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Summer jobs
The advent of travel and leisure season fuels demand for staff
Jun 7, 2024
The post-COVID rebound for restaurants and other hospitality businesses has created opportunities for younger and older workers.
Summer camps are having trouble finding enough staffers; some are cutting back
Aug 10, 2022
In Maine, home to many summer camps, a YMCA camp had to limit its capacity to 80 kids due to staffing issues.
Summer jobs are plentiful. Applicants are not.
May 31, 2022
Summer tourism industries continue to face a worker shortage and climbing wages. Teenagers, especially, are in demand.
What one teen worker is looking for in a job this summer
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Andie Corban
Jun 4, 2021
Aneesha Edwards in Lexington, Kentucky, is spending her last summer before college working in retail, where customer traffic is steadier than food service.
Teenagers in search of summer jobs are in luck
Jun 1, 2021
A tight labor market has brought teen employment to its highest level in a decade.
U.S. releases more temporary visas to meet seasonal worker demand
May 25, 2021
Employers can now apply for 22,000 additional H-2B visas. Businesses who hire seasonal workers say they're more crucial than ever.
Summer has arrived. Lots of summer jobs have not.
Jun 23, 2020
The pandemic has made it harder for younger workers to find seasonal jobs
For public good, not for profit.
Even high schoolers are feeling economic uncertainty
by
Andie Corban
May 4, 2020
High school senior Vivienne Dragun was planning on working to save money for college this fall. Now with the coronavirus crisis, she's not so sure.
Teens are too focused on summer school to work summer jobs
Jul 8, 2019
Teens haven't returned to the workforce after being pushed out by the recession a decade ago.
Back to school in August? Tourism businesses not happy
Sep 5, 2016
In some states, a pre-Labor Day school start is banned; but schools are pushing back.