P/T job for a 16 yr old . Help !!

mandi

Does anyone have any ideas other than McDonalds ( already thought of that ) . I'm kind of stuck . DS is desperate to work .
Saturday jobs, evenings. He's really not bothered about the type of work , as long has he has money in his pocket

Thank you

elisebutt65

Just posting as I'm quite interested in the answers as well as DS turns 15 tomorrow so will be popping up to Mr T's on Saturday to see what they have on offer there.

He went to a small fashion boutique place and asked only to be told that they only employ Saturday 'girls'!!!!:eek::eek: I may have to go in armed with dictaphone and ask again as if this is right - it is sooo wrong!!!

mandi

elisebutt65 wrote: »

Just posting as I'm quite interested in the answers as well as DS turns 15 tomorrow so will be popping up to Mr T's on Saturday to see what they have on offer there.

He went to a small fashion boutique place and asked only to be told that they only employ Saturday 'girls'!!!!:eek::eek: I may have to go in armed with dictaphone and ask again as if this is right - it is sooo wrong!!!

I think the big food stores employ at 17 Elise , but I have to BH I havent looked yet . In saying that I was 16 when I worked for Tesco

Snakeeyes21

Kitchen work, its coming on to the summer season now and kitchens are always looking out for a spare pair of hands.

Avoid the chain establishments, go for the local bars and restaurants.

Yes the hours don't suit a lot of youngsters, but its kinda easy money once you get in to the swing of things. it would usually be 5 till anything up to midnight (possibly later) depending on the place.

maninthestreet

A 16 year old can't work in a bar, surely???

Vader123

Snakeeyes21 wrote: »

Avoid the chain establishments, go for the local bars and restaurants.

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Great advice!

I remember when I was 16, I went to all the local restaurants in my town on a sat afternoon (manager likely to be there, but not so busy).

I got a job working in the kithchen, I think it was £20, a free meal and taxi home at the end of the night. Plus met my first proper girlfriend there too!

Vader

CliffWalker_2

Hello,

Thought I'd chuck in my two pence worth...

When my son was 15 he wanted to try and get a job in a motorcycle shop as he wanted to work with motorbikes when he left school, ideally as a mechanic.
I suggested he write a letter and we'd send it to all the local bike shops.
He wasn't the greatest letter writer in the world (still isn't) but I insisted that I wasn't going to write it, it had to be him. (To show he was serious - but I promised I'd tidy it up for him)
Well, he wrote a lovely long letter that took him most of an evening and presented it to me with pride.
It mentioned his age, his keenness in motorbikes, the fact that he had his own off roader, the fact that his dad had bikes and that he helped me maintain them, etc etc.
I gave it him back and asked,
"Where does it ask if there are any Saturday jobs going?"
He stomped off in a huff for letter number two!
The end result was that a local shop took him on as Saturday lad, gave him a job when he left school, sent him to college, etc etc.
In fact his boss even sold him his mothers detached bungalow (when she went into warden aided flats) at a HUGE discount as my son was now part of the family (even upped my son's wages to the point he could afford a mortgage)
So the morale of the story is...?

(Its quite hard now to get my son to appreciate that not all bosses are like this...)

I'd suggest that your son tries to get into something he's interested in rather than just looking at the dead ends options, maybe something he'd like to do when he leaves school. Its all good experience and you never know what it may lead to. For the sake of a few letters sent on spec...?
All it takes is for one letter to fall onto someone's desk at the right time.
Bosses love initiative.

Home_Alone_2

If it is money he needs rather than extra money, does he qualify for EMA - which is education maintenance allowance. Of course if he does qualify then a part time job on top of EMA would give him quite a bit of cash. When as a single parent on a low way my daughter had a Saturday job, she received £30 EMA plus £30 for her Saturday job too.

Lokolo

When I was 16 I worked at my local football club selling programmes. They also had ticket people at the gates working.

At 17 I stayed with the above job and also got a job at Dominos, was fun, but you had to make it fun.

Ladywhisper

Try local DIY stores? I worked in FOCUS DIY when i was 16 till nearly 18. 2 evenings and sundays

peterfly

telesales are good or go into london and do retail in central located shops- topshop ect.... also mobile phone shops