<p>Great suggestion! Just emailed the summer and Seasonal job resources to the boy.</p>
<p>Housepainting–if your kid is handy, there are folks who may consider hiring him/her to paint their house. There were a few firms that sprang up to paint houses to help defray tuition expenses. Of course, he needs to do a great job & perhaps will get referrals once he does one really well, especially in an older neighborhood with folks who can afford his services.</p>
<p>I got a paid internship at a dentist’s office, so it’s all good =).</p>
<p>If your kid is at all interested in nannying/babysitting it may be a good option. Generally, the jobs go to high school/college kids, and they pay well. </p>
<p>I would suggest advertising at your S’s old grade school. That is what I did, and I ended up getting a summer job that pays $15/hr for riding bikes and hanging out by the pool… not too bad!</p>
<p>In my neck of the woods babysitters get around $10/hour, and mothers of boys often like male babysitters. I’d also check out the temporary summer jobs often held by teens - amusement parks, lifeguards, camp counselors. . . .</p>
<p>It is tough, my son must have put in 25 internet applications (so many places want them now)He tried to follow up with calls, but most of the time, it was “I haven’t even looked at them yet” or “we’ll call once we look them over, leave your number”, etc. One manager told me at CVS she doesn’t have the time to look at them and likes to just have someone recommend someone reliable. She preferred the “old fashioned” way of doing it because you got fewer applications and you usually knew who did it, online they could have help.
He is probably going to get some hours at his old store cashier job, but was hoping for more. You really have to know someone sometimes. Volunteer work is plentiful though just for experience.
My 16 year old girls babysit and one got a job at a museum through a volunteer position which is nice but they aren’t hiring anymore because of cuts.
We had an elderly neighbor that would pay 10.00 an hour to have someone shop for her, do her lawn, things like that. Sometimes an ad put in mailboxes or word of mouth helps find things like that.</p>
<p>That’s what I’m afraid of,Debruns. I went to a fast food place today and there was a man who seemed to be about 70 working there. I had accidentally dropped a bag and apologized and he said, “Oh no, I call that job security.” People–adult people–old people–seem to be desperate even for these kinds of jobs.</p>
<p>D tried several places over spring break and they weren’t even taking applications. She will probably go to summer school on her campus. Since it’s in a tourist area, I’m hoping she can find something part time there.</p>
<p>If she is home, she can probably work at the boarding kennels she’s worked at since jr year in high school. But she’s really tired of that, hoping for something better.</p>
<p>Garland, was the canvassing with Fund for the Public Interest? Or can anyone speak to the legitimacy and nature of that organization?</p>
<p>Try looking at places that are a revolving door, like your local grocery store or fast food place. I’ve worked both (am a teen as well) and neither one has killed me.</p>
<p>Summer jobs with USDA: [ARS</a> Careers : Student and Summer Employment Opportunities](<a href=“http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/docs.htm?docid=1345]ARS”>http://www.ars.usda.gov/Careers/docs.htm?docid=1345)
Summer agricultural jobs: [Summer</a> agricultural jobs | SimplyHired](<a href=“http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-Summer+Agricultural]Summer”>http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-Summer+Agricultural)
Misc. summer jobs: [Summer</a> jobs | SimplyHired](<a href=“http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-summer]Summer”>http://www.simplyhired.com/a/jobs/list/q-summer)</p>
<p>grocery stores like Pathmark etc. are not hiring. D worked there for almost 3 years, they said all the supermarket jobs are being taken by moms/reitres returning for health benefits.</p>
<p>I know some older (50’s-up) that are working second jobs at Kohl’s because it gives beneifts to part time workers. It’s tough out there.
“Snag-a-job.com” is an hourly job search that was mentioned on our local news a month or so ago, they send you notices that TJMaxx, Toys R Us, Kohl’s, Stop & Shop, etc are hiring in your area, but I don’t know anyone that even got a phone call for an interview.
But then I understand it when the next day you hear how a janitorial job at a school got 70 applications the first day, not to mentione the ones that followed. The human resource spokesman said it was so difficult to choose, so many hard-luck stories. It makes you grateful to have what you do.</p>
<p>I can confirm that it is impossible to get a job at TJMaxx, Kohl’s - D has tried, my friend has tried also.</p>
<p>My local yogurt place hired in January for this summer and the owner said she is working far more and hired fewer people anyway. </p>
<p>It is tough out there.</p>
<p>I was at Whole Foods yesterday and one of the workers commented that they had a huge number of employees working that day (a holiday). It looks like workers were eager to come in which I guess is normally unusual.</p>
<p>I am so pleased with my college sophomore - she got a job working a small cruise ship sailing the North East coastal waters. And my freshman son just got one at a clothing store in the local outlet mall.</p>
<p>Congratulations, Pren. I’ll bet your daughter will have a very memorable experience! And congratulations to your son, too. Getting anything is good these days! I sent the boy off to put in applications today–hope he gets some nibbles.</p>
<p>I told S to “volunteer” (some offer good stipends) for medical experiments. It took him weeks to get a restaurant job last summer.</p>
<p>I echo the camp counselor idea. Our local Y holds multiple week-long day camps every summer, and they always need counselors ages 18 and up. S1 thinks its a great summer job because no nights or weekends, and he gets 30 plus hours every week.</p>