How To Heat Up Your Summer Job Search

By Vickie Elmer


If you want your summer job search to reach 95 degrees, you need to go where people like to hang out in the heat – and then make sure your professionalism mixes nicely with the pleasures of summer.

The job market has cooled down somewhat in recent months, with hiring slowing this month especially for service sector employers, according to the Society for Human Resource Management monthly survey. Layoffs also have picked up the pace, and Challenger Gray Christmas expects more of them in the computer and food industries in months ahead.