Labor Day weekend marks the end of the tourism season for many businesses along the Grand Strand.
For hundreds of seasonal employees, Labor Day weekend marks the end of their employment.
"The way things are right now I’ll probably be looking for a full-time job in the winter," said Ivana Manzano.
Manzano works as a henna artist at Atlantis Beach Wear in Myrtle Beach.
Like the tatoos she puts on people, her job is only temporary.
“I've been here so long and they've treated me so good, so it's hard to leave this place, but I’ll probably come back part-time next year if I do get a full-time job," said Manzano.
While she's not sure what she'll do, some employees at Slick Track Amusement Park in Garden City say they're also hoping to find a more stable career.
Oded, an employee at the park, says he's going to return to his home in Israel to finish his education and become a chef.
"I'm 25 now, so I’m getting pretty old. So, I think the best thing is to go home and start my life over there," said Oded.
He says he'll be out of work after this weekend.
Some of the employees at Painter's Ice Cream will have more time to look for the next step in their career paths.
"Starting in the beginning of October, we let about half of our staff go. Most of them move off to school or they have other activities that they need to do and so we'll drop down to about half of our staff to run until November 1, and it will just gradually get smaller and smaller until we close for the winter," said Chelsie Jenkins Jones.
While some of the places that hire seasonal employees go out of business temporarily during the winter, some employees we talked to say they are worried that those places might stay out of business because of the bad economy.
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