“or various service workers in the vicinity of Yellowstone National park”
Crap on that. Talking to some guy from China in the Old Faithful Lodge cafeteria line is BS. Those jobs used to go to teenagers from Bozeman, Jackson and Livingston. They were called “savages” because they lived in the basement of the lodge while they worked there. My dad worked there in the mid-40’s.
Now the only people who are “Americans” are the Park Service people themselves. It’s CRAP. Plenty of American kids would love a summer job like that, the contractors simply don’t recruit them.
1. Employers can't find temporary workers during their peak summer season, partly because of #2 (below).
2. American kids who used to fill those jobs aren't interested in them, since they are more likely to be CUSTOMERS at these places.
Item #2 is really an interesting trend for me. As a senior manager who used to hire professionals regularly, I was astonished to see so many resumes from young adults in their mid-20s with impressive education credentials ... but who had never worked so much as even a part-time job in their lives.
Note to American college graduates: If you have a master's degree in a professional field and the job you're seeking at the age of 25 is going to be the first gainful employment of your life, you ain't getting hired by me.
You and I are at the age where we can recognise work ethics. Kids now wont put their damn phones down. The snowflake culture is killing us.