Show I Help Y Youths Find Summer Work Johnnys Johnny's Dad is a goodfriend good goodfriend friend of oC the neighborhood grocer So Johnny will get ajob ajob a ajob job this summer working as asa asa asa a in the grocery store ROBERT doesn't have a father And his waitress mother moth moth- er doesn't know any store owners Hell He'll be idle this summer summer summer sum sum- mer unless hes he's lucky enough to turn up a job on his own But theres there's one similarity Both Johnny and Robert like other youngsters 16 13 years old in the Salt Lake area want to work this summer FOR JOHNNY a summer job fob is a luxury For Robert a summer job is a necessity for staying in school For both a summer job is excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent preparation for the future Manpower organizations in Salt Lake are preparing to assist in finding jobs fobs for youngsters who will be out of oC school next month The labor market will be flooded with youth who honestly want to work JOBS ARE needed for youth to develop good work habits and attitudes learn basic work skills and help reduce school dropouts Jobs for youth can also assist in reducing juvenile del delinquency delinquency de de- l by providing constructive constructive constructive con con- work activities to occupy their time and jobs provide young people with the opportunity to earn and learn to manage spending money THE UTIlE YOUTH Employment Service YES offices will be working hard again this year to assist youngsters in finding finding finding find find- ing summer jobs stated Ray Morse YES program coordinator coordinator coordinator co co- at the State Employment Employment Employment Employ Employ- ment office He added that There will be YES offices in nine locations throughout the Salt Lake valley this year The YES offices are mostly mostly mostly most most- ly staffed by high school students and function similar to the State Employment Agency They receive job openings from employers and take applications from Crom youth 13 16 years old who are seeking employment THE OFFICES will be open on weekdays and 9 1 on Saturdays from Crom May 11 until the end of oC school S. S b After school is out the of- of will be open full time t. t The offices will be hg g at the following loca loca- Salt Lake West South Northwest 1050 West Vest South 1589 SOUTH SALT Lake 20 West 2400 South 1345 Oquirrh rh 2600 Redwood Road Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Sugarhouse Sugar- Sugar house 1086 East South Rm 1341 Murray South State Suite F 2516 Midvale 1 97 North Holden Bountiful 38 East South and Magna West 2700 South COMPETITION for summer summer summer sum sum- mer jobs will be tough Mr 1 Morse emphasized There just arent aren't enough jobs to go around The successful summer summer sum sum- mer job hunter will need tobe to tobe tobe be persistent and imaginative He cannot give up his job lob hunt after being turned down by one or two employers Some jobs do not develop until the middle of oC the summer and there is a turnover in jobs which provides opportunities ties for the youngster who will continue his job search SOME ingenious youngsters invent their own jobs and are quite successful Again this summer the federal government is offering a limited number of oC jobs lobs to disadvantaged youth These jobs are for Cor boys and girls in various federal agencies in Salt Lake City Tooele and Dugway MORE information on these job opportunities is available at the Salt SaIl Lake Employment Security office at South East There are many sources of job information for youth in addition to the tile YES offices More jobs are filled through direct contact with employers than by any other method Newspaper classified ads provide much good employment employment employment employ employ- ment information SCHOOL teachers and counselors counselors counselors coun coun- and church leaders are sources of oC good leads for jobs Any youngster looking for work should ask his parents parents parents par par- friends and neighbors to help him for about one- one fifth of all new jobs lobs are filled through these contacts Youth should keep a number number number num num- ber of things in mind when applying for a job They should be neat and clean and go to a job interview in clothing suitable for Cor the work they are seeking not too formal nor too casual A businesslike businesslike businesslike busi busi- but friendly attitude will impress most employers ASKING for unrealistic wages often oHen prevents job seekers seekers seekers seek seek- ers from getting a job Youngsters Youngsters Youngsters Young Young- looking for work should show up for an interview at atthe atthe atthe the appointed time and go alone Attitude Altitude is especially important important important tant in finding summer jobs and a smile will often give an applicant an edge over his competition THE BIGGEST problem encountered encountered encountered en en- countered by youthful job seekers seekers seekers seek seek- ers is the lack of employers Our community should make a special effort to insure that its youngsters get the opportunity opportunity opportunity to roll up their sleeves and pitch in as productive workers in our society Clearly for each youngster seeking work this summer a ajob ajob ajob job represents a momentous step in life toward earning school money toward independence independence independence dence or toward family re re- THIS INVESTMENT in youth demands the unqualified support support support sup sup- port of private employers labor civic and fraternal organizations organizations organizations or or- churches and schools in concert with all levels of government Any citizen can become an employer In order to provide jobs for our youth every citizen should become an em em- Even small jobs like washing the windows weeding the flower bed or cutting the lawn can help a youngster earn his own way in life |