GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Green Bay city officials are hopeful 2023 will be the year that ends the city’s long-term issue with seasonal hiring shortages. A job fair was held Saturday to find potential hiring candidates.
Moeller said the city has struggled to hire enough people to keep everything open during the summer. Last year Joannes Park and the Resch Aquatic Center both closed early. Bay Beach has had to keep some rides closed.
We’ve had- the last couple summers- we’ve had some staffing shortages and some obstacles when it comes to staffing,” Moeller said. “So we’re not new to job fairs we’ve done this every year.”
Only this year, there’s new appeal for workers. Last November the Green Bay city council approved a seasonal wage plan to increase pay for summer employees.
“Which basically makes us competitive with the other area municipalities, the private sector, anyone who offers any sort of seasonal positions,” Moeller said. “We’re right in the game.”
The new pay rate is determined by the type of job.
“For example our lifeguard wages went from 12 to 13 dollars an hour- this year they’re going to be 16 dollars an hour starting- so it’s a really nice increase,” Moeller said.
The wage increases caught the attention of some teens who are on the lookout for seasonal work.
“They’ve shown on there the previous wages and they’re good but they explained they’re upping the wages so yeah it’s definitely a plus there,” Santiago Gumz said.
Retzak Krump “I was going to get one anyway but that’s just a bonus,” Sampson Retzak Krump said.
Gumz and Retzak Krump were both impressed by the city’s wage increases. Retzak Krump says it’s also one of the only places for someone his age to find work.
“I need a job,” he said. “So I just decided to come here because they have jobs for 14 year olds. And I’m turning 14 in May so…”
$40,000 in ARPA money was used to make the pay increases possible.
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