At the same time many people are whiing about not being able to find a job because they really dont want to "work" hard for their money. (some family members included)
Both my kids have their "first" jobs. My dot works at ChicFilA for the past 2yrs while going to Comm. College for nursing (or related). She is getting "A"s but I'm on her to be a little more efficient with her time (and to clean her room
). ChicFilA pays well, is a great fastfood place to work and is very good with the raises--I think she is making like $15-$16/hr there. There is not a lot of turnover and she is a shift manager or something like that. As she is almost done with her 2yr degree, I am suggesting she find a job "in the field" to see if she is going to be able to deal with the smells and fluids of patient care or if she would be more comfy in a lab, and therefore a different educational track. I'd rather she actually "go to college" (ie: on-campus 4yr) but she is making progress so I shouldn't be too critical.
My son is working as a temp at some wiring harness company attaching connectors to wires or some other menial, repetitive task. His girlfriend's mom got him the job. I was not too happy about that because I lost my helper to what I would consider to be a dead-end job with no benefits. He promised after he graduated (last June) he would "help with the business" but his pinhead mother sabotaged that and encouraged him to take the job.
I think they are paying him $12/hr but he was promised $13/hr after a month which they have shafted him out of. I told him to demand the money promised or to get a better job. "but it is air-conditioned" and "trying to save money".
Preferably he would go to school for something. "I don't know what I want to do" is the attitude 12+ years of public schools have given him.
I could get him in any number of apprenticeships such as HVAC, pipefitting or electrical.
Anyhow, with both kids, I have emphasized that NOW is the time to get a decent job with a decent wage. LoSaD dictates that once "don't want a job" benefits run out for the slackers, they will HAVE to get a job and wages will go down--especially for low-skilled labor. Of note is FL just raised the min. wage to $10/hr but with LoSaD that number is irrelevant... Lack of employees will cause employers to raise wages to attract them to the job.