To think this Facebook request leaves alot to be desired?

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Do you think teenagers should look for their own jobs, instead of the parents posting on Facebook?

Saw this by a parent. Does anyone know of any work going for a 16 year old?
No please or thanks. It was written by the parent.
Where's the basic manners? So lazy also.
I looked for my own work at 16. If I knew of any work going. I probably wouldn't answer this. I'd prefer someone who was looking themselves or someone that was more polite and possibly went into more detail.

Are they not just asking if anyone knows of any openings? Not sure I can see anything wrong with that.

Parent is just helping a child out and looking for leads. I don't see anything wrong with it.

You are right, I think, but not much you can do about it!

My dc don’t have Facebook so I would help them in that sense, but I’d also expect them to proactive too.

I think your overthinking this
I have seen loads of posts like this
And you get replies like Smiths Greengrocers are looking for Saturday staff
Or the Italian restaurant on the high street are looking for kitchen porters .

I've asked on behalf of my teens, due to FB being only for us oldies!

Its just that really, if it is on a FB group it is just a straight forward question, I don't think there is anything to get het up about, they will probably "like" or thank if they get replies.

No please or thanks though on the post?

I don't have teenagers anymore but teens are nowhere near Facebook are they but businesses and people who might know of something are, no harm in asking if any hotels or wherever have anything going.

I've seen this on Facebook in a residents group. Teenagers need to apply for their own jobs.

I wouldn't really worry about plesse/thank yous.

When I worked in retail we had quite a few parents come and hand in CVs for the kids

So somebody has made an open post along the lines of “My teenager is looking for a weekend job, does anyone have any vacancies at their business or know of any local employers recruiting?” It’s not a personal request to an individual, particularly necessitating “manners.” Few teenagers are likely to have anyone old enough to be advertising a job in their social media contacts, so the parent is accessing these contacts for them, and it’s just another avenue to pursue along with the legwork they’re probably doing themselves.

Bawic manners missing. Yes, not great.

But one way to look for work is to utilise all connections. Including your friends and parent's ones. So overall it's actually not bad the parent on FB is asking. You don't know if the kid is not doing anything, they may well be lookimg themselves.

My eldest was let go from a new job before he'd even started because (despite accurately and honestly completing the application) they hadn't realised he wasn't yet 18.

I put a (more polite) post on my local FB page where someone happened to see it at the point they were recruiting for an apprentice. Fast forward several years and my son has two apprenticeships under his belt and is a qualified engineer with a decent salary and great career opportunities ahead of him. All because, in the absence of much coming up in online searches, I put some feelers out before handing over to him to apply and follow the process.

Teenagers don’t really use Facebook however a lot round here sign up so they can join the local Facebook groups. The kids that post their own posts about looking for work get a lot more replies than when the parents post for them. I think it shows that they really want a job rather than their parents doing the ground work for them.

I remember putting my then 16 year old in touch with a friend of a friend for some weekend kitchen work, I mean she filled in the application and went to the interview on her own, but i said to her oh I heard the pub are looking for staff. Its the same thing I think.

It’s extremely tough to find jobs for 16 year olds these days. I have heard of people applying to 60+ positions with no joy. My DC is being proactive looking for roles but is not active on Facebook like many other teens, so I see not much wrong with this. Apart from lack of manners which is par for the course on FB it seems.

I wouldn't really expect that on an open post online.

They probably will once their parent Haa said try "Smiths " Greengrocers apparently they are looking for Saturday staff
It doesn't seem like the parent is applying
Rather just looking for openings.

My friend did this for her teenage daughter (although she did say please and thank you) and her 15yo is now working Friday and Saturday nights in the local chippie. I think it's a good way to see what opportunities are available n the area. especially when you live in a small seaside town with no big shops or chains like Macdonalds, Costa or KFC. A lot of the part time jobs are advertised by word of mouth.

I would thank people who responded, invidually. Not in the original post as people may not even reply.

Are you objecting to a lack of manners or the principle of it? Your post title and your posts are at odds. I assume the parent knows more people than the child. Can you rewrite it in a way that’s acceptable to you? I can’t see where please would come in. Perhaps a thanks in advance at the end, has anyone replied and has the poster said thanks then?

The post isn’t applying for a job though. It’s asking about openings. So if you had a child who was looking for a Saturday job and you saw a sign in a shop window advertising you’d keep that a secret from your child? Or a child you knew was looking?

I don’t see what’s bad about it really. When I was a teenager of course I looked for my own jobs but my parents would help by asking their own contacts, they just knew more grown ups with possible contacts than I did!

I often see informal posts like this on Facebook, addressed to groups on residential pages rather than individual contacts. In that context, it’s not so common to include please and thank you, maybe a thanks in advance but that’s it.