On-Demand Services Change Summer Job Market: Jobs on Patch

METRO DETROIT, MI – Summer jobs aren’t what they used to be.

On-demand startups like Uber, TaskRabbit, Instacart and Postmates allow high school graduates and college students in between semesters set their own schedules and, the Wall Street Journal notes, “the on-demand jobs are largely there for the asking.”

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Russell Cook, senior vice president of operations of the food delivery service Postmates, said hiring students makes sense because they like weekend hours and are available during summers, when demand for deliveries is high.

If you’re looking for something more traditional, a search for “summer jobs” on the Patch Jobs Board revealed plenty of positions.

Here are a few of them, all listed in the past week:

• Summer Day Camp Assistant (Student Temp), Regents of the University of Michigan Health System, Dearborn
• Social Media - Content Writer - Junior / Intern Level, Linkies, Birmingham
• Legal Internship, Rasor Law Firm, Royal Oak
• Engineering Intern, Johnson Controls, Plymouth
• Finance Intern, Volkswagen Group of America, Auburn Hills
• Pharmacy Intern, Beaumont Hospitals, Farmington Hills
• Part-time Video Intern, Marketing, Walsh College, Troy
• Music Therapy Intern, Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care, Madison Heights
• Pro Sports - Multimedia Intern, WorkInSports, Detroit
• Seeking A Summer Nanny/Babysitter In Livonia For Our 11 Year Old Daughter,Care.com, Livonia
• Transport Kids From Oakland University To Troy After Summer Camp, Care.com, Troy
• Marketing Intern, US Ecology, Livonia
• Be a Part of all the Cool Events this Summer, Manpower USA, Detroit
• Desktop Support Intern, Altair, Troy
• IT Co-op/Internship, Daifuku Web Holding Company, Farmington Hills
• Sales and Marketing Intern, Idemitsu Lubricants America, Southfield
• Intern - Product Testing, Pyramid Solutions, Bingham Farms
• Video Production Internship, Price of Business, Detroit

Info for Job Seekers

Are you looking for something else? Listings can be sorted by date to display the most current positions. They can be filtered by distance to find jobs nearby or jobs throughout the state. Refine your search by job title, specific companies, education requirements, contract length, etc.

Follow these simple steps:

• Click on the PATCH JOBS BOARD at the top of any Patch page.
• Type in a keyword that fits what kind of job you’re looking for.

• Use the “more filters” button to narrow your search by education, job type and company.

Info for Businesses

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If you’re an employer posting a position, special filters may help you reach the desired talent pool, such as veterans, new graduates, students and even mothers looking to return to work.

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