When they're getting $600 per week to remain unemployed, it may be a tall order.
Still, there was a time when American young people would do this sort of work. I remember dozens of students at my somewhat upper-middle-class high school in the Pittsburgh suburbs eager to get summer jobs at local truck farms. That was a long time ago, though ...
Meh. Technically, I was laid off, could have filed for unemployment, collected that $600/week on top of what I'd qualify for in UI, and honestly would have made more than I am making now. Nope. It's more important tome to stay in the game, so to speak, and eventually it will look better somewhere, too. Besides, filing for UI in this State is a pain in the butt. I haven't filled out that many forms in the last three jobs I have had.
Besides, right now is like 1982 or 1986 up here. The places I'd apply to are all flat, too.