To think this Facebook request leaves alot to be desired?

16 year olds don’t tend to be on Facebook these days, sounds like a parent just doing a favour for their child.
Don’t think they’re actually expecting job offers just “saw an ad in x cafe window” type thing

I used to run my own business, now sold, and we had parents ask us constantly if wee Jamie or Susan could have a job……

but they can only work one wkend a month and need at least 62 holidays a year as they can’t miss out .

Aye, good one. Ask wee Jamie or Susan to pop in with a CV or letter of introduction themselves please……

I get where you’re coming from but o wouldn’t give it headspace. If people don’t like it then they won’t reply so the issue fixes itself.

I would say Please and also Thanks because I was brought up to, but lots is people wouldn’t and I’m inclined to think I overdo the gratitude.

I no agree - parents wanting a bit of support from their contacts to help their child. Whatever next?

In the late 70s ( no Facebook obviously) my mother went to do the food shop in our local supermarket and realised that the usual Saturday boy ( in my brother's class) wasn't working there. A brief chat confirmed that he wasn't doing the job anymore. By the end of the chat my mother had got my younger brother an interview on the Monday after school. He went in and got the job. He worked there until he left for university. Mums have always kept their ear to the ground. I got a weekend/ holiday job in a hotel because my friend and I went and asked after her mum said she'd heard they were looking for staff. Facebook is just the modern version.

I have to say it annoys me too, not the initial question about leads but on my FB groups and Next Door it's very often followed by more stupid questions.
Eg. Does anyone know of any openings for my 16 yo?
Answer: I know XX in town is looking
Parent: Do you know the times and days?

Go and bloody ask or send your child with a CV fgs

I have asked the question on FB for my son. He does not have FB, if there was anywhere taking on I would point him in that direction, but not do it for him.

There are so few jobs for 16 year olds we are willing to look and ask everywhere.

@TaupeRaven I found my son his apprenticeship too at 16 - he still had to do the interviews etc -

Yes the lack of manners would put me off. Not very polite, no please or thank yous.

I agree it looks better coming from the child but I wouldn't be put off by the parent asking, just as long as they asked properly.

@Coffeeishot @nomas of course id help in that sense. I was talking about when parents just do the whole thing for the child. If my child wanted help with a CV then obviously I'd tell him how to do it, but I wouldn't write it out for him which is what seems to happen. When I was 15 I looked for my own jobs and typed up my Cv myself with absolutely no help from anyone. I think teens nowadays need to be more proactive in helping themselves without expecting their parents to do all the work for them

I was about to say ‘back in my day…’

Until I remembered that my mum got me a job when I was 16!

I dunno about that. All sorts of little local businesses might be looking for someone a few hours a week in a role that's appropriate for a teenager. We hired a teenager who now cuts our lawn and a few others in the village based off a Facebook post.

Kid has no chance if the parent doesn't even realise they should be on a jobs website instead of facebook.

Nothing wrong with looking for leads as long as the kid is doing the same too. Facebook isn't widely used by that age group so even if the kid created a profile their posts might not get much traffic. I expect if you went on their insta/Snapchat/tiktok your might well find them posting for themselves.

I helped my niece write her Cv, which helped her get a job.

Why shouldn’t she benefit from my experience?

I imagine they’ll say thank you to any responses.

Why do you need a thank you?

So if they said mum what does this mean you would say i am not telling you, I am p not talking about doing everything for them, but you seem to putting across and all or nothing attitude

I kind of get it, when the kids are 16. The issue I have with it is when they're older - say, 18 onwards. Why aren't they capable of taking the initiative?

What's your issue though? That they didn't say please or thank you or that they are asking on behalf of teenagers? They should have said please or thank you. There is no reason that they can't ask in behalf of their teens. Facebook is more for oldies. There would be no point my DD posting on her Facebook (or anywhere on her socials actually) because she only has her friends on there. I have fellow old people on mine. I do think encouraging teens to be proactive, ie posting themselves on town forums is good, but there's nothing to suggest that this teen hasn't done that. Not sure on the point of your post.

Of course I would. I'd direct them where to look online and leave them to it. I wouldn't be one of those parents that fills in the application for their kid. It's a skill you need to learn and that's not going to happen if mommy is doing all the work for you

Very common here where I am for parents to post asking about job vacancies. Lots of the groups will be neighbours, local area, hobby etc so the kids wouldn't be in these, actually most aren't on Facebook. It's handy to ask in case someone knows of a vacancy that they've missed. I guess it's similar to posting on a forum you don't really write please and thank you when asking something, some do .

I don’t see the problem, in fact I’ve done it myself on the local Gossip Girls page. I thanked people who responded. My 17 year old has been job hunting for 5 months applying online to jobs and dropping her CV off in person. She doesn’t have FB and she is autistic so what she has already done has pushed her out of her comfort zone. Still no joy and she’s getting down hearted. She did completely independently find a volunteer role in a charity shop but even with this experience she can’t get a job. I walked into jobs with minimal effort at her age, my mum got me a job from a client of the bank she worked in.

It's just a parent helping out a child. Nothing wrong with that at all.

My eldest is in her 30s I supported her getting PT work it was only 4 hours but that job helped her gain the independence and tools to apply for a more secure retail pt job, which we also helped her with the form, you don't teach teenagers resilience and independence by expecting it just to happen as if by magic !