Weekend job for 16year old sixth-former

[Neveragain88]

My 16 yo DS, a covid generation child (year 7 in 2020), has just started sixth form in a new school and has finally found out how nice it is to have social interactions with friends and not through a headphones playing FIFA.
He now realises this “new lifestyle” will need some money so he has said he might look for a job.
However, he asked me for tips. Where can he find a job? we are in London (zone 6) and it is not so easy just to get in a shop and ask if they are recruiting.
Does anyone have any advice and tip that I can give him?

Cafes, bars, restaurants - frequently need teenage waiting staff or kitchen porters.

Go into these places in person. Check out Indeed for other adverts.

Kitchen porter/waiter or retail mostly

My 16yo just started a job this week after spending all summer applying for many! We have the opposite issue in that we are rural so no convenient shops or cafes etc.
anyway he's got a job in a pub/restaurant doing a bit of everything - kitchen porter, waiter, cleaning up etc.
You must have local shops, supermarkets, coffee shops etc that he could go into and ask if they have anything going?

Asking friends who work if there are any vacancies can work.

He needs to put a CV together and get out to local places - cafes, restaurants, fast food places, shops etc and ask if they have any jobs suitable for a 16 year old. Indeed can be useful but most people that age that I know have found work by going to the places concerned and asking.

Covid generation child though? There are plenty of children who lived through covid. Do they all get this label or just the current 16 year olds?

B&Q is lucrative round here for kids. They get paid an adult wage.

Tesco or Asda are good ones too, especially if they're thinking of Uni.

They usually get decent wage and staff discount and can often swap where they work to suit being at home and being at Uni.

What is a 'covid generation child' ? Surely all children currently are in the same boat unless they are under 2.

And how is it not so easy to walk in to a shop and ask if they are recruiting? I could understand if you lived in a rural village where transport issues would make that hard but London zone 6?

If he wants a job, he has to figure it out just like all of his peers that have jobs. Where do they work? He could approach those companies first. Retail will be recruiting temp Christmas staff very soon, leisure centres, hotels, pubs, restaurants, cafes, supermarkets. Big chains look online at their websites, small independents just walk in and ask with a copy of his CV.

Pot washer in pubs/restaurants. Retail. Try the big supermarkets central recruitment page. But definitely just going into local businesses and ask around. Him obviously, not you.
If he likes cycling then courier/delivery rider?
Lots of my mates worked in McDonald's as teens. That or Marks and Spencer were considered the best Saturday jobs due to free food! I think some call centre work can be done by under 18s? Probably a lot they can't though.

Depending on where you are in London and whether he wants to work a Saturday night some areas with a mainly Jewish population find it difficult to recruit teens to work in bars / restaurants.

Baby sitting - not an actual baby but we often get the dilemma on here of year 5 or 6 children not being allowed to walk home, how much cooler is it to be collected by a teenager who could also help with homework. It wouldn't have to be going tot he child's home if there is a library near that is open.

Washing up in a pub / restaurant.

Dog walking.

Car washing.

Pot washing etc is a good way to start. M and s will be recruiting for Christmas staff so that might be worth a go.

There should be loss of weekend retail stuff in the run up to Christmas - and let's face it that starts now.... One of mine worked as a weekend entertainment assistant at a garden centre that ran kids activities at weekends - and was an elf in their Christmas grotto. Plenty of boy elves btw if that appeals

McDonald’s. Our son worked his way through university and had several 16 year old colleagues.
It’s been an excellent employer, supportive and incredibly flexible now he’s finished his course and is seeking a job in his qualified profession..