Vyse

Ok, I sent in an app to kelly a staffing service seeing if they'd place me anywhere. I tried monster, but all its listings are for jobs current college students wouldnt have a very good chance at getting.

What are some entry level positions that pay well and are attainable for a 19 year old?

evelyn_rose

I can't think of any specific jobs right now, but I suggest trying internships (although paid ones are going to be VERY competitive), going to job fairs at your school, and checking out your career center for resources

AUlostchick

Why entry-level positions so early? Why not try restaurant work, retail, or clerical jobs?

Vyse

Give me some suggestions. You're talking about places such as circuit city and the like?

cwatson

Naw don't burden yourself with that. Email the local research facilities if your a science/math major. If your in human relations of any sort, try and contact think-tank type companies and politicians. If your in business, accounting firms and investment firms are excellent places even if your just filing.

Vyse

Im just a freshman though, and I havent even taken any classes for my finance major yet. Ive just been doing the core curriculum.

frostburg2010

I'm with AU on this. Look into waiting tables or working in a store in the mall or something. It's not that you couldn't possibly get an internship at all, it's just that companies will want older college kids before they'll take a freshman turning sophmore, and it's really late to be just starting to look for an internship for this summer. I just think that you'll most likely end up working at a resturant or something, and to spend a bunch of time trying to get internships that you most likely will not get seems counter-productive. A month from now it will be near-impossible to find a resturant or cashiering job after all the colleg freshman and older HS kids take them, so I'd be working on that instead of hunting for an internship. You'll have a much better shot if you start earlier in looking for one for next summer.

Don't feel too bad about the minimum wage job. It's what I'll be doing with my summer too.

cwatson

Atleast give it a shot. A paragraph and a two page resume is all you need to get a progressive job.

There's no harm in blue collar work either - I personally think, in an economically stable society, it should be reserved for the young and not yet learned.

itla_uno

I don't think it's a bad idea to try and get some experience in the field you are studying, rather than a minimum wage job flipping burgers or scooping ice cream, unless it's about you really just needing the money, in which case, take what you can get. if you're in it for the work experience, go to your school's employment office (most schools have them) before the year ends and talk to someone there about potential employment.

itla_uno

if you can't find anything like that, a lot of those places aimed to help kids with homework (Score!, Huntington Learning Center, Sylvan Learning Center, etc) might be willing to hire you as a tutor, and that's probably a better job than working at the mall, for example. but you'll have to apply soon and i'm not 100% sure those jobs are available during the summer.

frostburg2010

Can't imagine why they wouldn't be available over the summer. Plenty of kids spend their summers in summer school, and those preparing for SAT and ACT tests take advantage of vacation time for studying.

Vyse

all good suggestions, thanks.