News Story: Finding a summer job

Finding a summer job is a hard task for anyone to do, but now that the United States is in a recession it is even harder for high school and college kids to find a job. Everyone needs money, some people use it to pay for gas so they can get to school, hang out with friends, going to stores to buy things, etc. Money is used for many reasons and many high school and college kids are having trouble getting it now days. With the United States in the recession we are in many more Americans are looking for a job than usual. This is bad for the younger worker because people who got laid off from their regular jobs are now looking for any job available.

This will certainly make it harder for high school kids to find a job. Many people would recommend high school and college kids to never give up. They would say to turn in as many applications as they can and with a little luck you will hopefully get a call back for an interview. You just need to work hard to get a job and once you have one continue to work hard so you can keep your job because there is always someone willing to take it.

Many of my friends and my sister are among most of the typical high school and college kids looking for a job. My sister for example has been applying for a new job for the last three summers now. It’s just hard for someone to hire a college student that is going to leave for school in three months. That creates more work because the business has to train them in and everything which takes time just for their employee just to leave in a couple months. My sister finally got a job this summer at a restaurant in Duluth, Minnesota where she goes to college. She has wanted to get a job there for over a year and finally got it this summer. She had to apply to like 20 places until she finally got a job offer. My sister Keri has a lot of advice but her most important advice was “don’t give up when searching for a job, just keep filling out applications and eventually someone will call you back for a interview hard work is needed but it is all worth it when you get you’re a job.”

Another example of a high school student struggling to find a job was my friend Mark. He filled out multiple job applications and kept in contact with the business’s he applied to. Nobody called him back and he was struggling to find a job and was willing to work anywhere. “I really did not car where I got a job, I even would have worked at Dairy Queen I just wanted a job to make money for college and for the trip I am going on this summer.” Mark is a great example of how many high school and college kids are lowering their standards to just have a job. Mark got a lucky break when he got hired by his tutor to work at Fountain Valley golf course in Farmington, Minnesota. “I was very lucky and very grateful to even have a job I thought I should just ask and bam he said he actually needs another employee and hired me on the spot!”

If you are looking for a job this summer I wish you all the luck in the world. Hopefully you find a job you want and that you will enjoy. If you are struggling to find one don’t give up persistence is key and will pay off in the end. Also if you have continue to work hard because your job is never secure and many people are looking for you the mess up so they can take your job.