Summer hiring for teens - please help

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Check our country clubs. They usually do a lot of seasonal hiring.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Those posting "camp counselor" -- nope. Many camp counseling jobs were taken long ago. It's not like June hits and camps suddenly realize, oh, we need counselors. They might have an occasional opening if someone has to drop out/gets sick/whatever at the last second, but most camp counselor jobs go to kids who already know that camp and are known by that camp. Not something you just waltz into at the last second. I was an adult staffer at a summer camp for five summers pretty recently, and our teen staffers were committed as far back as January of that year.

Also, agree with the PP above re: lifeguarding. It's a serious pursuit with lives on the line and you must pass tests and get certifications.

OP, the best response is the one where the person said your son should set up some things like yard work, dog walking, anything that lets him set up his own hours and by-the-hour tasks. I know -- that's not always easy to do either. Wish I knew you - I would LOVE to hire a go-getter local teen to do some yard work for us but know no one to ask and there aren't teens just hanging out in our neighborhood....

Most pools in our area are looking for lifeguards but they need to be lifeguard certified and CPR certified.

Our pool will handle certification. Any teen who is a decent swimmer should be able to pass

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Anonymous wrote:M daughters had low response online. Walk your application/resume over and speak to a manger. Both kids got hired when they did this.

This is the way to do it. In person works.

+1 I kept nagging DS to do it this way since online applications are a black hole. Eventually got a job via a friend. He just got a rejection email today from a retailer he applied to online back in March.

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Anonymous wrote:6 weeks is a really short time to be available to work. It’s not even all summer. Your teen will have more luck doing yard work, sports coaching, babysitting, tutoring...where he finds his own customers and sets his own hours.

When they ask how long you will be available to work just say that you are looking for options that you can continue into the Fall.

And then kiss that place goodbye when you are looking for references.

It will be 5 years before hourly customer interacting employers ask about references. They need warm bodies, they don’t care about references.

DD15 needed two revert for her summer job. Luckily, her two former Girl Scout leaders were willing to do it.

She could also easily find another job where she doesn’t need them.