<p>D is staying put in NY city to maintain her cafe waitress job which she juggles with 18 college units and a second job swirling yogurt. She doesn’t want to give up yogurt job “just in case”.</p>
<p>She’s busier than she’s ever been but it is the reality of this economy.</p>
<p>s is a college junior and hoping for an internship but the pickings are VERY slim around here…many companies have canceled their programs.
This reminds me of the late seventies when I was looking for a job as a teen…all the 40 year old ladies were beating me out…for jobs at place like Orange Julius. I never did find a job that summer. And I applied to over 50 places!
I told my son he can mow lawns and do pet sitting if things get that bad. Plus do some volunteer work.
Things have changed so quickly…</p>
<p>Ds last year summer camp job has already called her – but I want her to go to CC summer school.</p>
<p>^^yup, summer sleepaway counselor position was an offered option;she doesn’t want to be away for 7 weeks…</p>
<p>^Mine says that she wants to get a job this summer, but then every job I suggest has something wrong with it. I’m not optimistic that there will be a match between places that are hiring and jobs that she will take.</p>
<p>s did really well on his SATs so he applied to be a Kaplan teacher. They have auditions in the next couple of months all over our area - 5 min presentations…lol…I told him it was like American Idol. He asked if he should show up with his guitar and amp :)<br>
Anyway, I think THOUSANDs have applied so not much chance there…</p>
<p>Mine will not get a job because we will travel for 3 weeks plus, she doubt that she can find a job that let her take 3 weeks off. She is looking in a summer study abroad for 4 weeks.</p>
<p>We’ve just moved to a new area and we don’t have the contacts that we had in our old town. The kids have never lived here and won’t be home until May.</p>
<p>The local Dairy Queen had over 200 applications for 35 seasonal positions. I am not very optimistic.</p>
<p>Both of the kids are looking into taking summer classes at a local school. At least they will be busy.</p>
<p>Re Kaplan: if it’s anything like PR, those auditions are very tough - and then they go on weeding kids out during the training process.</p>
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<p>One of mine has done this for 3 summers. They deduct a nominal fee for room and board from her check. She has loved it. She is graduating and can stay and work this summer as well while she looks for a “real” job. (which makes me admittedly nervous)</p>
<p>D has a job offer to work as a summer camp counselor, but would love to explore other options that would allow her to stay in town, since there is an unpaid part-time internship in her field that she is interested in.</p>
<p>Recently I visited a town where I used to live. A couple years ago, my son worked at a fast food restaurant there. All his co-workers were Hispanic. I drove through a couple fast food restaurants (including S’s old employer) that weekend and noticed only white kids working at them–a big change.</p>
<p>D taught English to inner city kids through the Breakthrough Collaborative last summer, and is applying again this summer. It was a great job (and the hours and location matched up well with my commute!), so I am really hoping she lands a position again this summer. The program director asked me to help screen students for the program this year, so I figure that is a good sign for her. If you live in a city with a Breakthrough program (many large cities do), it is worth looking at (although applications for D’s program are due March 1, so it would be a scramble at this point).</p>
<p>I don’t think there will be much in the way of employment opportunities here this summer.
We live in a suburb with a large teenage population that takes up most of the kinds of jobs college kids home for the summer would look for. </p>
<p>S2 is renting a house with 3 friends for next sch. yr. Since the lease starts in May,he will be staying there and looking for employment for the summer. It is a big state u. so hopefully the mass exodus of students in May will leave some job openings for those who are staying. </p>
<p>Just saw on his college website that they are having a summer job fair on campus in April. He also has a line on a job painting for the university all summer. Apparantly, lots of students are hired to paint as every dorm room and hall on campus must be painted between May and Aug. It’s full time work and the pay is decent…sign him up.</p>