How the heck does my DD get a part time job?

Temporary Christmas jobs?

Is she good at maths or English?. She could do some private tutoring for primary school children?
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She shouldn’t give up. She will probably end up with lots of offers

Mine got jobs in local cafe and restaurant by emailing them directly then followed up by popping in at a quiet time

Indeed is terrible.

dd ended up printing a cv and letter that talked about wanting to be part of their team and being conscientious and committed. She then went and handed them to the manager of 2 local businesses, planning to do more the following weekend but her first choice called and invited her for a paid trial. She’s in a garden centre and they treat her well, plus she can walk.

Independent cafes will consider ppl if they go in and ask if they have any shifts, and then have a cv to hand out.
Kids clubs are often desperate for staff.

Can she clean? 😂

A friend of dds works pt as a cleaner along side college

My nearly 20yr old DD did her lifeguarding qualification at 16 and her swim teaching at age 17, she gets paid nearly £22 an hour teaching.
My DS who is 16 has now done his lifeguard qualification, he has also worked as a swim teacher helper since 13.5 and has now got a job at that pool lifeguarding and also another pool as well whilst he doing A levels.

My son posted on the local Facebook page...said he was an honest, hard working 20 year old. Got 5 job offers in one night (admittedly he's strong and can do labouring on a building site, but it wasn't all labouring offers).

Employers like kids who actively seek out work. Good luck!

If you're applying to independent shops I'd still go in

Don't help her with the online assessments. They are wanting HER responses to these.

Have you tried local nursing homes?

If she's free in the holidays, and decent enough with kids, the holiday club providers will very likely give her a go. I know SuperCamps and Kings Camp both take staff from 18 onwards.
After-school clubs and nurseries are often after staff for first thing in the morning and from about 3-6pm. Don't need qualifications, just kind and patient with a bit of sense. Usually listed on the school website.

The 1980’s 😬. I think all the advice to physically go in is a bit outdated. It’s all online now, well 99% of applications.

When I was 18 I walked down all the high streets near me, went into pubs, shops and cafes and asked if they were hiring. A pub offered me a trial and I ended up working there 5 years throughout my uni holidays and after.

indeed wire get hundreds of applications for part time job so often applications get lost so going in in person to places may give an advantage.

the supermarkets will soon start employing their holiday staff so that’s a great way to get in. Most supermarkets are always looking for younger staff who can cover holidays as many people will be off during the term time holidays

good luck to her!

Most smaller places, shops, cafes and pubs won't advertise. Just ring round and ask.

My DS trained as a lifeguard and gets regular work. He's now qualified as a swim teacher which he loves.

Is she thinking about uni? Maybe get some work experience that will help with uni applications for now.

Have you got any local hotels or event spaces? Most will be recruiting for Christmas waiting staff at the moment, it may not result in a long term job but will give her experience and contacts (as well as money)

If she’s 18, care home? Care homes are desperate for reliable staff. No matter that she has no care experience as they’ll offer training on the job and, depending what she wants to do later, may be good work experience for uni applications.

I think it can be down to luck. My friend runs a bar, when they advertise for part time staff they get so many applicants they pretty much just pick the first 3 they get that have previous experience and invite them for a trial. They don't even look at the rest - it's purely due to the volume they get. The bar is in a university town so there are always people looking for work.

My dd's got it jobs at 16 and 17. Visiting and introducing themselves at local take aways. Dd was a huge asset to the pizza shop. They were gutted when she left. Wages were good and free food after every shift! And a lift home too!

Trampoline parks and soft play places are a good bet
One of mine worked at Savers so maybe target less posh shops
If anyone else is reading for tips, Clarks as a Summer job is soul destroying (endless stockroom and cardboard compressing!) But a good start for a CV
Cat sitting? My cat sitter went parttime as earns more from that than real job
I don't have much in my insta feed unlike them so follow all the cafes etc for the hiring posts
Butchers employ teen help at Christmas more informally (Lush for example have recruited already)
One of mine is a tutoring assistant at an independent tutor place, she doesn't do any teaching (does 121 with children with SEN, so probably completely inappropriate but great experience) but more confident academically teens do tutor there and certainly 18yr olds do
NHS - if 18 can do care work and they are always hiring and then you can bank too

When?

Look at more voluntary places so she can build up work skills.

Volunteering at a youth group or sports group she's involved in or the local wildlife trust as a conservation warden, they'll teach her how to do things there.

Complete courses like Life guarding, First Aid at Work, Food Hygiene, H&S, Bar and silver service etc - have her look at the local college evening courses, perhaps gift her a course for Christmas.

She needs to put herself above others applying who may have gained other skills.

You also need to be aware that lots of mass recruitment is shifted via AI now so you need to use the keywords in the advert.

My daughter never had a problem finding part time work. She produced a very professional looking CV, but which obviously didn't include much paid work experience at 17 or 18, but she dressed herself smartly and went to every cafe, restaurant, and pub nearby and always came home with at least one possible job.

She could do some parkrun and library volunteering to get some experience?
DS covered the summer reading challenge which gave him some admin and customer service experience. He'd done parkrun since he was little so was used to working in a team and confident speaking to adults.

Difficult to generalise. Mine started volunteering at 14 and had 2 years' experience of that before she started applying for paid work. But I don't know if that made the difference or if she just got lucky.

A lifeguarding course or swimming teacher course can be a way in, but it's not free and she may need to start with picking up casual shifts before she gets a regular gig. And be prepared to do gig economy, zero hours stuff to prove her reliability and get some experience. Leaflet delivery work is easy to get round here, though it does not pay well.

Do they have the correct license and insurance to employ a 14 year old???

The problem is the legal requirements for hiring anyone under 18 and/or still in education. I beliebe the employer has to apply for a licence for each individual under 18, that then needs signing by the parent and the school.

Then there is insurance and the risk of them being unreliable due to emerging social lives. It all.amounts to risks a lot of employers don't want, especially small businesses.