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One UN-L student spent two weeks
scrounging for a job but he only found an
opening as a receptionist at a beauty parlor.
Maybe he better grab the job because his plight
typifies the summer employment scene.
"Without any doubt" there are fewer jobs
available this year than last, said Mrs. Jacque
Baiuch, operations manager for the Lincoln Job
Service.
A Job Service of Nebraska report said the
only jobs available long are low paying andor
have high requirements. The report said 43
percent require speciali7ed education, training
and experiencef The figures are for Firimore,
Lancaster, Saline, Seward and York Counties.
Reflects economy
Mrs. Baiuch said the situation reflects the
economy. She said major companies that have
laid off employes are still not hiring or just
rehiring laid off workers. ,'
The Job Service report said there were 4,760
applicants seeking work in May, an increase of
400 from April. The figure includes 200 people
who want part-time jobs ami slightly over 300
that need summer work.
Unemployment in Lancaster County , was 6
per cent in April compared with the 3 per cent
rate a year ago. A slight drop in unemployment
was expected for May followed by a raise in June
when students left the classrooms, said the
report. .
Much ingenuity
Referring to students, the report said, "Some
will have to use much ingenuity in creating jobs
on their own."
Jobs for college students are also "slim" at
UNL, said Doug Severs, employment coordinator
for UNL. The Scholarships and Financial Aids
office, which lists jobs on and off campus,
receives an average of 10 to 15 job openings a
week compared with the 26 a week averaged last
summer, he sa;d. '
Jobs that open up, he. said, are usually "gone
by the end of the day."
Can't find work
"I have more students coming to me and
telling me they can't find work," he said.
u..,.,, thoro maw bfe more university jobs
available with the start of the new r fiscal year
July 1, he said. This is when new budgets go into
effect
Severs said that this month, with old budgets
coming to an end, university departments may
find themselves short of money so they are not
hiring. With more money available after July i,
he said, there should be more jobs.
College has edge
Severs and Mrs. Baiuch both said college
students have an edge over high school students
in getting jobs. Mrs. Baiuch said college students
have the experience and the age. Federal
regulations require workers to be 18 for factory
ro construction jobs.
But the number of college students requesting
jobs at her office is down from other years, she
said. Apparently students not from Lincoln have
gone home because without work they can't
support themselves here, she said.
Temporary help
A spokesman for a firm providing temporary
help for businesses said they have increased the
number of college students they employ by
about 10 per cent. These 30 to 40 students fill-in
for absent or vacationing employes on an "on
call" basis, she said.
Students not finding full-time jobs may have
turned to this work, she said, because they
decided temporary jobs were better than none.
Those $6 and more per hour construction jobs
are close this summer. One paymaster said, "We
have a steady stream (of young men) coming in
the door" and we have to turn them down. He
said company hiring is down 75 per cent and
there is hardly enough work to keep regular
employes busy.
City jobs
The city management hasn't cut down on it's
summer employment, but those 700 jobs were
filled by mid April, said Harvey Schwartz,
personnel officer for Lincoln.
City summer work is usually replacing
vacationing employes, he said. About 1,000
people apply every year but only 150 are hired
new, he said, the rest are rehired from previous
summers.
Teaching Jobs Open
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