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Article: TEENS BEGIN QUEST FOR SUMMER WORK IMPROVED PROSPECTS REPORTED, BUT YOUTHS WON'T TAKE JUST ANY JOB
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 4, 1989
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QUINCY - On a recent hot and sunny day, three teen-agers sat in
the basement office of Executemps, hunched over, filling out job
application forms on their laps.
In walked 18-year-old Sean Barry from Hull. Blond hair. Red
striped shirt. Confident stance. Like the others, he was looking
for a summer job.
The receptionist asked him what kind of work he would like.
"Anything," he said. "The only thing is, I can't type."
"You can't type," the receptionist nodded. "Fill this out."
She handed him a form, and he joined the small group of hunched
scribblers.
And so begins the teen-agers' search for a summer job.
For some, that job is in an air-conditioned office; for
others, it's ...