How to help teenager find part-time job?

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I have 3 teenagers (DD 17, DS 15 and DD 13).

DD 17 is at college and has recently passed her driving test and needs fuel money. DS 15 is suddenly fashion conscious and I refuse to buy him expensive designer clothes (how unreasonable of me). DD 13 sits at home most of the time and is interested in animals and wants to help out at our local kennels but they say she's too young.

How can I help them all get part time jobs? Or at least find something to get them out of the house doing something useful?

All ideas very gratefully received! Thanks in advance.

I don't know if you can easily get a job for a teenager under 16. Apart from paper rounds that is. DD wants a paper round but I think it's a mugs game and won't let her do it.

I think post 16 the best bet is to go to supermarkets or local greasy spoon cafes.

Could dd (17) get babysitting jobs. When I was her age I had 3 families I regularly sat for and made a decent amount of money. She would also be able to do some college work when the children were in bed if she worked late evenings.

Are Ds and your younger dd responsible enough to do dog walking together?

I think part time jobs for teenagers are a bit thin on the ground at the moment.There's no such thing as a "Saturday job" any more just part time work that they have to compete with more experienced adults for. It took DD2(16) 8 months to finally get a job waitressing and that was through a friend of a friend. She does do a bit of babysitting as well for neighbors but it isn't particularly regular.

I would start with the local supermarkets, the larger chains often have websites with vacancies advertised on them or check with restaurants and cafes. DD2's job is ideal in that they don't need her every week so it doesn't interfere with her studying too much. Lots of places won't take them on till they are past 16 though so I would just work on your older daughter to start with.

Agree with Webwiz.. it's really tough for teenagers to find jobs right now and they have to be proactive.. my elder two (18 and17) both have p/t jobs now but took both of them a good 6 months of searching and applying before they got anything..it was quite depressing

Check the supermarket's own websites (enjoy their online assessments..some are ridiculously long for a shelf filling job!) McD's own site, local town council notice board (thats how we got DS1 his Domino's Pizza job)
They need to go into every local shop and ask...

I wouldn't bother looking for your younger child til he is 16 as no-where will employ these days..they can't afford to
Could he earn a bit doing actual jobs at home? My 'too young for a job' children have a rota of cleaning jobs that they have to do every saturday for cash.. ok it's not a lot but it helps

Good luck hunting...

Took me a year to find my first job after my second year of college. Eventually got taken on at Alton Towers, worked there last summer too, in a different job, and have applied again this year. Do you have any seasonal attractions that the older 2 could work at?

Once they get that first blip on their CV, the jobs come slightly easier (although right now I'm not so sure!)

DS(14) does a paper round everyday except Sunday. It only takes him about 20 mins before school and he gets £12 a week. He's thinks it is great because its so easy! It doesn't sound like much but it helps alot.

DD wants to do babysitting however all people we know with kids are very reluctant to have teens look after their kids until they are 16 - a lot different from when I was a kid and was babysitting for hordes of kids from the age of 12 onwards.

I would not like dd to do a paper-round, we live in a city centre and I would have kittens at the thought of her trailing through the streets in the dark mornings. One of her friends has got a paper-round, however her mum gets up with her and accompanies her on it. Sod that, frankly.

DD gets a raft of jobs which she must do to recieve her allowance - washes dishes every night, cleans bathroom, cleans my car (as well as keepoing her room tidy).

I can't see her having a job for ages. I am not that bothered, I had loads of jobs when I was a kid (grew up in a seaside resort where there was a lot of casual labour) and to be honest I actually resented it, and wished I had more spare time.

There are big restrictions on undre 16#s working conditions now. So most places won't take under 16's. I would suggest that your 15 and 17 year old just go round lots of shops and personally ask if they have any jobs available also give thier CV's in to the shops. Look on the job centre website. That is what my 18 year old does, she has actually been looking for work for over a year and has given in CV's everywhere. She has also filled in several application forms. But they is just not any work for part time work for teenagers at the moment. A lot of places have siad the same thing,she needs more experiance,but as she ays if she can't get a job how does she get the experiance.