Jobs for a 15 year old boy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an English person, let alone a teenager, working in a fast food, busboy or retail position in 10 years. In Montgomery County, those jobs are all Spanish speaking immigrant jobs. So are all landscaping too.

The only jobs I ever see teenagers take are camp counselors, lifeguards, and local shops who still hire legal English speaking people.

Many teens can't find jobs, many don't want to work with people that don't speak English, many have parents who want them volunteering so it looks good on college apps. Gone are the days kids worked minimum wage, learned customer service, took orders and socialized with peers. I think it is a complete disservice to this coddled generation.

You must not frequent Chick-fil-a!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it important that he makes money? My youngest is 12 and volunteers every Saturday morning with an animal rescue group. He cleans cages, feeds and waters, walks and play with dogs, and helps the vet techs with minor procedures. He also interacts with the public by answering questions during adoption drives.

It's been a great experience for him.

Is this in the DC area? Something like this would be great for my DD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an English person, let alone a teenager, working in a fast food, busboy or retail position in 10 years. In Montgomery County, those jobs are all Spanish speaking immigrant jobs. So are all landscaping too.

The only jobs I ever see teenagers take are camp counselors, lifeguards, and local shops who still hire legal English speaking people.

Many teens can't find jobs, many don't want to work with people that don't speak English, many have parents who want them volunteering so it looks good on college apps. Gone are the days kids worked minimum wage, learned customer service, took orders and socialized with peers. I think it is a complete disservice to this coddled generation.

You must not frequent Chick-fil-a!

All those taco bell workers from the 90s you are reminiscing about just got high after work and jerked off into the taco meat during the day. It wasn't all sweet and innocent as you remember.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think having a kid do a minimum wage job is a total waste. Teach him to develop and market a skill and be self employed. It teaches drive, self-sufficiency, entrepreneurial spirit, business, independence, etc.

Working at McDonalds teaches you how to be a bitch.

Thanks, Republican Party!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What state are you in? I know in Maryland, kids under 16 cannot work past 8pm at night, so many places don't hire them for after school work.

I still know tons of teens who work fast food. They are slightly older, though.

Some others:

Movie theaters
Lifeguard
Parks department - seasonal (probably just summer)
Camp Counselor (summers)

DC Gov't is sponsoring a mentor/internship program for DC teens in HS. They intern on the hill in Congressional and Senate offices. They also have internships in city gov't. I also recommend any IT internship you can find.

that, or have him coem up with a small business plan and execute it . Can be small: like land scaping, dog walking, etc.. as long as they come up with their own idea and take a risk, put in the time to make it work, etc..

Fast food, are you kidding ??

Most people who work fast food jobs are adults. No need to be snobby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was in H.S. I was designing webpages for $100 an hour while my friends were working part time at Starbucks. Then they went on to college and worked at Starbucks to get by. And now they have a degree and still work at Starbucks. While I meanwhile have a wonderful job and a great life in DC because I had 10 years of RELEVANT experience and they graduated with food service experience.

I feel bad for you if you think ANY serious job will look at a college graduates resume and see McDonalds for 4 years and think "oh that is nice, they probably are a good worker and reliable and learned good job skills."

I hire programmers. I would never, ever, ever let any of them speak to a customer EVER... why because they spent their formative years in their basement programming. But the forward facing IT managers all worked in banks and as waitresses because they can deal with irate customers.

So, maybe you are missing something in your RELEVANT experience. It's customer service skills and you are obviously full of yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it important that he makes money? My youngest is 12 and volunteers every Saturday morning with an animal rescue group. He cleans cages, feeds and waters, walks and play with dogs, and helps the vet techs with minor procedures. He also interacts with the public by answering questions during adoption drives.

It's been a great experience for him.

Is this in the DC area? Something like this would be great for my DD.

We aren't in D.C. right now but I'm hoping he can continue when we move back. He is working with one of the rescue groups you often see outside of PetSmart or PetCo during adoption drives. I would guess they have opportunities at local shelters as well.

[Anonymous]

I stopped reading after the McBitch comment, so this may not be a new suggestion. As a business owner that employees lots of teens, I hire almost exclusively from employee recommendation. If he has friends that have jobs, have him touch base with them on the who/how to apply.

Fifteen can be a tricky age to work. There are so many rules about how many hours a day, breaks required much more frequently, no early/late shifts…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an English person, let alone a teenager, working in a fast food, busboy or retail position in 10 years. In Montgomery County, those jobs are all Spanish speaking immigrant jobs. So are all landscaping too.

The only jobs I ever see teenagers take are camp counselors, lifeguards, and local shops who still hire legal English speaking people.

Many teens can't find jobs, many don't want to work with people that don't speak English, many have parents who want them volunteering so it looks good on college apps. Gone are the days kids worked minimum wage, learned customer service, took orders and socialized with peers. I think it is a complete disservice to this coddled generation.

I haven't ever seen an English person working in fast food, but it would be hilarious. Can you imagine? "Good day, my fine sir! May I offer you a packet of chips to accompany your delectable hamburger? Would you care to supersize that order, my fair lady? Tip top, cheerio, God save the queen and all that rubbish!"

I'm sorry, or did you mean English-speaking?

[Anonymous]

I would not discount any early job experience for a teen because life nowadays is all about adaptability and being able to work with a wide group of folks. Also, so many of the college students my husband has educated for the last so many years thing they are "God's gift to earth" and many believe they know it all until they are asked to do one simple task - "think"!!! No, No No not allowed if it is not in the textbook or the lecture notes........much the same on the job. It is not going to be junior's books smarts necessarily that gets him to keep the job but his "people smarts."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think having a kid do a minimum wage job is a total waste. Teach him to develop and market a skill and be self employed. It teaches drive, self-sufficiency, entrepreneurial spirit, business, independence, etc.

Working at McDonalds teaches you how to be a bitch.

Despite you being a troll, I'll respond to this anyway. I'm a business owner and only worked retail once, briefly, but I'm glad I did. I don't think I'd be as driven to make sure I never work for anyone else if I hadn't put in my time making around minimum wage.

[Anonymous]

I think working retail should be like the Israel Army, everyone must serve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an English person, let alone a teenager, working in a fast food, busboy or retail position in 10 years. In Montgomery County, those jobs are all Spanish speaking immigrant jobs. So are all landscaping too.

The only jobs I ever see teenagers take are camp counselors, lifeguards, and local shops who still hire legal English speaking people.

Many teens can't find jobs, many don't want to work with people that don't speak English, many have parents who want them volunteering so it looks good on college apps. Gone are the days kids worked minimum wage, learned customer service, took orders and socialized with peers. I think it is a complete disservice to this coddled generation.

I haven't ever seen an English person working in fast food, but it would be hilarious. Can you imagine? "Good day, my fine sir! May I offer you a packet of chips to accompany your delectable hamburger? Would you care to supersize that order, my fair lady? Tip top, cheerio, God save the queen and all that rubbish!"

I'm sorry, or did you mean English-speaking?

Not the PP but this was really stupid but I get your were trying to be funny. We all know what he/she meant and I agree. All of these jobs are given to minority immigrants. They know about 4 sentences in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen an English person, let alone a teenager, working in a fast food, busboy or retail position in 10 years. In Montgomery County, those jobs are all Spanish speaking immigrant jobs. So are all landscaping too.

The only jobs I ever see teenagers take are camp counselors, lifeguards, and local shops who still hire legal English speaking people.

Many teens can't find jobs, many don't want to work with people that don't speak English, many have parents who want them volunteering so it looks good on college apps. Gone are the days kids worked minimum wage, learned customer service, took orders and socialized with peers. I think it is a complete disservice to this coddled generation.

You must not frequent Chick-fil-a!

PP, where do you live? I don't think its within DC is it ? I ask because I don't know a singe parent in DC who wouldn't be dissmayed to hear their kid say that they " don't want to work with people who don't speak English" . In fact, most parents I know spend up to 40K a year per kid on private school tuition and they expect foreign language proficiency out of it . You know, like the European schools where by the time they are ready for university, the average European teen speaks 3 languages. I belive its required to get the IB. Only speaking one language is a real handicap in today's economy.