My Summer Clothes and Interview Thread....

<p>I cannot find it. Did it vanish, or is it still on here? Anyway, I just wanted to say that my kid wore his khakis and polo for his first job interview (16 y/o), and he was hired. Now I think that they are his lucky clothes, LOL! So many kids in my area are having trouble finding employment for the summer.</p>

<p>Your thread a featured discussion at the top of the page. Congratulations! And of course to your son on his success in the job search, too:)</p>

<p>LOL, okay, I did not know how featured threads work. I am honored, I guess, LOL! Thanks.</p>

<p>Okay, now I see what happened,</p>

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<p>Sorry, that I restarted it, but just happy the my boy has his first job.</p>

<p>I agree about the difficulty about finding a summer job. D has applied for around 15 so far and no luck. Very frustrating. She has worked for 2 years for an office supply national retail chain store (that shall remain nameless) for 2 years and in March when she was home for spring break, they promised her hours for the summer. Well, she has been home for almost 4 weeks and every week, they tell her "sorry, we have no hours to give you". Had they just told her back then that they wouldn't have hours for her, she would have applied for other jobs 3 months ago. So, she got home in mid-May and was already late as most schools got out earlier and kids had already been back home a week or two. Add to that, when they find out that she is only home until the end of August, they don't want to bother having to train someone, even though she told them that she would be willing to work on school breaks. So, right now, the manager of the Dunkin Donuts down the street wants to hire her, but has to convince the store owner that she needs one more person on that particular shift. Hopefully, by Monday she will be told she has the job. I told her that good, hard work has never hurt anyone and it adds character!</p>

<p>Wow, 15 places is rough. I hope that your daughter is able to get the job at Dunin Donuts. I guess she'll be getting up early, LOL! My kids would do anything to avoid an early start to their day.</p>

<p>What happened to your daughter is a lesson. My kids have learned similar lessons. I had to let my kids know that there is often little to no loyalty between employees and employers. I told them not to count on anything, but not to burn bridges, and to look out for themselves. My older boy did not want to fill out more than one job app. when he was looking for his first job! He felt that he had committed himself to that company when he wasn't even hired yet (and he never was hired there btw). It tooking a lot of arm twisting to get him to apply to several places. He realizes how ridiculous that idea was, but at 16 he thought that was what is the proper and right thing to do.</p>

<p>S just a got a job!!!! After 20+ apps and many more "sorry, not hiring" visits, we were starting to think it wasn't going to happen since he leaves for school 8/15. He'll be full time on an assembly line working for a company that is very student friendly. He even saw a few kids he knows there. We are all breathing a sigh of relief knowing that he has something to keep him busy this summer and will earn more than enough to get him through the school year.</p>

<p>The kids in our area are having a really tough time finding summer jobs this year. An article in the paper said the toughest part of a teen's summer job will be finding one.</p>

<p>Wow, I had no idea about how tough things are this year! 20 apps! I am happy for your son, my-3-sons.</p>

<p>I am so fortunate. I told my boys to apply close to home bc of gas prices. They both got jobs very close to home.</p>

<p>When my daughter was younger she was a year round swimmer. She wasn't a superstar by any stretch of the imagination and when she decided to pursue other interests in high school she sometimes thought she had wasted a lot of time with her swim club. </p>

<p>Because of her involvement, however, she was trained to be a swimming instructor and became a lifeguard. </p>

<p>Right now she is so happy she developed those skills. She has two lifeguarding jobs and works six days a week (could work seven, but she wants one day off). One of the jobs is at a local college who need non-college students in the summer to fill-in for their kids who have gone home. She continues to give swimming lessons during the summer as well as during the school year. She is paid very well at college as an instructor and so she doesn't have to work very many hours. </p>

<p>So ---- if you have a young swimmer, make sure they get certified as a lifeguard and see if you can get them trained as an instructor through the Red Cross or Swim America.</p>

<p>The interview clothing thread cracked me up. You've got the madras skirt/khakis/polo kids. Mine does not live on that planet. She does, however, know how to dress appropriately in a way that is expressive of her individuality. There are so many ways to dress nicely. There is no formula. It also depends on the type of school and its culture, and on who is doing the interviewing.</p>

<p>Update - she got a job today! It's at the local hardware store down the street (Ace) and they can give her 15-20 hours a week as a front-end cashier. She had applied in early May, called mid-May and was told they weren't hiring, but the manager called her yesterday and asked her in for an interview today. She starts tomorrow. Not exactly her area of expertise, but we told her that by the end of the summer, she'll be a hardware expert - LOL! H is happy - she gets a 15% discount! She still has to call the manager of the donut shop tomorrow to see if she got that job, and if she did - she'll work something out that maybe will allow her to do both. They are right down the street from each other and less than 5 minutes from home. So, she is gainfully employed and happy. Best part - she can wear her own clothes with only a vest over it, so we went to the mall today to get a few pair of comfy shoes as they cannot wear sneakers or flip-flops (which is her footwear of choice). From office supplies to hardware - but a good job to keep her occupied and making money to buy her books next year and not have to hit up her savings account for spending money this summer. We're all happy and relieved............</p>

<p>Wonderful, good for her!</p>

<p>Congrats on the job front!</p>

<p>After reading the featured thread --- oo-la-la! -- I want to ask a clarifying question.</p>

<p>We are going to four colleges in early July in Texas. 100+. No interviews, just tours. Khaki shorts, an untucked polo and sneakers would be appropriate, wouldn't it? No one expects dress clothes to schlep around a campus during the summer, do they?</p>

<p>Since there are no interviews, I know that is fine. I think that if the the shorts aren't full of holes, and aren't extremely short that sound fine. You'll see lots of t-shirts and jeans/jean shorts.</p>

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<p>That sounds great. Summer here is fierce and it's already danged hot. Be sure to bring a hat for Dad if he's got a receding hairline and sunglasses for all.</p>

<p>Forgot to add, where are you touring?</p>

<p>We're visiting family in DFW, so we're hitting Austin College, UNT, SMU and TCU, just to see what they say. Not sure any of them is an actual contender, but you never know, right?</p>