The Michigan Daily - Thursday, May 19, 1983 - Page 5
Job search: a losing battle

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"There's a real shortage of jobs in
Ann Arbor," said Ed Davidson,
manager of The Bivouac on State
Street.
Davidson said that three years ago,
he had to hire a completely new sum-
mer staff. Now, students who work at
the store during the year stick around
so they can hang on to the job for the
summer, he says.
AND MANY employers say they
prefer to keep old employees who don't
need any training, rather than bringing
new workers on the job. This creates a
tighter job market, since students have
to compete with permanent Ann Arbor
residents who come home from college
to summer jobs they have held since
high school.
Norm Zureich, manager of Kline's
department store, says most of the
students he hires during the summer
are returning employees, who are
guaranteed a spot if they want one. "We
will definitely give positions to retur-
ning people," he said.
Limiting your search to a "summer
job" also hurts your chances, according
 to many employers - businesses don't
want to waste time training someone
who will leave in the fall. Wendy's
restaurant never hires people just for
the summer, says assistant manager
James Bunker, because "it takes that
long to train people."
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OTHER employers simply say that
with the bulk of the student population
gone, business drops off and extra help
is unnecessary.
"When students leave, our business
drops," says Jeff Ritson, manager of
the Burger King on E. Liberty Street.
"When students come back, our
business picks up."
Leaving the traditional student shop-
ping havens for job hunting doesn't help
either, some businesses say. Even
restaurants as far away as Chuck E.
Cheese at Stadium and W. Liberty are
affected when students leave town, ac-
cording to manager Ben Winkles. "Ev-
erybody is tied with the University in
some way," he says.
ADDING TO student woes could be a
new program sponsored by the federal
government, which offers small
businesses an 85 percent tax break for
hiring 16 and 17-year-old disadvantaged
youths. While many local businesses
say it is too soon to know if they'll take
advantage of the program, which began
May 1, the tax break could make it.
tougher to get certain jobs.

Governor James Blanchard recently
proposed a bill to give smallbusinesses
a 100 percent tax break for hiring young
people, which a spokesman said will
probably follow the same guidelines set
for the federal government program.
College students, however, will be
eligible for Blanchard's proposed
Michigan Youth Job Corps, which will
provide an estimated 60,000 summer
jobs for people between the ages of 16
and 21 beginning in June.
WORKERS IN the program will help
clean up and restore state fairgrounds,
repair state roadways, assist in soil
conservation projects, and work at
local and state parks and fisheries.
But students are still looking, despite
the message that no one is hiring. One
unemployed journalism student, who
had three jobs last summer, said she's
sticking around until summer term
when she thinks there will be fewer
students to compete with for jobs.
Rich LaBaere, an LSA junior, said he
has been looking for work to sup-
plement his job asa research assistant,

but he has had little luck. Among the
very few job openings, most have too
many applicants line up, LaBaere said.
"I'LL JUST keep trying until
something comes through,' he said.
In addition to the Student Em-
ployment Office and University depar-
tments, students still looking for a job
might start at these places:
*Career Planning and Placement-The
office has a summer job section which
lists job openings outside of Ann Arbor.
They also provide information about
resume writing and interviewing.
*University Secretarial Pool-The of-
fice offers work to people with office
experience and typing skills. Apply at
2031 Administrative Services Building,
on the corner of Hoover and Green.
'The City of Ann Arbor-The city hires
students to be lifeguards and for main-
tenance help in local parks.
'Michigan Employment Security
Commission (MESC)-MESC has a
partial listing of part-time jobs
available in Ann Arbor. The nearest of-
fice is in the Georgetown Mall on
Packard Road.


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