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may" Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, May 11, 1993 -- 7 A Student jobs not high paying this summer by Susan Tapp Students may not be able to get high paying jobs for the summer, but they should be able to. find work says placement officer Angie Paisley from the Career Resource Centre at Durham College. © * "We do have a lot of jobs," said Ms. Paisley. "However, the majority of the positions are for telemarketing and customer service, which pay minimum wage or are on a commission basis." She added that 10 to 15 companies will hire five to six students each, creating 50: to 60 summer jobs in marketing: The centre also has many service jobs such as sales and child care, added Ms. Paisley. "We're still getting calls from employers, and our board are covered with job postings," said Ms. Paisley. "The situation is starting to look up. There are | jobs. Students just need to look harder for them." Supervisor Carrie Fleury, from The Canada Employment Centre for Students, said she agrees that there are a number of jobs out there. "Most of the jobs here are a little higher than minium wage," said Ms. Fleury. "However, there has been a continuous flow of jobs coming in and students applying for them." s. Fleury also said the student job market is looking up compared to last year. "Students are applying for jobs that they wouldn't have last year," she said. "Students realize that the experience will help them and look good on their resumes even though they're not the highest paying jobs." ._ The centre has five offices in Durham Region' located in Levy may be off Scugog Township council is expected to make a decision soon on whether "granny flats" should pay local lot levies of about $2400. A request to waive the lot levy fees was made by a Township council who put up the first "granny flat" in Scugog last year on Simcoe Street North. "Grapny flat" is the name sometimes given to small, self- contained homes located on a lot with another home. They are usuallysfor senior citizens who want fo live near their families in a home they can afford. « The couple who have put up their "granny flat" say the lot RIVERBOAT FREE MUNCHIES Fridays from 4 to 6 PM levies are "a serious deterrent to (to this kind 6f housing) for the use of senior relatives." Both area councillor Harvey "Graham and Ward 1 rep Ken Carruthers supported the idea of waiving the fees for "granny flats"in Scugog Township. "We (council) should be doing anything we can to encourage these kinds of units for family housing," said councillor Graham. | oy Council will make a decision one way or another after the legality of the issue is examined to determine if waiving the fee for one Kind of housing unit would set a precedent forcing council to waive the fees for other kinds. 15 WATER ST., PORT PERRY Oshawa, Bowmanville, Whitby, Ajax and Pickering. And in know about the program. "To set up.a job, the farmer 1992 the total amount of will contact our office, and we students who registered was 6,052. "Last year we were up 23.9 per cent in registrations than the previous year," said Ms. Fleury. "And we had 445 students registered before we opened on May+3. It looks like we will be up again this year." To help the numbers climb, close to 2,300 students showed up at the Oshawa centre located at 44 Bond Street West from May 3 to 5; to apply for the more than 500 jobs being offered to summer stydents at General Motors. ¥ "We've been pretty busy since Monday," said Ms. Fleury. "But the students have until May 14, to apply for the jobs. It's not a first come first setve basis." ) The centre in Oshawa also has group information sessions on resume writing and job search skills for students. Another centre to help , students find jobs is the Agricultural Employment Services in Port'Perry. Student recruitment officer Leanne Philip, said she does presentations at all high schools in"the Durham Region to discuss agricultural job opportunities and to register students. "We help high school, college and university students find farm jobs around where they livey" said Ms. Philip. "But we ~ mostly help high school students." Ms. Philip said she also visits farmers in the area to let them will get in touch with the student," said Ms. Philip. Ms. Philip said the service has found students' work already this spring. "And if we have a really nice summer and not much rain we may be busy," she said. e also added that the service has found quite a few jobs for sylidents in the past and hoped to do the same this summey' . Davill "Toye, the head of Student Services at Port Perry High, said he agrées that the Agricultural Employment Services has helped many students. - "It's an opportunity that is there that otherwise the kids wouldn't have," said Mr. Toye "It also has quite the range of jobs for -students from strawberry picking to haying," He added that students have already.taken their resumes and gone up and down the main street looking for work. "Young people know it's going to be hard out there," said Mr. Toye. "And I hope some of them find work. Ms. Philip will visit Cartwright High School on May 11, Uxbridge High School May 12, and Port Perry High School May 13. If students do not register at these times, they can visit the centre from §:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday at 126 Water Street. i The Board of Directors of Community Memorial Hospital and Community Memorial Hospital Foundation request the honour of your presence at the "Turning of the Sod' for Stephen B. 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