<p>Is your teen or college student having trouble finding a job?</p>
<p>My son secured a part time job that he held last summer, but he needs a second job. He did land something, but he really left no stone unturned to find this job. It seems that very few businesses in our area are hiring right now. I think that for some students it is going to be a very frustrating job hunt. My son was getting quite nervous because he knows that he has certain bills that he is responsible for because they go beyond tuition, R&B, books, travel costs home, cell phone, and medical expenses (which is what we cover for him). My son has one friend who resides near the college he attends. He says that there are plenty of jobs in that area. I know some of my son's other friends, who are from other areas of the country, also have not found work yet. Their college finished relatively early and many have been home and looking for a week already.</p>
<p>S will be home in a few days and I think he’s going to have the same problem your S is having. As much as I’m looking forward to having him home I’m thinking that it will be better for him to stay in his college town next summer for better employment prospects. The area is much bigger than our community. Is anyone else in the same situation?</p>
<p>Fortunate that our freshmen D returning home got a paid ft internship in her field of study,our D ,jr in hs,also got FT job at 15 dollar an hour job there also…not sure if they realize how lucky they are</p>
<p>qdogpa, they are lucky! There is so little out there in our area.</p>
<p>Since I posted this, my son was called for another interview. He is taking that interview just in case, and whichever company will give him the most earnings is where he is going to work (although he does have a preference, sigh…).</p>
<p>I think finding a summer job largely depends upon your major and how marketable your major is. Also, do you have a community list serve where your child can post interest for a summer job? I belong to a local community list serve where parents can advertise positions and high school-college students can look for work. Mostly people are looking for summer baby sitters (and they get paid very well).</p>
<p>DS is freshman physics major. Over spring break, he told me he was going to ask a seriously world famous prof at his school for a summer job. I rolled my eyes a bit behind his back and tried to steel him for a rejection. He is taking a large lecture class from this prof, and had done well on the first midterm but hadn’t distinguished himself in any way that I could tell. He goes up to the prof after class one day and asks him. Lo and behold, after a few days, prof offers him a job working under one of the grad students. I’m pretty sure he will get paid, but this is such a plum position I told him he could do it for free if needed. Sounded almost like the prof rarely gets asked by students. Wonder if people are too intimidated and assume that nothing is available? </p>
<p>As I always tell the kids, “you don’t ask, you don’t get.”</p>
<p>So shortly after he gets offered the spot, he tells them that he couldn’t start until after the end of the semester, then he will take a few days off for a trip to NYC first, then 11 day trip to CA in early June, so really won’t be available until middle of June. Not sure how well that went over. Fortunately, the NYC trip got canceled so he will at least get a few days of work in before heading on his CA trip :D.</p>
<p>I am freshmen communications major who is coming home from my first year at college. I applied a couple months ago to a dozen places in my town. I was looking for anything. I got rejected by Wegmans, Starbucks, Giant, Macy’s, Sears, etc. One of the main reasons was because I could only work for the summer. No reason to hire a part-time employee who can only be here from May-June.</p>
<p>I did somehow secure a internship this summer with a non-profit in DC. I am super excited since it is something in my field and I have a personal reasoning for it. Of course I will be commuting into DC which will be expensive but the experience will be great.</p>
<p>my high school senior daughter has a job at a grocery store and knew it would not give enough hours over the summer to save anything for college next year. Last summer they gave her roughly 15 hours a week. In late March she applied for a job as a counselor at a girl scout camp. I really thought it was to late, that all of these jobs would already be snatched up since it was after spring break for many students and spring break is often when kids start looking for summer jobs around here.</p>
<p>She got the job and it appears the camp director thinks they are still short handed.</p>
<p>It is a salaried job based on working from May 30- Aug 6. I don’t think it will pay much per hour if we figured that out but the salary for the summer includes room and board (my water and electric bill will be lower!) and the salary while not spectacular is adequate. And certainly way better than nothing.</p>
<p>Not sure my kids think highly of this, but we also insisted they keep their PT jobs,even if it is 1 day a week…then when school starts,they have some income…though D who will be a soph in college,will work only when she comes home on breaks…i guess the job market varies greatly region to region…fwiw, what they earn is their own money,not for college expenses,though for spending at school on ‘needed luxuries’. ;)</p>
<p>^^us, too. Unless the job is seasonal, best keep it year round, even if hours are very limited during the school year. D1 has a job at the city pool as a lifeguard. Once on staff, she can plan on that job every summer as long as she keeps her certification current. She has one day a week at the dance studio. Better pay, but not as many kids enroll in the summer as do during the school year. She works at the studio during the school year, too. Being available year-round does make a kid more employable. Often, I have students who will work for a chain (retail or grocery) and they will be able to transfer home for the summer as long as they are working in the college town for the school year.</p>
<p>Depends on where you are and when you look. Last year I tried to get a job during the last week of May/first week of June and I couldn’t find anything. This year I started in late April and I have 3 offers.</p>
<p>My son just finished his sophomore year in college. He began applying for internships in Dec. and still hasn’t found anything. He has had several phone interviews, but no job offers. He’s a communications-media major. I have used my contacts to help him, but around our town, MS, there just isn’t much available. He is willing to work anywhere in the country. He does have the opportunity to go back to his PT job at the library, a job he’s had since high school, but he really doesn’t want to. It’s low paying and not in his major, but he really needs the money and will have too if nothing else comes up. Otherwise, he’ll keep looking and applying. Congratulations to those who do have internships and good jobs this summer, you are truly blessed!</p>