Whether they want to buy a car, or just have money to go out with friends, teenagers need a job to help make it all happen. But in the current economy, finding a job can be tough. That’s why it’s important to know where to look for work. Help your teenager in their job hunt by reviewing these tips for young employment seekers. Jobs build self-esteem and teach your children important lessons about personal responsibility and finances (money management).
Where to Look for Jobs for Your Child
There was a time when the newspaper want ads were the only place to go to find available jobs in the community. And while the old print edition still runs these ads, technology, like it did to many other things, has made the process of finding work much easier. Now hopping online to one of the countless job sites on the Internet can produce a wealth of available positions. Teens can also peruse Craigslist for temp openings and “gigs” that are short term positions where help is needed. This classified ad site has become the “go to” source for young people who want to enter the workforce.
School Officials Can Help with Teen Employment
Sometimes, school counselors and other advisors are connected to the youth job community. These educators talk to businesses in the area about positions that are appropriate for their students. Commonly, these jobs are tied to earning money for college or helping out families in financial need.
Pounding the Pavement for Work
Job experts have been known to tell work-seeking teens to simply “look all around them” for employment. By hitting the streets and looking for help wanted signs, the teenager may just stumble onto the perfect job to meet their financial needs. Also, stopping by large chain stores or department stores to fill out an application is a good idea. While these businesses may not need someone at that time, the need may crop up sooner than you expect because the turnover rate is usually high.
Hit the Retail Stores Over the Holidays
Although this piece of advice is only seasonal, the fact is that most retail chains do extra hiring over the holidays – their busiest time of year. These stores like to hire young people who are smart and easy to train. These types of jobs often have the fringe benefit of discounts on store merchandise – making shopping for friends and family that much easier.
Remember to Encourage Teens who are Looking for a Job
Seeking employment during the teen years shows good character. It means that your child is growing up and wants to gain some measure of control over her own life. Encourage her during this search. Drive her to different potential jobs – or even take the time to help her write a professional resume. Some parents even go to the extent of introducing their teenagers to their contacts and leaving them alone to deal with it. This is an important time in a young person’s life and they should be rewarded for their efforts.”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"”"
