<p>D has two days of recerts, a day of meetings and then to work on Monday. She got a little promotion over last year, so the hours will look a little different. We’ll see. Just hope she works a lot. She did really well at her grad party, but I’m pretty sure she’ll be losing work study once the paperwork for her outside scholarship gets processed. Money is good. Keeps kid busy (and too tired for catting around). </p>
<p>Recovering here from yet another playoff game that went to two overtime periods, plus two golden goal periods, and then penalty kicks. They won! Which means tomorrow we get to travel 2 hours down to Charlottesville to play again. If they win, they earn a berth to States. Very exciting times!</p>
<p>DS is being very lazy about finding a summer job. On one hand, he could use the money (because who couldn’t). On the other, he is going to have a very short summer because of how late we get out and his early move-in date for sports. Luckily, summer earnings fall into the “would be nice to have” category rather than “need to have” so I am not pressing him. He’s been productive either working or taking classes every summer up to now, so I can see his point in just wanting to relax this summer.</p>
<p>Congrats to @Moonmaid, @2016BarnardMom, and @AKmom on surviving graduation! </p>
<p>Spygirl’s pre-graduation party was a success, despite the smashed in greenhouse. The weather cooperated and everyone seemed to have a good time. Now she just has to finish finals. Baccalaureate is Friday, graduation is Saturday. </p>
<p>Since DD is just invited to parties from her close group, she will bring gifts. She received gifts from most of her guests.</p>
<p>Well, S14 didn’t get the job from this morning’s interview because they want someone who will be around longer than 3 months. This may be an issue everywhere he goes. We’ll see. </p>
<p>I seem to have simply crashed from exhaustion. I’m letting myself take it easy this week to rejuvenate from the last 20 years of parenting…lol. Ok, at least from the last two weeks of crazy party prep time and putting up with my dad’s wife. <em>yawn</em> I’m just very, very sleepy. </p>
<p>I’m right there with you barnardmom. After the crazy graduation stuff, flying out to orientation, plus caring for my mom for the past 3 weeks while we’re doing construction here at the house I declared today a work from home day.</p>
<p>@2016BarnardMom – My dd ran into the same situation applying to a kayak shop. Her interviewer told her she was the top candidate out of 40 including adults since she has years of experience kayaking especially in the area where the shop is located. He crossed her off the list once he found out she was leaving for college in August. She’s put in at least a dozen applications since with no bites. :(</p>
<p>My college daughter has been hired two summers in a row by Calvin Klein store at our local large outlet mall. They liked her work last summer so invited her back. They said their busiest season is summer anyway, so returning to college isn’t a problem. She loves it there, and the bonus is a hefty discount on clothes she can actually wear at school - nice, long lasting stuff.</p>
<p>S2 has his restaurant job and is applying for another job at daughter’s workplace, plus does yardwork for a local woman with dogs and a seemingly endless number of gardening/light stringing/landscaping tasks!
He likes to stay busy.</p>
<p>Gosh seems like the rat race begins so early, even for kids. What are some other summer jobs that your college kids have gotten or hope to get? Whats a realistic expectation for summer jobs or internships for college kids? It would really be helpful to hear from those of you with experience with older children. It seems to me my D is under a lot of pressure to get an internship but they are so hard to come by and I’m not sure if everyone is doing that or what? </p>
<p>Wouldn’t worry about internships just yet. Most kids are going to change majors, so getting a jump on career experience right after hs grad is probably unnecessary. Seasonal work is great for kids who need summer work, maybe for a couple of summers in a row. Think about day camps (these are especially happy to get male applicants), lawn services, city parks and rec department, summer programs for special needs kids or ESL students. Oldest worked her way up from lifeguard to manager at one of the city pools. D’14 is working at the pool for the 3rd summer in a row. She’s worked her way up to a coordinator position. </p>
<p>I think a realistic expectation for summer employment is to earn enough for book or sending money for the year. Both may not be possible. I like to see a kid work as close to full time as possible, but it may take a couple of jobs to get there. If money is not an issue, I’d guess maybe 20 hrs a week? Again, might be 15 hrs a week and then supplement with some babysitting or something. I have summers off and generally find some kind of work, so I really have little patience for kids don’t do anything or who do very little.</p>
<p>A student who has a definite career path should probably be looking at internships, but given how many change majors, I wouldn’t expect a real internship before the end of sophomore year. Oldest is in nursing. We haven’t seen a summer experience available to someone before the summer after junior year. A kid who’s been working summers and saving some money is in a better place to take something unpaid or low paying internship if it offers good experience. </p>
<p>My son has applied to restaurants and retail stores. We aren’t talking professional level jobs here! The place that said “no” when they found out he was leaving was Steak N Shake. He said the woman at Kohl’s didn’t bat an eye about it and they are hiring 7 to 8 people so let’s hope they give him a chance. That’s also his favorite place to buy clothes (especially ties) so he could spend much of his income on his wardrobe, but that’s ok. He could use new clothes. </p>
<p>My son just finished his sophomore year in college. Apparently there are now internships during the school year that he’ll be looking into. This is his last summer before we’re really pushing for a “real” internship. Right now he’s collected a few kids and they’ve been working on a video game. He’s a cs major and he’s got a big part in it and though he isn’t being paid, he is actually spending a big chunk of time working on this so he can show potential companies - here’s what I made and my role in it. Whether it will ever sell or have any value is beyond me, but it seems like a pretty cool learning experience. He saved nearly every penny from the time he was small and has enough $ to not “need” to work for spending money right now.</p>
<p>@2016BarnardMom I couldn’t agree more! Worked retain for a short spell myself and I swear I owed the store (JCPenney) my entire check. Mother used to have special days for employees on clothes that could be worn to work. </p>
<p>I would seriously go broke if my summer job were at Kohl’s! I love that place.</p>
<p>S14 has had two interviews, but I think the fact that he’s leaving at the end of August is a negative. I hope he keeps looking, but he seems discouraged by those first two. I like the day camp idea. I know we have those in our town.</p>
<p>Don’t forget, kids can make some serious money babysitting or being a parent’s helper during summer with driving kids to their activities, etc. Many parents have trouble with child care in summer when school is not in session. My D had two families contact her about a daily job, but she is lucky enough to have a “regular” job at the moment, although the babysitting probably pays better!</p>
<p>Another big Kohls shopper here. I also love Belk. Did very well picking up school stuff for Son '14 at the two stores, or in this case, online. UPS knows exactly where I live! Since we’ll be empty nesters this fall, I am thinking about applying for a part-time job in retail. My older son works for Macys, and he loves his discounts. Son '14 will not work much this summer unless there is a youth soccer tournament that calls on him to referee. He made good money this spring, and he’s done well in the fall, too.</p>
<p>Older son who will be a senior in college, concentrating in neuroscience, will be working in a lab for the 6th summer in a row. He worked at a lab at Columbia one summer of high school, at Rockefeller two summers, and this will be the third summer at brown. Once he left for college, he’s only been home for two weeks during the summer. My S2, who will be an English lit major, has worked throughout the school year and summers for the past two years teaching tennis at a local tennis school/camp. He’ll do that this summer for some weeks but he also got a job teaching creative writing to young kids at a NYC non-profit organization. Both are paid positions but he won’t earn as much at the latter. He still wanted to do it even though it will be a loss of income. </p>
<p>DD got a babysitting job for the summer which works perfectly with her schedule. Last summer she was never able to find a job so this is great. DS’11 is working for the third summer for a large tent company putting up tents and delivering chairs, tables, dance floors, etc. It’s really hard physical labor and very long hours in May and June (can be 60 plus hours some weeks). He’s earned and saved a lot of money past summers but was hoping for more of a “real” job or internship this summer but didn’t get going in time to get anything. It is nice in that it slows down a bit in July and August when there aren’t as many weddings and all the graduations are done. Since their biggest busy season is May/June, they hire knowing that kids will be leaving. Unfortunately, after some days of 14 plus hours, some kids do quit so it makes it harder on those left. But 20-30 hours of overtime in a week is really nice! (And we’re hoping for a free tent for DD’s graduation party in August!)</p>
<p>Older S worked a few summers waiting tables. In our area, the tourist season makes it relatively easy to find seasonal work if you apply early. S found a great place that let him work a few shifts when he came home from school on breaks. He made good money. Downside is that some places hire too many kids and they don’t get enough hours, or need to be 21 to serve alcohol. </p>
<p>D has worked as a hostess, junior counselor at an overnight summer camp, a personal assistant and nanny/babysitter. She sits often and makes 10-15 an hour - cash. Her most unusual job though is acting as a power of attorney for people who can’t attend real estate closings. It’s not steady, but she makes 75-150 an hour. Drives her BF, who works construction in the sweltering heat (he’s studying civil/construction engineering), crazy. D has an expensive shoe habit and an addiction to sephora so she always seems to find income sources. </p>
<p>@overtheedge – I love that – POA for hire! D also got some lucrative babysitting gigs. They start to figure out that ten dollars an hour all cash is worth $15 or more on the books.</p>
<p>S got through his nose surgery yesterday. First time with general anesthesia. He used the word “gazpacho” twice in a sentence. For no reason.</p>