Older workers vying for 'summer' jobs

[lovuian]

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A dress shirt, shoeshine and confidence may not be enough for young job seekers in Michigan seeking summer work as companies find more experienced workers.

Manpower Inc., the Milwaukee-based temporary employment service, says auto industry layoffs in the Rust Belt have created a pool of older workers whose job experience and qualifications are pushing out high school and college students looking for seasonal work during summer vacation.

They're going to be competing with people who are looking for permanent employment definitely, Manpower's Denise DeSantis told Monday's Detroit News.
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I think we are seeing the start of problems in unemployment!!!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Ahhhhh...... a workforce powered by bran muffins and

geritol..... welcome to America, land of the creed, home of the knave.

[annabanana]

2. true that

teenaged son looking for seasonal summer job selling beach passes lost out to underemployed adults working second job.....
(has happened last two years)

[Bozita]

3. DetNews headline article today (It's worse than I thought.)

http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060508/BIZ/605080347

Students are losing summer jobs race

More experienced workers are competing for permanent positions in tight Mich. job market.

Dorothy Bourdet / The Detroit News
May 8, 2006

Job seekers will face stiff competition for summer work in Metro Detroit as the local economy continues to sputter and the jobless rate hovers well above the national average.

The summer job, a rite of passage for high school and college students that provides experience, cash and a dose of self-confidence, will be more elusive as more experienced workers clog the labor market and squeeze out newcomers.

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Richard Brown has rarely seen a worse job market in his 30-some years with Henry Ford Community College's job placement office in Dearborn.

"A little over a year ago, we would have at least 500-600 jobs on any given day. Today, I'm looking at about 250 jobs," Brown said.
"What we're finding is that (employers) are putting jobs on hold or they're saying, 'We can't hire, we're losing jobs ourselves,' " Brown said.

"Everybody is holding their breath with what is going to happen with the auto industry."

A mechanical engineer trained at the University of Michigan recently wandered into Brown's office looking for work, while another student confessed she was living in her car while she searched for a job to pay for school.

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[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. I saw that two years ago when my daughter applied for a summer job

at an amusement park.

I was stunned to see not only folks in their 40's and 50's, I saw quite a few Medicare eligible folks there, as well.

A bellweather. MKJ

[genieroze]

5. I live in a area that's filled with the elderly, I see many of them doing

jobs that kids used to do.