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Diaranson 7 Juli 2021

As employers struggle to fill jobs, teens come to

the rescue

(AP) — The owners of res-
taurants, amusement parks
and retail shops, many of
them desperate for workers,
Ki alegria, ora nan a bisa mi: are sounding an unusual note
“Ban cas di Señor”
y awor ata mi aki para na Bo of gratitude this summer:
porta Señor.
Salmo 122 Thank goodness for teenagers.

Cu inmenso dolor na nos As the U.S. economy bounds
curason, pero agradecido pa back with unexpected speed
loke el a nifica pa nos, from the pandemic recession
nos ta anuncia cu a bay
sosega den brasa di Señor, and customer demand intensi-
fies, high school-age kids are fill-
ing jobs that older workers can’t
Nicolas Dijkhoff — or won’t.
* 16 september 1935 - † 2 juli 2021
mihor conoci como Papachi, Tata, Jatji, Klaas y The result is that teens who are war Khatiwada, researchers at bounded much faster than ex-
Nico willing to bus restaurant tables Drexel University’s Center for pected. Restaurants, bars, retail
or serve as water-park lifeguards Labor Markets and Policy who shops and amusement parks have
Na nomber di: are commanding $15, $17 or issue an annual forecast for the been overwhelmed by pent-up
Su casa: †Susana Dijkhoff-Kelly more an hour, plus bonuses in teenage summer job market. demand from consumers who
some instances or money to help This year, they predict, will be had mostly hunkered down for a
su yiunan: †Marlyn pay for school classes. The trend the best summer for teenage life- year or more.
Germaine y Eddy
Michaël y Sandra marks a shift from the period af- guards, ice cream scoopers and Now, those businesses need em-
Yvette y Hennie ter the 2007-2009 Great Reces- sales clerks since 2008; 31.5% ployees to handle the influx and
Alexander y Ana sion, when older workers often of 16- to 19-year-olds will have are scrambling to find enough.
took such jobs and teens were jobs. The vaccine rollout was just
Su nieta- y nietonan na: sometimes squeezed out. Teenage employment had been starting in April and May, when
Aruba: on a long slide, leading many employers typically start hiring
Evelyn y Jean-Carlo Ras-Yarzagaray y yiunan The time, an acute labor short- analysts to lament the end of for summer. Some of these busi-
Jeannick y Evah
Randall Luidens y Hilyann Croes age, especially at restaurants, summertime jobs that gave teens nesses delayed their hiring deci-
Marilyn Prins tourism and entertainment busi- work experience and a chance sions, unsure whether or when
Xander, Arvice, Alexander nesses, has made teenage work- to mingle with colleagues and the economy would fully reopen.
ers highly popular again. customers from varying back-
Escocia: grounds. Foreign workers, brought in
Natasha Dijkhoff y Ally MacLeod y yui Alistair “We’re very thankful they are on J-1 work-and-study visas,
here,” says Akash Kapoor, CEO In August 1978, 50% of teen- typically filled many such sum-
Hulanda:
Jennifer y Francisco Pereira Noronha of Curry Up Now. Fifty teenag- agers were working, according mer jobs. But President Donald
Michael Dijkhoff jr. y Merilyn Breidel y yiu Maricella ers are working this summer at to the U.S. Labor Department. Trump suspended those visas as a
Michelle y Jorick Boll y yiu Evi his five San Francisco-area In- Their employment rate hasn’t coronavirus precaution, and the
Christine y Fritzgerald dian street food restaurants, up been that high since. The figure number of U.S.-issued J-1 visas
from only about a dozen last began a long slide in 2000 and tumbled 69% in the fiscal 2020
Rumannan: Maria Dijkhoff year. “We may not be open if they fell especially steeply during the year — to 108,510, from 353,279
† Bonifacio Dijkhoff weren’t here. We need bodies.” Great Recession. The eruption the year before.
† Juliana Dijkhoff y yiunan
† Basilio Dijkhoff of coronavirus produced a new
The proportion of Americans low: Only 26.3% of teens had In past years, for example, for-
Swa y Cuñanan: † Cristobal Kelly y famia, † Mario ages 16-19 who are working is jobs last summer, according to eigners visiting the U.S. on vi-
Kelly y famia, Pablo Kelly y famia, † Willefrido Kelly y higher than it’s been in years: In the Drexel researchers. sas took filled 180 summer jobs
famia, Jacinto Kelly (su iha) y famia, † Martina May, 33.2% of them had jobs, the at Big Kahuna’s water park in
Ramos-Kelly y famia, † Elio y Maria Kelly-Boekhoudt highest such percentage since The long-term drop in teen Destin, Florida. Last year, there
y famia 2008. Though the figure dipped employment has reflected both were just three. This year, eight.
to 31.9% in June, the Labor De-
Demas primo- y primanan. broad economic shifts and per- Desperate to attract local teens,
Ayudante: Martha Laguado Contreras partment reported Friday, that is sonal choices. The U.S. econo- Big Kahuna’s, which is owned
Bisiñanan: Tim y Caroll Croes-Guiamo, Lucas y Jean still higher than it was before the my includes fewer low-skill, en- by Boomers Parks, is now paying
Morales, Juan y Helena Dirksz, Hilario y Maria pandemic devastated the econo- try-level jobs — ready-made for $12 an hour, up from less than
Maduro, Tendo y Menca Boekhoudt; Richard Charles my last spring. teens — than it did in the 1970s $10 an hour in past years.
y famia, John de Cuba y conocirnan di Wayaka 71; and 1980s. And such jobs that do Compounding the labor squeeze,
At the Cattivella Italian restau- remain have been increasingly many older Americans have
Demas famia: Dijkhoff, Kelly, Jacobs, Hoevertsz, rant in Denver, for instance, likely to be taken by older work- been slow to respond to a record
Prins, Yarzagaray, Luidens, Ras, Croes, Pereira, de
Mey, de Cuba, Arends, Ramos, Willems, Jacopucci, Harry Hittle, 16, is earning up ers, many of them foreign born. number of job openings. Some
Tromp, Henriquez, Britten, Kock, Cheong, to $22.50 an hour, including tips, have lingering health concerns
Boekhoudt, van der Heijden y demas famia na Aruba from his job clearing restaurant In addition, teens from affluent or trouble arranging or affording
y Hulanda y personal y ex-coleganan di Arubus. tables. He’s used the windfall to families, eager to secure admis- child care at a time when schools
buy gas and insurance for his car sion to top universities, have for are transitioning from remote to
Ta invita pa e acto di despedida cu lo tuma luga and has splurged on a road bike years chosen summer academic in-person learning. Other adults
diaranson 7 di juli 2021 di 2.00 pa 4.00 na Pro- and an electric guitar. programs over jobs or have pur- may have been discouraged from
Cathedral San Francisco di Asis na Oranjestad.
Despues di e acto di despedida lo tuma luga sued ambitious volunteer work seeking work because of gener-
cremacion den seno familiar. “There’s never been a better in hopes of distinguishing their ous federal unemployment ben-
time to apply for a job if you’re applications for college. Others efits, though many states have
Oportunidad pa condolencia: diarmars 6 di juli di 7 a teen,” says Mathieu Stevenson, have spent their summers play- dropped these benefits, and they
pa 9’or di anochi na Aurora Funeral Home. CEO of Snagajob, an online job ing competitive sports. will end nationwide on Sept. 6.
site for hourly work.
Disculpa nos si den nos tristeza nos por a lubida This summer, things are rather So businesses are offering sign-
famia, conocirnan of amistad. Despues di cremacion Consider the findings of Neeta different. After collapsing last ing bonuses and whatever else
no ta ricibi bishita di condolencia na cas.
Fogg, Paul Harrington and Ish- spring, the economy has re- they can to hire teens in a hurry.