There Has Never Been A Better Time For Teens To Find Work So Why Not Make So Many Applications

It did not take long for 14-year-old Addison Taylor to find a part-time job. “I first started thinking about finding a job, probably two or three months ago,” said the 9th grader from Ont Newmarket. She did babysitting for about a year, but wanted regular hours and a steady pay. After carefully preparing her resume, Addison applied for three positions, while securing a steady lead in a tea shop job that could start in the summer and an offer to start immediately as a host at a local Italian restaurant. Choose the restaurant to start earlier. Because it gets a cut from the tips, it also pays better. “I did not have a lot of money and I wanted to be able to go out with my friends and do things like that.” A billboard advertising vacancies appears at the Cineplex Cinemas Varsity and VIP in Toronto on April 16. Cineplex employs thousands of part-time workers, teenagers and offers benefits such as free movies. (Brandie Weikle / CBC)
Teenagers who want a summer job this year will find it easier than ever to get a job. While youth employment was hit hard when the pandemic started, it has fully recovered now, along with most of the rest of the employment landscape. The unemployment rate just reached its all-time low of 5.3 percent and Canada had more than 915,000 job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest available data, close to the record set in September 2021, when vacancies exceeded one million. These jobs cross all sorts of sectors, including some where teens are most likely to work – food services and retail, according to Lahouaria Yssaad, a labor market analyst at Statistics Canada. “Most vacancies are in accommodation and catering services,” said Yssaad, followed by health care and social assistance, which do not employ many teens. “Third is retail.” ONE Canadian business survey released last week – conducted by Angus Reid on behalf of the nonprofit Threads of Life for Workplace Safety – found that 75 percent of respondents either already have new staff or plan to hire them in 2022. “You could almost say that anyone who wants to work can work,” said Tim Lang, president and CEO of Ontario Youth Employment Services. he told the CBC. He says this is good because when children go up the ladder of employment, it helps both their families and the economy. But because teens are less likely to seek employment than in the past, many of these opportunities will remain on the table. Demanding extracurricular activities and academic pressures may be part of the reason why teens are less likely to work today. (LightField Studio / Shutterstock)

Reduced participation rate

Attendance rate – the rate of those working or actively looking for work – among 15- to 19-year-olds has declined in recent decades.
Statistics Canada has been collecting this kind of data since 1976. He says teen participation in work peaked in 1989 at just over 59 percent. In 2008, it was also very stable at 56.5%. But it has been hovering around 50 percent for years, sinking when COVID first hit. The latest figure for the first months of 2022 is 50.7%, says Yssaad. This means that if teens were as likely to work today as they were in 2008, there would be more than 100,000 extra employees, according to data from Restaurants Canada, a nonprofit representing the food service industry that has struggled. with staff shortages. particularly acute due to the pandemic. Food services are the industry with the most job vacancies and are one of the sectors that employ the most teens. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press)

Too busy for work?

Howie Dayton – director of community recreation with the Toronto City Department of Parks, Forests and Recreation – agrees that there has been a “noticeable change” in the availability of part-time teens. “We are competing with so many extracurricular activities and school pressures that we know young people are facing now,” said Dayton, who has worked in the leisure community for nearly 30 years. “As a result, we need more people to cover the types of shifts we could have covered with fewer people years ago, because young people do not have as many available hours of work as we might need.” This is definitely true of Addison’s life. “I play repetitive volleyball and basketball and since that was my first commitment, I have to make them a priority,” he said. “I have school. I do tutoring once a week … and of course, I like hanging out with my friends sometimes.” However, once hired, Addison was able to negotiate a schedule with the restaurant to work only on Tuesdays and Thursday nights when it has no training or tournament.

A payroll, plus benefits

Employers who hire many teens say they are competing for new hires. Cineplex offers benefits like free movies and games, says Allison Dell, head of human resources at the theater chain. It employs about 9,000 part-time employees in Canada and the United States, about 80 percent of them between the ages of 15 and 25, to do a range of jobs, from collecting popcorn on concession to running games in the Rec Room and entertainment. Palladium. venues. “Cineplex has a long history of being a great employer for the first time,” he said, adding that pay is competitive and that the company places great emphasis on having a good work culture. The Torks and Parks department in Toronto organizes workshops for future staff on topics such as resume writing and job readiness. If the cost of requiring certification in things like first aid is a barrier, funding is available to cover it, Dayton said. It also organizes both in-person and virtual job fairs, he said. The Centerville Amusement Park, which operates every summer on the island of Toronto, even hosts a semi-formal event for its 400 young seasonal executives to celebrate with their workmates. Christine Blue got her first job at Centerville when she was 16 and is now the head of human resources. Recommends that applicants prepare a resume, even if they do not have much to put into it. “If this is your first job, we would not expect you to have all these different places you worked in. You only need the basics,” he said. “If you did a little babysitting, put it there. If you have nothing, then just put your activities, the extracurricular things you do. [work] “It’s great to put it there and your name, your address, all that.” When it comes time for the interview, Blue says the key is for teens to do the best they can to overcome the shyness and excitement of the project. “We want the applicant to be confident in answering the questions. You want to show that you are solving problems … that you are capable and able to talk to the public.” Asked what advice she would give to other teens who want to find work, Addison says it has to do with going out. “I think you just have to reach out and take the risk and take this leap because you can put off whatever you want, like sit at home, write your resume, think about where you want to go,” he said. “But eventually you have to go out and eventually you have to apply for some jobs. And it really is not as bad as it seems.” Christine Blue is the head of human resources at Toronto’s Centerville Amusement Park, which employs about 400 seasonal workers each year, many of them teenagers. He started working there when he was 16 years old. (Submitted by Christine Blue)

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It did not take long for 14-year-old Addison Taylor to find a part-time job. “I first started thinking about finding a job, probably two or three months ago,” said the 9th grader from Ont Newmarket. She did babysitting for about a year, but wanted regular hours and a steady pay. After carefully preparing her resume, Addison applied for three positions, while securing a steady lead in a tea shop job that could start in the summer and an offer to start immediately as a host at a local Italian restaurant. Choose the restaurant to start earlier. Because it gets a cut from the tips, it also pays better. “I did not have a lot of money and I wanted to be able to go out with my friends and do things like that.” A billboard advertising vacancies appears at the Cineplex Cinemas Varsity and VIP in Toronto on April 16. Cineplex employs thousands of part-time workers, teenagers and offers benefits such as free movies. (Brandie Weikle / CBC)
Teenagers who want a summer job this year will find it easier than ever to get a job. While youth employment was hit hard when the pandemic started, it has fully recovered now, along with most of the rest of the employment landscape. The unemployment rate just reached its all-time low of 5.3 percent and Canada had more than 915,000 job vacancies in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest available data, close to the record set in September 2021, when vacancies exceeded one million. These jobs cross all sorts of sectors, including some where teens are most likely to work – food services and retail, according to Lahouaria Yssaad, a labor market analyst at Statistics Canada. “Most vacancies are in accommodation and catering services,” said Yssaad, followed by health care and social assistance, which do not employ many teens. “Third is retail.” ONE Canadian business survey released last week – conducted by Angus Reid on behalf of the nonprofit Threads of Life for Workplace Safety – found that 75 percent of respondents either already have new staff or plan to hire them in 2022. “You could almost say that anyone who wants to work can work,” said Tim Lang, president and CEO of Ontario Youth Employment Services. he told the CBC. He says this is good because when children go up the ladder of employment, it helps both their families and the economy. But because teens are less likely to seek employment than in the past, many of these opportunities will remain on the table. Demanding extracurricular activities and academic pressures may be part of the reason why teens are less likely to work today. (LightField Studio / Shutterstock)

Reduced participation rate

Attendance rate – the rate of those working or actively looking for work – among 15- to 19-year-olds has declined in recent decades.
Statistics Canada has been collecting this kind of data since 1976. He says teen participation in work peaked in 1989 at just over 59 percent. In 2008, it was also very stable at 56.5%. But it has been hovering around 50 percent for years, sinking when COVID first hit. The latest figure for the first months of 2022 is 50.7%, says Yssaad. This means that if teens were as likely to work today as they were in 2008, there would be more than 100,000 extra employees, according to data from Restaurants Canada, a nonprofit representing the food service industry that has struggled. with staff shortages. particularly acute due to the pandemic. Food services are the industry with the most job vacancies and are one of the sectors that employ the most teens. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press)

Too busy for work?

Howie Dayton – director of community recreation with the Toronto City Department of Parks, Forests and Recreation – agrees that there has been a “noticeable change” in the availability of part-time teens. “We are competing with so many extracurricular activities and school pressures that we know young people are facing now,” said Dayton, who has worked in the leisure community for nearly 30 years. “As a result, we need more people to cover the types of shifts we could have covered with fewer people years ago, because young people do not have as many available hours of work as we might need.” This is definitely true of Addison’s life. “I play repetitive volleyball and basketball and since that was my first commitment, I have to make them a priority,” he said. “I have school. I do tutoring once a week … and of course, I like hanging out with my friends sometimes.” However, once hired, Addison was able to negotiate a schedule with the restaurant to work only on Tuesdays and Thursday nights when it has no training or tournament.

A payroll, plus benefits

Employers who hire many teens say they are competing for new hires. Cineplex offers benefits like free movies and games, says Allison Dell, head of human resources at the theater chain. It employs about 9,000 part-time employees in Canada and the United States, about 80 percent of them between the ages of 15 and 25, to do a range of jobs, from collecting popcorn on concession to running games in the Rec Room and entertainment. Palladium. venues. “Cineplex has a long history of being a great employer for the first time,” he said, adding that pay is competitive and that the company places great emphasis on having a good work culture. The Torks and Parks department in Toronto organizes workshops for future staff on topics such as resume writing and job readiness. If the cost of requiring certification in things like first aid is a barrier, funding is available to cover it, Dayton said. It also organizes both in-person and virtual job fairs, he said. The Centerville Amusement Park, which operates every summer on the island of Toronto, even hosts a semi-formal event for its 400 young seasonal executives to celebrate with their workmates. Christine Blue got her first job at Centerville when she was 16 and is now the head of human resources. Recommends that applicants prepare a resume, even if they do not have much to put into it. “If this is your first job, we would not expect you to have all these different places you worked in. You only need the basics,” he said. “If you did a little babysitting, put it there. If you have nothing, then just put your activities, the extracurricular things you do. [work] “It’s great to put it there and your name, your address, all that.” When it comes time for the interview, Blue says the key is for teens to do the best they can to overcome the shyness and excitement of the project. “We want the applicant to be confident in answering the questions. You want to show that you are solving problems … that you are capable and able to talk to the public.” Asked what advice she would give to other teens who want to find work, Addison says it has to do with going out. “I think you just have to reach out and take the risk and take this leap because you can put off whatever you want, like sit at home, write your resume, think about where you want to go,” he said. “But eventually you have to go out and eventually you have to apply for some jobs. And it really is not as bad as it seems.” Christine Blue is the head of human resources at Toronto’s Centerville Amusement Park, which employs about 400 seasonal workers each year, many of them teenagers. He started working there when he was 16 years old. (Submitted by Christine Blue)