Reply #49: well, thanks for updating my information. However, it

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seems that you have nailed at least one very cogent fact: "there aren't many foreign language majors who are willing to work bottomrung retail jobs and live in tents and dorms for a summer". If there is such a demand for foreign language skills in these jobs it would seem that it would be ideal training and experience for them--not simply a retail job. Secondly, the availability of labor in unappealing jobs is a function of the price paid for those jobs. In order to entice people to do those less desireable jobs, one must either pay more, or find some other cheap source of labor that can be exploited because of their situation--such as non citizens looking for work. The excuse that Americans aren't WILLing to do certain jobs is simply a smokescreen for wanting to pay below market wages.