PSA: tell your teen job/internship applicant to check their email

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t want the job, Janet.

Who are these teens who you think don’t use email? The Amish?

Teens in my circle (including my own) aren't very email conscious. Text, Snapchat, etc. yes. Email, not so much.

It wasn't until my oldest got to college that he really learned that email is part of the business (and college) world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t want the job, Janet.

Who are these teens who you think don’t use email? The Amish?

Then why do they apply?

I have to remind my 15 year old to check her email all the time. Not on her radar for the most part. Come to think of it, I don’t most of the 20-somethings I work with really read their email.

[Anonymous]

I have to remind my 17 year old to check his email. He uses it for school and other formal things, and forgets to check. He’s a reasonably conscientious kid and isn’t ambivalent about the info coming in by email…it’s just not his preferred method of communication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pay them. Unpaid labor is ridiculous.

NP. They applied. So clearly they are interested.

[Anonymous]

I’m surprised. Mine check theirs daily. Teachers email them.

[Anonymous]

I have a recruited athlete kid and everyone says the parent needs to have access to the email to know when coaches have made contact. It is a special email my kid only uses for athletic recruiting (and yes actually for a paid Summer internship as well).

It seems to pay off. We parents never respond on his behalf, but numerous coaches have remarked on how timely my kid responds.

[Anonymous]

It’s fine as long as they’re getting a reasonable amount by someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid with unpaid internships just got ED to a top college.

Big whoop

Mine got paid for their part time job and had same results

Unpaid work is absolutely ridiculous. Reading your paycheck learning about taxes is a life skill


This. My son with meh grades got a great internship this semester. He thought he had no chance since kids from better schools with better grades applied. The recruiter told him they liked that he had a varied work history and many candidates had none.

[Anonymous]

I have to remind my teen to check his email. Not even his personal account but his school email.

The point here isn't that the internship is unpaid, which is a weird straw man. The point is that if a teen applies for something, they need to learn how to do that next steps. One of those next steps is to learn to check your email.

[Anonymous]

My teen’s teacher emails the kids on a random day once per week and they have to respond within 24 hrs. This counts for a portion of their grade (granted, a small portion). I think it is genius.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid with unpaid internships just got ED to a top college.

Big whoop

Mine got paid for their part time job and had same results

Unpaid work is absolutely ridiculous. Reading your paycheck learning about taxes is a life skill

“Big whoop?”
Okay granny…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My teen’s teacher emails the kids on a random day once per week and they have to respond within 24 hrs. This counts for a portion of their grade (granted, a small portion). I think it is genius.

Brilliant!

[Anonymous]

Unpaid internships are things of the past. My nonprofit employer pays internships $40/hr for an 11 weeks program. Has no problems with finding candidates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unpaid internships are things of the past. My nonprofit employer pays internships $40/hr for an 11 weeks program. Has no problems with finding candidates

I assume not HS interns...but what is even the point of your post?

[Anonymous]

Same problem with college emails. My DC missed an email about their merit aid. I only learned about the email from this forum, and told DC to check spam.

DC told me teens don't check emails, but after missing several important emails, I drilled it into them to check their d@mn emails.