<p>My S, a rising senior,will start his first job this summer as a jr counselor at the camp he attended previously. They only hired him for 4 weeks, but with football and vacation, 4 weeks is just right. He will also earn a little extra money watching his younger sis. He has tried to get other jobs at places like supermarkets, drugstores, etc to no avail. When he applied to the local CVS last year and never heard back, H made him visit the manager several times,who kept putting S off. At first H just thought S wasn’t making enough of an effort. Now we believe the stores tend to hire friends of existing employees first. Who knows. And to be honest, with his school work, sports and EC’s he really has very little extra time during the year to work. There is absolutely no way he can work a paid job while playing sports. As some others have said, we have told him school is your job until you graduate. We give him a weekly allowance that covers most of his basic needs, pizza with friends etc.</p>
<p>I know for the camp job S got, he had to apply in Jan. Last year he applied in Feb and all the positions were already filled. Have your daughter check Craigslist to see if anyone needs a summer nanny. Not being able to drive may limit here opportunities there, but it is worth a check.</p>