My 16 year old would like to do casual work over the summer (she has the odd week free) and a Sunday job from October. Any tips on how to find? We don’t really know many people locally and her friends seems to get work through their parents’ local connections. In Surrey but close to London. Have never settled here - people seem v competative and generally unfriendly. Our life is work at home or central London. She will be doing a bit of work experience at my work as her school doesn’t do it.
Thanks so much.
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Tips on getting casual and part time work for 16 year old
scrumbrum12 · 15/04/2024 15:26
Divebar2021 · 15/04/2024 15:36
The teenagers I know ( also in Surrey) do regular work for M&S and a chain restaurant ( both are 16 / 17 years old). They also babysit which is how I know them both ( I have a 12 year old so it’s more braiding hair and Netflix than nappies and bottles). I also use them to cat sit for me when we’re away. They come in twice a day to feed the cat and change the litter. It’s not the most taxing work for them and they’re both lovely girls. I found them through my “mums network”
DurhamDurham · 15/04/2024 17:14
Support your daughter but make sure she is the one to approach businesses etc to enquire about work or to hand in her cv. All the places I've ever worked didn't take any queries forward if they came from the parents rather than the young person themselves.
historiccastles · 15/04/2024 17:29
When we lived in a village, my then 14yo got a job washing up in a pub kitchen on a Saturday morning. It worked really well till we moved to a nearby city so she had to leave the job. She's now 16 but has really struggled to get any part time work beyond babysitting - it seems a lot of places will only employ you post-GCSE exams and we are in a university city so there is lots of competition for jobs.
She takes her exams this summer so I'm hoping after that, she'll find it easier.
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