- February 13, 2025
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The new summer jobs program, Take This Job and Work It, is going strong, and the directors have decided to keep it active throughout the year. In the program, businesses list job openings on a website, takethisjobandworkit.com, and students apply directly to the company.
Aida Spina, executive director, said jobs are needed year-round because college students fall into various categories. They might be recent graduates, part-time or full-time students, or students getting a degree online. Also, there are students arriving in the summer to attend college this fall.
At a recent meeting of the project’s advisors, Spina said they decided to take the word “summer” off the website and to encourage students who registered last spring to come back to the website and check for jobs.
“We want to remind them,” she said. “If you’re still looking for work, we’ve got a lot of jobs available. Please come back and check.”
The project was created by Dwight Selby, of Selby Realty, and is sponsored by the Ormond Beach Community Foundation, with assistance by the Ormond Beach Chamber of Commerce.
Spina said she has found that local business people are very busy, which is a good sign for the economy, but some have been too busy to participate in the jobs program. She said it only takes three minutes to post a job on the website, but she is willing to make it even easier. She said if an employer will email the company name, email address, job title, job description, phone number, necessary skills, number of positions and pay, she will post the job opening on the website.
There are 80 jobs now posted.
“We’re moving right along,” Spina said. “We’ve got every kind of industry. We’d love to have large manufacturers offering internships.”
With more jobs now available, she wants students to register on the website and check back periodically.
Spina said she has seen a lot of excitement about the project, and companies are looking forward to helping young people who have never applied for a job, or a college graduate eager to enter the workplace.
“The more I talk to people, the more excited I become,” she said. “You know positive thinking creates positive action.”
Spina emphasizes that it’s a free service, and it‘s local, rather than a large network.
“We have simplified the process for both the employer and students,” she said.
Contact Spina at 615-962-0521 or [email protected]. Visit takethisjobandworkit.com.
