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- Summer job search: No easier for teens this year (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance)
- Job search tips offered March 30 in Bernards Township (The Bernardsville News)
- Church to offer job search workshop (Suburban Journals)
| Summer job search: No easier for teens this year (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 10:36 AM PDT The search for a summer job won't be any easier this year, despite nascent signs of a recovery. Almost half of hiring managers -- 47% -- don't plan to hire any seasonal workers this summer, said a survey from hourly job site SnagAJob.com. That's about the same as last summer's 46%. The majority of respondents, 54%, said they think it will be "difficult" for teens to find a summer job this year. The survey did not ask that question last year. "Just like last summer, employers have a wide range of [applicants] this year," said Shawn Boyer, chief executive of SnagAJob.com. "When managers can pick from the cream of the crop, it makes it tough for those applying." Teens were likely hoping for a sunnier outlook this year, since 2009's summer job openings were slim amid a churning economy. But even as the recession has begun to abate this year, the unemployment rate remains at 9.7%. The jobless rate among teenagers averaged 24.8% from June through August last year, the highest of any summer since record-keeping began in 1948. That was up from 19.6% in 2008, the first summer of the recession, and much higher than the 15.8% average for teenagers over the 62 summers on record. Anyone who does score a summer job shouldn't expect to make much more than last year. According to the survey, the average summer job will still pay $10.20 an hour -- the same as last summer. Although prospects for summer may not have improved much this year from last year, the good news is that 53% of the managers surveyed do plan to hire for the season. According to the report, 29% of hiring managers say they'll hire the same number of summer workers as last year, while 6% said they will hire more workers than last year. About 18% of managers said they will hire fewer employees than last year, versus 23% who planned to cut back last summer. Start the summer search soon In such a difficult climate, teens and college students should begin to search for summer gigs over the next several weeks, said SnagAJob's Boyer. "If you wait until late May or June, you're behind the eight-ball," he said. "You might be in school until the summer, but you can offer to work weekends or nights right now. Cast the net wide." Although 53% of the survey's respondents said teens will primarily be competing against other young people for summer gigs, 29% said that college kids will see the most competition from adults who are vying for burger-flipping jobs due to "economic pressures." In order to stand out from more experienced counterparts, Boyer said teens should be flexible in their scheduling availability; play up their energy and excitement; bring 2-3 questions to ask the employer; and send a handwritten thank-you note after each interview. "You want to project maturity, so speak well and overdress for the interview," he said. "Even if the uniform is T-shirts and shorts, come in wearing a suit and a smile that say: 'Hire me.'" The survey also asked managers to share some of their own interview tips. Among the quirkier advice: "Take the ring out of your ear, and cover up the tattoos." Also: "Don't text during the interview." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Job search tips offered March 30 in Bernards Township (The Bernardsville News) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 01:38 AM PDT Ruth Lufkin, supervising reference librarian, will feature creative ways to find opportunities through mining the library's resources. She will demonstrate online tools that allow discovery of useful magazine, journal and newspaper information on specific companies, key personnel and particular industries. Resources that are available remotely to every library cardholder in New Jersey will be highlighted, as well as those specifically available at Bernards Township Library. The meeting will be held in the Program Room located on the lower level. All are welcome at this free program. Pre-registration is suggested but not required; those who register in advance using the Program Calendar at www.BernardsLibrary.org will receive an email reminder before the program. For more information call the Library at (908) 204-3031, ext. 4, or email rlufkin@bernards.org. Members of the Career Forum and Career Networking Group are especially invited to attend these meetings. Both of these local support groups offer programs of interest to those looking for work or contemplating transition and opportunities to network with other members of the group. The Career Forum meets at the Somerset Hills YMCA from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings. The Career Networking Group meets on the first and third Thursday evenings of each month at the Bernards Township Library. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Church to offer job search workshop (Suburban Journals) Posted: 24 Mar 2010 12:15 AM PDT Church to offer job search workshop A six-hour job search training program will be offered in two, three-hour segments from 6 to 9 p.m. March 21 and 28 at West County Assembly of God, 13431 N. Outer Forty Road, Chesterfield.
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