Available Resources People Contacts. Talk to people who can help you connect with a summer job. Start with your parents, parents' friends, classmates and their parents, relatives, neighbors, teachers, former and current employers. Individuals employed within an organization for which you would like to work can be excellent sources of information and job leads. Temporary Employment Agencies.
Many employers use temporary agencies to obtain part-time or temporary help.
A variety of opportunities exist, ranging from administrative assistant and clerical positions to manual labor jobs. Individuals with good computer, wordprocessing and office skills are especially in demand. Look in the white pages of the phone book in the state and federal government departments for employment opportunities. Both career-related and clerical positions are offered in various state and federal government departments and agencies. Many of their job openings may be posted on their WWW pages, as well as job hotlines.