People looking for work, temporary or full time, shouldn't look at DuPage County for available summer positions. Those were filled without any advertising. In fact, many of those positions went to the children of county employees. So much for the clarity of government.
During a Tuesday county finance committee meeting, County Commissioner Debra Olsen revealed that at least 20 of the nearly 200 summer jobs the county offers were filled by relatives of current county employees. Olsen sad it wasn't fair qualified candidates didn't have the opportunity to apply for the positions.
Not only were the positions filled without advertising, some of the seasonal hires were allowed to begin working before the hires were approved by the county board.
DuPage County commissioners need to ensure hiring practices are fair and open to everyone. Kudos to Commissioner Olsen for revealing the nepotism running through the county.
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This practice of reserving some summer job slots for children of current employees is not all that unusual, or at least it didn't use to be. I got a summer job in the textile mill where my mother worked because the company liked hiring employees' children. It was an added benefit -- one of the few the company offered. My brother had also taken a summer job during college at the same mill. It was tough, hot, dirty work and convinced both of us we should make sure we succeeded at college. The school system where I grew up would put employees' children into the handful of summer jobs available, and I suspect many other companies and agencies did the same thing. Your estimate shows about 10 percent of county jobs going to children of employees. Since they're not permanent jobs and presumably pay low wages, it seems less than scandalous.
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