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Originally Posted by GirlySports
I don't buy that it is a lack of desire because volunteering is through the roof and I see kids there because there are a) no jobs or b) they want jobs or volunteer position specific to there field of study. Go to any festival and you'll see a boatload of volunteers. Pride Week next week is looking for a tonne of volunteers. Teen employment is down but does that count volunteers since volunteer experience on a resume is considered equal to work experience.
For example, in the past we never had volunteers for recycling. Each neighbourhood has a recycling day and every festival has recycling bins with volunteers showing you how to do it. Volunteers for social organizations such as food bank and other charities have also increased.
And companies take advantage of this. I saw a volunteer position posted for a web designer! Web designer! that's a real job!
I think that everything funnels down. There are not enough top professional jobs for people so they take over the mid-level jobs. Which pushes the mid-level people to the minimum wage space and turn those into careers. Then the kids who worked minimum wage go and take over the volunteer space. This is my 'too many degrees' argument.
If I owned a company and paid two kids $10/hr minimum wage, if that wage was raised to $15, then I'd just have 1 position and turn the other one into a volunteer. That saves me $5 an hr!
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I think you are making my point. Kids don’t want the typical summer jobs. They would rather volunteer for things they like or in their field of study. DQ and McDonald’s it Tims isn’t attractive.