there - for a CNC operator. The rest of the ads were for
* Colleges
* Employment Guide (LOL)
* Some job fair
* Be your own boss!!!!!!
* An exciting opportunity in SALES!
Pretty bad. The ratio of wheat to chaff has fallen off of the radar, and even the chaff is diminishing.