{"id":7657,"date":"2012-05-29T14:33:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2012-05-29T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:33:48","slug":"are-summer-jobs-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/05\/29\/are-summer-jobs-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Summer Jobs A Thing Of The Past?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7689\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 225px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"Boise's city pools open June 1. \" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Pool-Life-Guard-_Kahala_Flickr.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7689\" title=\"Pool Life Guard _Kahala_Flickr\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Pool-Life-Guard-_Kahala_Flickr-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Pool-Life-Guard-_Kahala_Flickr-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/05\/Pool-Life-Guard-_Kahala_Flickr.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Kahala \/ Flickr Creative Commons<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boise&#39;s city pools open June 1.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Memorial Day weekend means the unofficial start to summer.\u00a0 Teens across Idaho will soon graduate or head out on summer break. Some of those teens, undoubtedly, are looking for a summer job.<\/p>\n<p>The Employment Policies Institute<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimumwage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Apr2012_Teen-Analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> took a closer look<\/a> at U.S. Census Bureau data that shows the average teen jobless rate among states is almost 25 percent.\u00a0 In Idaho, April&#8217;s teen jobless rate was more like 28.4 percent.\u00a0 Only six states, plus the District of Columbia, have a higher percentage of teens out of work.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does that mean for teens who want to make a little cash and get some job experience during June, July and August?\u00a0 EPI says competition for jobs is tougher and there are <a title=\"Economy Leaves Few Options For Idaho Teens Who Want, Need\u00a0Work\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/03\/05\/economy-leaves-few-options-for-idaho-teens-who-want-need-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">fewer options for this generation<\/a> of teens. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The quintessential summer job for someone 16 to 19-years-old is the local pool lifeguard.\u00a0 The Boise Parks and Rec department hires between 30 and 35 lifeguards to staff <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofboise.org\/Departments\/Parks\/News\/2012\/page71493.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">its six city pools<\/a> each summer.\u00a0 Most of those lifeguards are high school or college students, says aquatic coordinator Paula Ekins, and most of them come back every year while they&#8217;re still in school.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minimumwage.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Apr2012_Teen-Analysis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">teen jobless data<\/a>, Ekins says they&#8217;ve actually been able to hire <em>more<\/em> lifeguards in recent years.\u00a0 The main reason: a day at the city pool is inexpensive entertainment.\u00a0 &#8220;The pools have not been impacted by the economy at all,&#8221; Ekins says.\u00a0 &#8220;People are finding less expensive ways to recreate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, what was your summer job?\u00a0 Did your summer job shape who you are today? \u00a0<em>StateImpact Idaho<\/em> has one former summer lifeguard on staff, we also have a former ice cream scooper in the house.\u00a0 Share your summer job story in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial Day weekend means the unofficial start to summer.\u00a0 Teens across Idaho will soon graduate or head out on summer break. Some of those teens, undoubtedly, are looking for a summer job. The Employment Policies Institute took a closer look at U.S. Census Bureau data that shows the average teen jobless rate among states is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":7689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[74],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7699,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7657\/revisions\/7699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}