S/O Best job for teenager for benefits, possible future job growth after college
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Starbucks. They do offer comprehensive benefits to "eligible" PT employees (not sure what makes one eligible, but they include 401(k), PTO, tuition assistance, etc) and it will teach her valuable lessons in working under pressure, time management, dealing with different personalities, meeting many different peoples' expectations, managing changing priorities, so on.
And everyone should have to work in food service at some point in their lives. |
Anonymous
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Chick-Fil-A used to offer scholarships, not sure if that is still the case. I think it was $4k when I was a teen.
I hire a lot of recent grads. As previous posters said, it doesn’t really matter what they do, as long as I see they’ve had a part time job. My top performers have worked at animal shelters, Subway and as camp counselors. If I see someone has food service on their resume I will more than likely schedule a call. If you can deal with jerks at a restaurant and the physical demands of cleaning after people, I know you will do well with customers. |
Anonymous
| My DD is on her third NASA internship. It took six years of applying to get the first one. From most of her friends, this seems to be the norm. There is one girl at Goddard who has been there since high school, but definitely not the norm. |
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| With the Starbucks tuition assistance, I believe it's only through their partnership with ASU online. |
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I think you'll have a hard time finding a part-time job for the summer if she only wants to work around 25 hours.
I own a small business and wouldn't bother with any teen who gives me their availability with less than 30 hours for the summer. It's not worth it to me to go through the training for an employee like that. I worked at several Starbucks locations while in college and grad school and none hired teens under 18 or any still in HS. They are a great place to work once you're out of HS and in college, though. |
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https://globalassets.starbucks.com/assets/589a80b922dd41809f7058eb146338cb.pdf Retail hourly partners including baristas and café attendants become eligible for benefits after being paid at least 240 hours over a three-consecutive-month period. Starbucks begins monitoring your paid hours the first day of the month following your hire date (or the first of the month if you are hired on the first day of the month) and will continue until you become eligible. Once you are paid 240 hours over three full months, you will be eligible the first day of the second month following that calculation. For example, if you are hired on May 2, we would measure for 240 paid hours in June, July and August. If you meet the requirement over that time, you would receive your enrollment kit in September and become benefits eligible effective October 1. Ongoing Benefits Eligibility To continue eligibility, you must be paid for a minimum of 240 hours between the first and last days in each calendar quarter. Partners working in Hawaii become and remain eligible for benefits in accordance with Hawaii state regulations. I don't think OP's DD's proposed work hours would allow eligibility, esp. the hours during the school year. OP, one way to get teens used to saving is to have her put a set amount of money in the bank from her paycheck. I have a friend whose teen bags groceries, and their deal is he saves half of his pay check and he can spend the other half. |
Anonymous
| There are local waterparks that hire attendants ( not lifeguards) for the summer. You can work 25 hrs there...and no commitment during the school year. |
Anonymous
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OP here. I am at work and can't post extensively. Thanks for all the responses. I will be back this evening for a full reply.
I appreciate the discussion. |
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OP Back. Again I appreciate the discussion. I was asking about the future job growth aspect in regards to maybe a job at a law firm, government agency, charitable organization where she could come back and work every summer or during extended breaks. She thinks it's too late for any internships for this summer based on what her friends are saying and research. And I was wrong about the summer hours, she want to work about 35 hours during summer and 15 during school year. |
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| Wegmans |
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Maybe she can VOLUNTEER at a charitable organization. She's not going to get a paid job at one, for a partial week!, for summers, plus then just 15 hours a week the rest of the year. |
Anonymous
She is too young for them to hire. As mentioned volunteering maybe, but too much of a crap shoot to pay a teen that age to do something they could pay a college student to do. You need to start with places a little less swanky. It's good for kids to learn to not to snub their noses at those jobs ands to respect hard work and satarting at the bottom. |
Anonymous
| Although no part-time teenage jobs will have 401ks, contributing to an IRA is possible and you can set some expectations for that (i’ve heard of some parents doing their own matching for IRA contributions.) |
Anonymous
| She would have to work full time to get the type of benefits you want. |