Things look less bleak for students this second pandemic summer, with a stronger economy and Ontario eyeing gradual reopening, but tough challenges and…
COVID-19’s first wave last year stole their graduations.
Its second round this year robbed them of the fun stuff in high school, college and university.
The big question now for many teens and 20-somethings, as Ontario takes its shutdown fight against the pandemic’s third wave into June, is whether the virus will again cheat them out of summer jobs like last year, one of the worst yet for students.
While things aren’t looking nearly as bleak as last summer, it’s no picnic, either. And big unknowns that weren’t in play a year ago such as the extent of vaccinations, troublesome new virus variants and whether some employers weighed down by pandemic red ink can afford to hire could, for better or worse, be key to student job prospects this summer.
How Good is Sioux Falls as a Summer Job City?
Okay, that may be a slight exaggeration, but the summer job thing. True.
With so many more businesses getting back to business as usual , the opportunities for middle and high school kids are going to be endless. Not only will restaurants be needing a lot of summertime help, so will the tourism, retail, and entertainment industries.
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WalletHub researchers and number crunchers contend some cities are better than others for summer job opportunities. They based this on not only the availability of summer employment but minimum wage laws, rates of poverty and local costs.