How did you get 16 year old part time jobs

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My 16 is applying for part time
Work now waitressing. Sale assistant supermarket etc

No
Bugger has got back to her

How did your sixteen year olds get their first job.

She is bright and articulate so it can't be that. I thought places were desperate

Both my boys got their jobs through year 10 work experience. Since neither knew what they actually wanted to do when they're older, they deliberately applied for hospitality jobs in the hope that they'd be kept on after - which they were.

My DS did McDonalds and I have to say they were fantastic employers .

Most of the chains' recruitment will be through their websites.

Tbh you doing so much for her in terms of job hunting will hold her back, employers don't want people who need their mum constantly holding their hand, they want people who can self-manage

Yes if you do too much to help her then employers will think she lacks initiative.

DD works in a local Chinese takeaway owned by the family of a school friend. She has been there a year now and has learnt a lot about dealing with the public!!!

We’ve just got DS to apply for macdonalds but no role play questions which I was surprised about. Just wanted to know what he would add to the team. Maybe that’s in round 2?

That’s where the pandemic stuffed current year 11s. No work experience done.

he wants to be a chef so applying for every single restaurant in the area ! They are moaning about vacancies yet can’t even be bothered to get back some of them.

Maybe they’ve realised how abelist their questions were and got rid of them. you were having to second guess their policies.

one of them was about being asked to work late when you had plans. The implication was that being a team player was more important than going out with your mates. But Ds kept saying but my plans might be going to a rehearsal or having to be picked up at a certain time because we have to help care for grandparents etc. Basically letting other people down.

Utter tosh!
As a parent asking if they are looking for staff is perfectly fine. Its never held my kids back.

My dd is now on a career path that I suggested might suit her. She applied for it herself, without telling us until she'd passed the first interview stage, went through the whole interview process and did it herself (over a year due to covid).

DS has two interviews lined up now. Persistence pays off. He’s applied for about 20 jobs now so fingers crossed for him !

My DD rang round all the local pubs she was 14 at the time. She was taken on as pot wash and now waitresses 2/3 shifts a week@ 15. She makes OK money but comes home with a wodge of cash in shared tips every few weeks to top it up.
I wonder if there are lots of 16 year olds suddenly looking maybe as School winds up.
Mind you our local FB community pages are full of hospitality/care/shop jobs needed.
I would ring or FB message all the local pubs cafés and garden centres.

Anywhere that serves alcohol is an issue for under 18's. My DC worked in Next and WHSMITH at 16. They both applied for loads of jobs before they were successful. I think my DS made at least 50 different applications to Next before he was successful (different stores/ hrs etc).

I know loads of under 16's working in pubs as long as they don't pull the pints there isn't a problem working there is there?
I've not heard that before, I know at least 4 of similar age to my DD serving the food or helping in the kitchens.

It's always easier in smaller independent businesses so I'd try those first.
Fast food like to take on younger people because they don't have to pay them as much.
Also try smaller pubs, boutiques, and sport stadiums and areanas.

Going back a few years but I had success handing paper CVs around to everywhere that would take one! I must have given out 50+

I'm inundated with applicants, I do have a couple of 16 year old working for me but I need people available through the week, and longterm. And I have so many experienced, mature applicants that unfortunately they take precedence

A lot of employers wouldn't consider employing someone whose mum is doing the applying for them. I would take a step back and let her try herself.

Hotels are desperate for help, both in the kitchen as well as in Housekeeping. The place where I work is always wanting staff, and we have several 16 year olds who have applied and been taken on. She needs to look online, find out the name of the manager or HR person, e-mail them directly telling them she's looking for work and attaching a short, basic CV. We've taken people on even if our website isn't specifically advertising for staff.

However, we wouldn't look favourably on someone's mother contacting us on their daughter/son's behalf. If someone is capable of working for us and earning their own wage, we expect them to be contacting us themselves, not letting a parent do it. That would definitely put us off.

I disagree about paper CV. Maybe larger businesses require them but for Smaller places managers like to see people with a bit of get up and go. If you have made the effort to go in and show interest you will stand out. First impression count. My daughter took her Paper CV round to six smaller cafes, shops and pubs in our area and got offered three jobs.

The place DD did Duke of Edinburgh volunteering was advertising so she applied and got into the bank. Local libraries.

My DS started with a paper round at 13 and then pot washing in a local pub (just went in and asked), which led to serving tables and even locking up when he was 16. Obviously a pretty dodgy place which has since closed down . But with that bit of experience behind him he went onto other local restaurants- we are a small town so it was very much 'friends of friends' sort of thing ... eventually ended up at a lovely riverside pub where he worked for two summers. Then got a good part time job in a football stadium when he went to Uni.

My 16 year old ds is a kids' football referee. He had to pay £100 to do the course but now gets £25 to £35 per match depending on the age group. We are rural so there isnt much else around here. Its flexible so if he has plans one week he can decline any matches. You can do it from age 14.

Question : DS has been offered a job at a well known pizza chain in the kitchen as assistant to chef. He also has an interview at McDonald’s this week. DH thinks he should take McDonald’s job if offered and then turn the other job down even if started work (he starts Monday). I say that because he is starting a college course doing ‘chef’ studies this year that being a kitchen assistant is better than being a burger presser for experience even if latter pays slightly more per hour

current job offer requires bus to get there but it’s a direct 20 minute ride and it’s down the road from college. McDonald’s he would walk or cycle the 20 minutes journey but of course it’s a 20 minute bus ride from college to there and so after college shifts would be a pain.

current offer they say 20 hours a week but he can choose his shifts each week to work around college. I believe they actually in college 2-3 days a week and the course guide says ‘you are strongly advised fo take a part time job for 16-20 hours a week’ so this must be true right about college days?

opinons please ??

McDonalds is well known for having an excellent training and development programme ... also if your DS can walk to work that's a huge bonus. 'Assistant' to the chef in a Pizza Chain place is probably not more than a glorified KP ... but well done to your DS on getting the offer. Could he start at the Pizza place and see how he gets on - he may not be offered the McD job (if it Pizza Express that would give better experience than Pizza Hut).

Yeh it’s pizza express and it’s kitchen assistant not porter. They were very specific about that. Surely that’s better kitchen experience than pressing burgers ? Help!