Summer job tips for teens

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<p>"1. Start looking now…</p>

<li><p>Get the word out about your job search. Begin actively telling people that you’re looking for a job. …</p></li>
<li><p>Plan for a repeat performance. The survey of more than 1,000 hiring managers revealed that 65 percent of their summer staffs will consist of returning workers…</p></li>
<li><p>Be professional. Make sure that everything you include in your job application is spelled correctly and is free of grammatical errors. Don’t use all lowercase or all uppercase letters, Boyer advised. Be sure the e-mail address you put down isn’t silly or distracting. The same holds true for the voice-mail prompt on your cell phone or home phone…</p></li>
<li><p>Do mock interviews in advance…
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<p>Given the economy, this might also be a good summer to NOT look for a job. I think that many teens will not find one. So if the teen was planning to spend one summer taking summer school courses or doing volunteer work – or pretty much anything other than paid employment – this might be the year to do it.</p>

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<p>As a person that hires seasonal workers, I am surprised at the lack of interest from applicants…there are always high school kids, thank goodness. I don’t plan on hiring anyone new in terms of students . Most will be back. There are a lot of adults out of work , but few looking for one position that pays pretty well.</p>

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<p>S went to a massive job fair for a local attraction (over 1000 applicants). He said the boy next to him in line was wearing pajama pants and smelled like urine. S was hired on the spot. His job search tip–stand next to the smelly kid, if you can stand it!</p>

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<p>If you child is applying for a job at a chain store - think Albertson’s, Jewel, CVS, Target, Blockbuster, Lowes, Home Depot - make sure he or she googles “UNICRU” before they go. Unicru is an absolutely nutsy personality test. Lots of people applying for jobs of that level are “unemployable” because they can’t pass Unicru. </p>

<p>The questions are answered in terms of “strongly agree” “agree” “disagree” and “strongly disagree.” Most rational people would answer “agree” or “disagree” to most questions so as not to appear to be hot heads, etc. but that is the path to failure. You need to strongly agree or strongly disagree. </p>

<p>My favorite question: “I become angry when judges allow guilty criminals to go free.” You’re supposed to strongly agree, but what if you don’t believe that judges DO let guilty criminals go free?</p>

<p>Anyway, if you google UNICRU you get to all kinds of sources that tell you how to answer. If you’re in luck the answers will be on Wikepedia, but those are usually pulled shortly after they’re posted. When Son applied to Albertson’s, he failed the first time, but the manager let him retake it on line at home - we researched and found the “right answers” and he passed.</p>

<p>If you think this is “cheating,” find a copy of the test. There are insane double and triple negatives in the questions. I don’t know how people how aren’t native English speakers ever pass it. (It sort of explains why my local Target - which uses the test - has few non-native English speakers and my local Walmart - which doesn’t use the test - has lots of non-native speakers.) The autism community is always up in arms about it because traits such liking to work alone doom you to failure. It’s an absolutely ridiculous way to hire people.</p>

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<p>Was hoping son could get a job this summer. After rejections for not only jobs, but also volunteer positions, we have decided to look into dual enrollment at colleges.</p>

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<p>missypie–S did that test online and I had to couch him through it. ALSO–be sure your student puts down that they will work ALL hours and ALL days. This is just a computer program and has little to do with reality. Once the student has an interview he/she can discuss what the store will need and if it is a fit.</p>

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<p>My answer to this is: judges don’t let guilty criminals go free, juries do. Don’t get mad at the judge just because he/she declares them not guilty and tells the defendant they’re free to go. If you think I need to agree with this, then I suggest that you get a better understanding of our judicial system.</p>

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<p>Of course that’s the right answer. But the only available answers are strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree and if you want to bag groceries at Albertson’s you need to strongly agree.</p>

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<p>From a random website, SA being Strongly Agree and SD being Strongly Disagree:</p>

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