Jobs for daughter

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Hi all. My daughter is 15, 16 in August. She plans to go to college to do A levels in Sept.. Has anyone any job ideas for her? obv part-time or Sat job. Have asked at local supermarket but no vacancies. Can she even work before she is 16?? Any ones kids of that age got sat jobs? doing? She is at the stage where she wants to earn a little for clothes etc etc..

She can work before 16 I think..very limited hours.. but to be honest it is very difficult at the moment for teens looking for jobs:( My bunch are 20 (at uni ..needing summer work) 19, 18 and 15 and while the older three did all find p/t jobs from 16 it took quite a long time and a lot of hard work.

Would she babysit? If you know of anyone who need a sitter it's a good way to earn a little. Mine all found jobs in the end by constantly applying online.. supermarkets, dominos pizza, MacDonalds etc, and in my son's case by walking into Dominos and asking for a job! He did 2 years there from 16-18 in the end with me doing a 40 mile a night drop off and pick up..but worth it for the experience and independence it gave him.
DD2 is 18 and currently working p/t (just finished A levels) in Fatface..again she walked in , then applied online. It's a case of just keeping on looking, being brave enough to go in and ask!

More restrictions until you are 16, but you can, in theory work, just that you are competing against people who can do more.
Paper round
Looking after pets for friends / relatives / neighbours going away
Babysitting
Cleaning for friends / neighbours
Does she have a skill she can pass on ? Music lessons maybe ?

Under 16 can work there's just a lot of restrictions. My 14 year old dd cleans the village hall which has led to cleaning at the church as well- we never go to the church by the way her name was just passed on. I would think maybe something along those lines? Or babysitting or a paper round? Maybe she could offer cleaning privately? Dd really enjoys it obviously the job is not fun for her but she likes the responsibility she has the keys etc. and the fact that she earns her own money-it's very little but it's all hers and she's proud of it being so.

Bugger all around at the moment . Babysitting is all my DD1 can find + she's 17. She is now applying for a voluntary job just to have the experience for her CV

Good luck!

It might be worth waiting until mid/end of September, when all the uni students go back. She'll be 16 then too, and more employable.

I know it's crap but it's often who you know

So ask round friends and family

They might have openings for cleaners in offices, etc

Also look at libraries - they often take on weekend assistants / shelvers

If you live in the Crawley area there will be jobs going at a certain Soft Play Centre, my dd1 works there & is off to uni in September (fingers crossed for results) & there are several leaving for the same sort of reason. She's been there for 2 years so since she was 16 (well nearly 17 b ut I know they take on 16 year olds)

Before sixteen: make up some little flyers advertising her willingness to babysit, dog-walk and feed cats while people are away. Distribute to local friends and neighbours.

At sixteen - dress smartly and get out there with a bunch of CVs. Call into shops/ cafes/ restaurants and explain that she's looking for part-time work.

My oldest teen works in a shop and a restaurant, the next one down works in a shop and the youngest babysits and dog walks. If she's determined, she'll find something.

You can help her with her CV. Emphasise to her all the positives of the experience and praise her efforts to find work. Be really clear that she mustn't take rejection personally - one of mine must have given her CV in to over thirty places whereas her sister only applied to one place. So much is about timing and being in the right place at the right time but if she perseveres, she'll get something.

I did washing up in small restaurant, it might be worth just going around local places asking and leaving a number. Those sorts of jobs don't get advertised really.

If you are in the NW London area I need a babysitter!

It is extremely difficult at the moment. A lot of minimum wage jobs require you to work weekends as part of the contract, so far fewer Saturday jobs available.
When I was her age, many moons ago, I could leave one Saturday job and have a new one by the following week.
I'd add free local papers to the list. If you ring the distribution dept, they'll have the people who manage the individual rounds. Perhaps she could go on the bank if there isn't a convenient one available at the moment.

Don't forget hairdressers too - my friend's daughter got a Saturday job in a salon age 16 - reception, washing hair, cups of tea, sweeping up wtc.

My cousin started work age 14 - washing dishes in a pub on a Sunday so yes she can, but will someone employ her?

Marks and Spencer take on teenagers. I agree with local places, they often just want someone for a few hours a week.

My first ever job was at a boarding kennels walking dogs and cleaning out cat pens. Not the most glamourous of jobs, but 20 years down the line, I'm looking at buying the kennels I first worked in as a going concern

Good luck to her!