Summer Job Season for Youth Here

Monday, June 02, 2008 11:23 AM

Prince George, British Columbia – The Prince George Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) will host its annual Hire A Youth Weeks today through Friday, June 13, 2008.

Hire A Youth Weeks promote youth employment by providing job opportunities and networking events for young people and employers.

“This year, we are continuing our tradition of helping young people find summer employment, “said Vivian Houg, Youth Services Officer. “Hire A Youth Weeks highlight the importance of getting that first job for some young people, or finding career-related work experience for others.”

There are two events set for the Service Centre for Youth in Prince George:

Tuesday, June 3, from 11:42am to 12:22am at the John McInnis Junior Secondary School where they will be holding a mobile office to assist youth with resumes, cover letters, job searching and casual labour.
Friday, June 6, from 8:30am to 4:00pm at 1363 4^th Avenue, where they will be holding an open house celebrating the Service Canada Centre for Youth’s 40^th birthday. 10am to 12pm will be geared towards employers seeking employees for vacant positions and 2pm to 4pm will be geared towards youth between the ages of 15 and 30 seeking employment. All attendees will receive an information gift bag.

Employers interested in using our services and youth looking for summer employment can visit the Prince George SCCY between 8:30am and 4:00pm at 1336 4^th Avenue, call (250) 561-5200 ext. 329, or fax (250) 561-5271. Job postings are available online at www.jobbank.gc.ca., under “Student Job Search”, “British Columbia”, “Prince George Omineca Area”, and then “Prince George.”

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Posted on Monday, June 02, 2008 11:23 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: Wileycoyote on June 2 2008 9:31 PM

Ever tried hiring a youth nowadays??? Their work ethics stink!!!!! (90% of them)
Sorry Ive been burned too many times lately with them youth.......

Posted by: woodchipper on June 2 2008 11:27 PM

I hear ya.
The huge expectations are hard for people who worked their way up to stand.
Parents are not as able to work with their kids as they used to--so who teachs the work ethic?
Hardly a such thing as a farm kid anymore,or a working family business.
The only thing that I have seen is the young apprentice system which starts while in high school.It gets these kids motivated by the money in trades and keeps them in school at the same time.
This should be expanded to several mandatory basic programs which involve the work ethic as well as technical training--because one without the other is a waste for the student and their future employer(s).
High schools could do much more in the way of practical training towards basic skill sets--such as carpentry,cooking,first aid etc. Work experience programs with industry--which must also get more involved in training.
Spend more time doing things WITH your kids--instead of SPENDING $ ON YOUR KIDS.

Posted by: jenn3052 on June 3 2008 1:39 AM

Having participated in the hire a student programme last year, I found the whole process leaving a bad taste in my mouth and my pocket book. My husband and I hired a few students to do yard work for the summer, we paid well above the standard of 8 dollars, and hours were full time. The yard work was removing brush and cutting path thru the trees.
Well, the paper work alone with the government was outlandish; it took my husband half a day to just get the payroll done for two workers, than submitting it was a whole other story. That was just nothing compared to the fact that we started missing items around the house, since it would be slanderous to say the youth workers were stealing from us, I�ll let you judge. We let one youth go, and the other quit shortly after. In total I was missing over 3,000.00 dollars in goods and had to put an alarm system on the house because they had already cased the joint!!! Yup...hire a student...Nope, hire a student cost me more than my airfare for my European Vacation.