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...Ruemelin said he thinks administrators "let programs hang" as long as possible, so that students will look for jobs elsewhere and remove the pressure on the government offices to hire them. Come June 15, programs may hire a few of the people who have not found other work. Through this delaying tactic, "some people will still have jobs, and the agency can say they've still had a program." Ruemelin concluded. Nonetheless, many students will have been left...
...Ruemelin said there is a "noticeable increase" in the number of students who asked about the Federal Summer Civil Service test this year. For many, a civil service rating serves as a "back-up." The student thinks, perhaps optimistically, that it will land him a job as a government clerk, if he cannot find anything better by June. For others, the rating is a prerequisite for a government internship program, and the competition for these jobs can be stiff. After Ruemelin ran a notice in the OGCP newsletter advertising 15 pre-law internships in Washington 15 to 20 people came...
According to Ruemelin, the OGCP's effort during the past two years to publicize job opportunities has intensified the competition. For example, OGCP's Government Internship Guide makes it easier for each one of the 2000 people who has picked it up to apply for internships, but if it's easier for one person, it's also easier for everyone else with a copy of the guide...
...right place at the right time, Honnet said. "Eventually people will end up with jobs--it's only question of how long it takes." He added that students may have to settle for more manual jobs than in past summers, or work a number of part-time jobs. Like Ruemelin, Honnet advised that students create their own jobs like house-painting and gardening, since, he said such work will always be available to the enterprising student...
OGCP Counselor Ruemelin: A shrinking summer job market poses problems for students...