Jobs that are more likely to hire a 17 year old

ronano

My friend got rejected from a job not because she had limited experience but due to her young age of 17,so ya what area should she be focusing on ?

eth0_

It would help if you weren't so vague.
What sort of work does she want to do, what positions is she applying for?

Kone

How about McDonalds, AbraKebabra, BurgerKing, Dunnes Stores, Tesco, etc etc??

eth0_

Originally posted by Kone
How about McDonalds, AbraKebabra, BurgerKing, Dunnes Stores, Tesco, etc etc??

It doesn't sound like that's the sort of jobs she's after, none of those would reject you because you're 17...

ronano

Sorry,pretty much she has rent of 200 euro a month and then food so pretty much ANYTHING that can cover that.

eth0_

Originally posted by ronano
Sorry,pretty much she has rent of 200 euro a month and then food so pretty much ANYTHING that can cover that.

Tell her to try conduit (the 11850 people). Soul destroying work but she'd be coming out with about a grand a month after tax i'd guess...or if she's into computers, she could do dsl support for BT in Swords, http://www.dbrecruitment.ie/ The pay there is crap though, for the work involved.

ronano

Thanks guys she lives in swords too

D!ve^Bomb!

Originally posted by eth0_
Tell her to try conduit (the 11850 people). Soul destroying work but she'd be coming out with about a grand a month after tax i'd guess...or if she's into computers, she could do dsl support for BT in Swords, http://www.dbrecruitment.ie/ The pay there is crap though, for the work involved.

NOOOOOOO!! dont do this, i've never done it but i know people who have and you'll be answering around 700 calls a day, not worth it imo

WhiteWashMan

Originally posted by newband
NOOOOOOO!! dont do this, i've never done it but i know people who have and you'll be answering around 700 calls a day, not worth it imo

whats the problem with that?

surely if thats what you get paid for, then thats what you should be doing?


with regards jobs for 17yr olds, tbh, unless you are starting as an apprentice in a trade, or you have some super skill, you are going to be looking at low paid, high turnover jobs. and once you start down that route, its hard to break out of it.
i mean, working in spar is fine when you are 18 and in uni.

whats your friends long term objectives?

and dont knock call centres, you can learn some valuable skills in call centres.
oh, and they pay the rent as well.

eth0_

Originally posted by newband
NOOOOOOO!! dont do this, i've never done it but i know people who have and you'll be answering around 700 calls a day, not worth it imo

It's grand for a few months but from what i've heard, no one has a clue what they're doing, they have little to no contact with 2nd level support in BT in the UK, and morale is in the minus figures. And it's a three month contract as they're moving the team to India, or are in the process of moving it.

Any job that you seen advertised CONSTANTLY is bound to be ****. It seems to be the only contract poor old dbrecruitment have

But as I said, good for a couple of months only.

ronano

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
whats the problem with that?

surely if thats what you get paid for, then thats what you should be doing?


with regards jobs for 17yr olds, tbh, unless you are starting as an apprentice in a trade, or you have some super skill, you are going to be looking at low paid, high turnover jobs. and once you start down that route, its hard to break out of it.
i mean, working in spar is fine when you are 18 and in uni.

whats your friends long term objectives?

and dont knock call centres, you can learn some valuable skills in call centres.
oh, and they pay the rent as well.

She works in Ireland till september then leave for home in the uk

WhiteWashMan

Originally posted by ronano
She works in Ireland till september then leave for home in the uk

god, dont let her say that in an interview!

at least pretend an interest in staying for the long term

seamus

The best bet is to get into a small company as a Gopher/tea maker/general dogsbody.

It tends to be more craic, and once the boss/manager/whoever sees how reliable or responsible she may be, she'll start getting little tasks that are hers, like ringing customers before delivery, little menial tasks.

Always looks good on a CV.

ronano

Originally posted by WhiteWashMan
god, dont let her say that in an interview!

at least pretend an interest in staying for the long term

WOULD YOU BELIEVE SHE PUT IT ON HER CV THAT SHE WAS RETURNING TO STUDIES IN A YEAR.usually i wouldnt use caps but it was needed

galwaydude

Just a word of warning, dont go near that company in swords, the only good thing that came out of it was the experience i gained( sorta). As a previous poster said its soul destroying and the moral and wahes are crap.I should know i was there for as bloody year, am in a much netter paid job now but still crappy hours.So whats the job market like for someone with 2 and a half years experience in IT( System analyst in my current job /Technical support, a year in clientlogic/System admin work in eircom , 7 month placement when i was in college)

Stephen

I assume the company in swords is Client Logic. One of the guys I live with used to work there, he wouldn't wish that experience on his worst enemies now.