<p>After dropping him off, I went to get a newspaper and a cup of coffee. Before I read the first page, DS called “I am done”. </p>
<p>He told me this was one of the simplest interview. Something like this:</p>
<p>Interviwer: where do you go to HS? DS: so and so;
Interviwer: great, I graduated from there too. Where are you going to college?
DS: xxx;
Interviwer: You got in? DS: Yes
Interviwer: That is great, You really want to work here? DS: yes
Interviwer: you got it.</p>
<p>DS said there are 4 ~ 5 applicants there. Lucky for him that the interviewer was from the same HS.</p>
<p>My college son already has an intership. My high school son hasn’t started looking. Until we know where he’s going he doesn’t know what his schedule is. There’s also the small issue of our summer vacation - as yet no plan for it.</p>
<p>My college son just called last week and said he has securred a summer job/internship and my high school son worked one day a week through fall and winter to keep his job for this summer. Son 3 turns 16 in a few weeks and is just starting to look for something for summer. I don’t care much if the 16 year works or not since he’s just finishing his freshman high school year so three more summers to work.</p>
<p>D is teaching at Summerbridge again. She commented that teacher applications were WAY up. Some returning teachers weren’t even offered spots, which is highly unusual. I hope they’re just recruiting more actively this year, and that it’s not a sign of the bad economy.</p>
<p>D has research job/internship at a University 3000 miles from home. She will not be coming home before going there, or before returning to school in the fall. :(</p>
<p>My daughter isn’t planning on getting a job. In high school she made her money by building websites for others and she will probably continuing doing that, although she doesn’t consider it a job, but a fun activity that pays well. She does plan to seek out internships or jobs during her college summers and she doe hope to travel after sophomore year with money provided in her scholarship.</p>
<p>I am not pushing her to get a traditional job as her website income takes care of her personal expenses and she worked hard in high school to garner a full-ride.</p>
<p>My son, who had a job at in ice cream shop last summer, is hoping to work for government, at the census bureau, this summer. It pays $22.75 per hour plus 50c per mile, folks! That’s over $900 per week! Can’t beat that for a HS/college job.</p>
<p>I think certain pockets are hiring. Ibanks are hiring more interns this summer. Technology is probably picking up too. I didn’t get as many applicants this year as last year. D1 will be working in NYC. Many of D1’s friends are still just interviewing on campus. Many firms are just recruiting now for this summer. D2 will continue to play for a while, and where we will be living she won’t be allowed to work anyway.</p>
<p>Dad II - where will your daughter be working? How is Stanford with summer internship this year?</p>
<p>My girl will work on campus. She has a huge job that won’t pay her as much as she made last summer at home working 2 jobs but then again, she should have more than 4 days off.</p>
<p>As a bonus she’ll be able to continue her volunteering and internship during the summer.</p>
<p>Son has also applied for Census job, but it is less lucrative in our area. Still a lot better than fast casual restaurant job, but that is a bird in the hand. The census job is two birds in the bush at this point. He says he will look for another job if the census falls through, but I am not pushing him, since I like the bird in the hand.</p>
<p>True, the census job isn’t a secure job yet. But, I’m surprised it’s different pay for your area. Dah! Our area is expensive to live in.</p>
<p>My son is also applying elsewhere, in case he doesn’t get chosen. Like winning the lottery, it’s still nice to dream about making nearly $1K per week for a college kid. Sure beats minimum wage.</p>
<p>Congratulations to your son, Dad II. Well done.</p>
<p>My son in college (cs major) has accepted a summer internship. It pays, but the city the internship is located in is extremely expensive, so I don’t foresee a lot of summer savings as a result. The experience will be good, though, so no problem.</p>
<p>My hs senior daughter has an offer on the table for the same job as last year. It is day care for two boys, about 30 hrs a week. Current plans are to accept it–she loves the boys and the parents are happy to let her take them hiking and exploring and bike riding on the extensive trails around here, so it is not a hardship. She would like to supplement it with a part-time job that lines up with her future plans to be a vet; that will harder to find.</p>
<p>My HS senior S will be a Boy Scout ecology/conservation summer camp counselor, same as last summer. Living in a platform tent for 9 weeks, he loves it.</p>
<p>I don’t know much about censors work, so I am asking out of ignorance…Are you concerned about your kid knocking on stranger’s doors? (is that what they do?) Would it upset some illegal immigrants? I am sure you’ve thought it through.</p>
<p>Dad II…what skills did your son bring to his job interview? Did he have any connections to get the interview or was this a cold application? In our area, jobs are much easier to come by if you have some special skill you bring to the table and/or if the kid has a personal connection of some sort.</p>
<p>My daughter hasn’t settled on what she will be doing this summer, but has a few possibilities lined up. She worked with laboratory animals for a small biotech company last year, and has applied for a lab assistant’s position this year. Since last year she has developed a strong career interest in college teaching and has been recommended by her acdemic advisor as a teaching assistant with JHU’s Center for Talented Youth. The advisor is a CTY alum and believes she’ll stand a decent shot at getting a position so those are two options. In the interim she is registered as a substitute teacher with a local public school district and expects to pick up some work as a sub between mid-May and the end of June (matter of fact she already has a week-long job lined up for her Spring break week). Now, if we can only get her 16-year-old sister motivated to begin seriously looking for either a job or volunteer activity to keep her busy over the summer!</p>
<p>Oldfort, DD would have two jobs - a research job M-F and a weekend office job on campus that gives her free housing. She got all planed out. </p>
<p>T1, I was only informed that he had an interview today and need a ride. DS got everything else worked out. I think there is a recommendation from someone but I am not sure.</p>