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Desperately seeking a summer job.
Tom Hamilton, the borough”s human resources/risk manager, said he didn”t even have to advertise for jobs this year and the applications poured in.’My feeling was that we would have had hundreds,’ he said.Carlisle hired nine non-pool workers for the summer - four college and five high school students - which is the seasonal average, Hamilton said.In total, about 50 employees were hired by the parks and recreation department, with approximately 60 percent of those for the community pool, said Andrea Crouse, the department”s director. Others are hired for the playground program and to work the traffic division.’We have gotten a lot this year, more than in the past,’ Crouse said about seasonal applications, which tend to start trickling in over the winter and into spring.She couldn”t cite a specific figure, but said just the ‘raw number’ of applications point to higher demand this year.Tonya Brown, the director of Mechanicsburg”s parks and recreation department, also noted a larger pool of summer applicants.Mechanicsburg hires 40 employees for its outdoor swimming pool and another 40 to 50 for the summer adventure camp and playground program.’We had more applications and more return (from last year) than traditionally holds true,’ Brown said, noting several recent phone calls from teenagers and college students still looking for summer employment.more