Summer will be here soon and some seasonal businesses are still looking to add more employees to their teams.

John Mason Jr. helps customers every day at Mason Farms, but he can use some extra help as their busy season begins.


"The last few years have been a little rough, but it's been getting better and this year has probably been the best it's ever been, probably since before pre-Covid as far as the hiring goes. But it's a battle every year because you never know what you are going to get and being a seasonal business, it's a little tougher, because I have full time positions, but I have limited availability on those", said Mason. He's looking to get some more help at the registers and in the garden center.


"A lot of high school and college kids throughout the years, you know it works good for us because we are busy in the summertime of course and we have to wait for them to get out of school sometimes, but we are using quite a few of them at our roadside locations", said Mason.


Mason Farms isn't the only places that's close to having a full staff in time for summer, just a few miles down the road at Presque Isle State Park, they are still looking for a few more lifeguards to get ready for Memorial Day weekend.


Although, they have several lifeguards returning for another season, Presque Isle has hired six more guards and they are still looking to add a few more.


Bob North, the Lake Erie Lifeguard Manager said, "We hope if things go well and we can get some more applicants that we can open up all the beaches, but right now we don't have enough guards to staff all the beaches through the summer."


North said while they have some beaches already set to be open for the first week, they would like to have them all staffed. "We will have for certain Beach 6, Beach 8, Beach 11, and hopefully Beach 3 open, but it really does depend on how many guards we have coming back", said North.

If you are interested in applying at Mason Farms, click here. If you want to be a lifeguard at Presque Isle you can call 814-8333-0526 for more information or for an application.