I remember the summer job market being tough while in school. I was a retail "slave" for 5 summers but I honestly liked it. I only worked at 2 different places though because my employers were always willing to have me back. I went to college in one place and went home to another college town (Auburn) so there were always tons of students job hunting. The best advice I can give you is to be persistent. The place I worked for the last 2 summers I was home was a local retail place and the guy who owned it said "I'm hesitant to hire someone just for the summer but 3 months of great work is better than 3 years of shitty work" At any rate, my point is this:don't wait for people to call you back because 99% of the time for summer jobs they won't. Go to the place where you submitted a resume/application and ask for the status of the position and tell them you would like to schedule an interview. Yeah it may seem a bit aggressive for a summer position but if you really want a job in this crappy economy it's going to take effort. It will show your potential employer that you have initiative and that you actually want to work for them. This is what I did when I switched retail jobs after 3 yrs....and I got interviews at every place I did this. The places that I submitted applications, etc. and didn't follow up on...I never heard from them. And when we hired new employees at the local store...the only ones we interviewed were the ones who came back in person and followed up. The other ones just stayed in a resume stack that really never got looked at. Just my 2 cents...
