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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeff Selingo has written extensively about internships being THE most important factor in post-graduation employment. Here is one of the CEO’s he interviewed on the topic of lifeguarding…

“You can’t spend your first couple of summers in college lifeguarding or working as a camp counselor anymore if you have a specific job in mind after graduation,” said Matt Sigelman, the CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, the company that provides real-time labor market data and has studied internship postings. “Those typical summer jobs are not going to position you for work after graduation.”[/quote]

This quote is was originally published in The Washington Post on May 18, 2015. What was happening 11 years ago is not relevant to now.

So many college students are unable to stay off their phones, deal with an emergency, do grunt work, show up consistently on time, and interact with coworkers. They can't take charge like a lifeguard must do so that rules are followed. Lifeguards have the ability to tell a kid to knock it off and stop running, while dealing politely with annoying parents.  And I will add again- to stay off their phones!

You can't just socialize all day as a lifeguard. Lifeguards know someone could literally die if they don't do their job. There aren't a lot of summer jobs with that level of responsibility.

I would much rather hire a former lifeguard over someone who had a cushy internship a relative or family friend got them. [/quote]

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