Summer job for 16 year old

TanG411

Does anybody know of a good job a 16 year old might like? I've searched some old forums but couldn't find anything.

If anybody could give me a list it would be great.

I'm in Cork if that helps.

Alanstrainor

Well to be honest, at this stage of the year you'd be hard pressed finding a job now, let alone one that's "good". Most Summer jobs would have been organised ages ago, so you might be pushed. I would take anything i could get at this stage. Well...within reason:rolleyes:

TanG411

That's the thing.

I've been looking for 3 weeks now. There has to be something out there.

jameshayes

+1 to above....

april & may is when you want to sort this out...

TanG411

Wouldn't tey have known that I was in school? I couldn't work then.

Pigwidgeon

+1 to above....

april & may is when you want to sort this out...

yeah even earlier in some cases, i was talking to the manager in my local superquinn and the last person they took on for summer staff was in january!

Gavin "shels"

http://www.summerstudentsjobs.com/info.html

Heisenberg.

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Adam

The Scientist wrote: »

Use a bit of initiative and go out to hotels, bars and petrol stations in your area.
I was a petrol attendant for one summer, actually a grand job in the sun and there's always tips on top for washing ould wans cars, putting air in their tyres and putting bags of coal into the boot.

Ask for the manager and ask him/her yourself. CV's that are just handed in end up getting lost/not read.

+1

Though CV's getting lost would be a bit much...CV's are meant to be kept by any given business for six months I believe. However, even a minute or two of face time with the manager will do you far better if you're a genuine and nice person.

Alternatively, are you hot?

token56

As others have said go out and talk to the managers, you wont get far just handing CV's in to staff. In the meantime if possible go out and try to do some odd jobs for people or something, cutting grass, doing gardening, whatever it maybe. You will get some sort of money and it shows initiative. Besides there is always someone looking for something to be done.

crouchie15

Gavin shels wrote: »

http://www.summerstudentsjobs.com/info.html

what does that involve? etc

Gavin "shels"

crouchie15 wrote: »

what does that involve? etc

Selling scratch cards in the street usually.

taram

I sympathise, just finished college in Cork and stuck for a job too! Literally looking for any place that'll take me and am stuck. A friend of mine applied for a computer game store, had 3 years management in similar company, similar sized store, and a degree and he's been put on working the till. Tough market out there, but try every where and anywhere! Especially the suburbs, small centras and the like out of the city a bit are better bets for summer work.

Pythia

When I was that age I sent around cv's in April. They would do interviews in May and you'd have the job set up to start in June.

tracker-man

At 15/16 its not what you know, its who you know. Fact.

ironictoaster

tracker-man wrote: »

At 15/16 its not what you know, its who you know. Fact.

Indeed, this is very true.

I handed up to 50 CVs during April and got nothing. All friends got their "uncles" etc.