Any advice about finding a job as a teen?

kingsley16

Been looking for a job since I turned 16 last february and i'm 17 now.
Through out the whole summer of 2008 I went around dropping cv's in places i thought would give jobs to teenagers. That didn't work at all, and i'd say I gave out around 30 cv's during my summer holiday. Then between november and december i tried again and still no hope.
So I just waited till I turned 17 to try for the third time, but obviously finding a job was going to be even harder due to the current state of the economy.
Instead of people getting jobs they are starting to lose them, so I don't see how a 17 year old is suppose to get a job. Don't want to go into too much details but I really need a job and i've tried everything I could. I even got advice from my councller in school and nothing seems to help at all. I only live with my mum and it's hard watching her paying all those bills etc and then on top of all that she has to take care of me too. She works hard every single day and i'm so proud of her. I would really like to help her by getting a part time job (cause i'm still in school) no matter how hard the job is i'll do it as long as i'm being paid a decent wage you would expect a teenager to be getting paid. I'm quite a strong guy so physical jobs would suit me best. Anyways if anyone has any positive and helpful advice please tell me cause i'm starting to lose hope at this point.

triple-M

try www.door2door.ie youd probaly be best off giving them a ring they take on lots of people during the summer,(they dont advertise much ) during june july and august to deliver phonebooks all around the country i've been doing it with them since i was 16 even though they say you have to be 18 and own a car (just make up a car ,i did) ,all you have to do is fill in a form and sign it to say you wont sue if you get injured/maimed etc and your on your way,you'd be working as an independent contractor and not directly for the company so they wont really look into your age/background/or care about u that much etc and they pay you by cheque depending on how much you work, rate is about 20c per phonebook delivered iirc,so say u deliver 400 books a day which was the average which can be physically demanding at times thats about 80 quid a day,not the greatest job in the world but its a job nevertheless just pray you get a decent bloke for a van driver and get a decent area to work in e.g not a kip but not a posh estate with massive houses with long gardens either,all depends on luck with this crowd
hope this helps
p.s just saw signs up in both champion sports srores in blanch shopping centre saying staff wanted,im not sure where u live so i dunno if thats any use to you

SeaFields

hi Kingsley,

Jobs market is terrible at the moment but think positive anyway and don't give up but by the sounds of your post it doesn't look like you have. Perhaps filling out application forms within an organization rather than handing in cv's. Application forms give the employer much more info than a cv for the type of work you will be looking for ( i say that related to the type of work I looked for and got at your age - retail, warehouse, etc.).

The FAS website is fairly good and updated regularly. Narrow search down to your area and see whats around. Other major jobs websites are crap, with a fair few being discussed on boards.ie as to whether the jobs they advertise are even real at the moment.

Lastly, college is finishing soon. A lot of students will be heading off on there working visa's for the summer and leaving their part time jobs. Try to be on the ball and get in there before somebody else does.

Best of luck:)

dragonfly!

If you dont have any luck getting a job this summer you could apply for work experience (unpaid) at least this way you will have experience to put on your C.V. and ya never know that company might take you on next summer seeing how they know you can do the job/be trusted etc.
Worked for me, good luck

Fago!

SeaFields wrote: »

Other major jobs websites are crap, with a fair few being discussed on boards.ie as to whether the jobs they advertise are even real at the moment.

I heard jobs websites and recruitment agents are putting up fake jobs.

Why are they?

segaBOY

Fago_25 wrote: »

I heard jobs websites and recruitment agents are doing this.

Why are they?

It's crazy but I hear there is a lot of fierce competition between careers websites-it's down right wrong and shame on them but such is life I guess.

kingsley16

p.s just saw signs up in both champion sports srores in blanch shopping centre saying staff wanted,im not sure where u live so i dunno if thats any use to you

I live in clondalkin, but i would be able to get to blanch no bother. The bus 76 goes by clondalkin and it goes to blanch
The phone book delivery sounds good, well for me anyways cause i'm a very active person. So all that door to door walking wouldn't bore me :cool:
Is it easy to get a job with them?

triple-M

kingsley16 wrote: »

I live in clondalkin, but i would be able to get to blanch no bother. The bus 76 goes by clondalkin and it goes to blanch
The phone book delivery sounds good, well for me anyways cause i'm a very active person. So all that door to door walking wouldn't bore me :cool:
Is it easy to get a job with them?

well it was easy to get in in 2006 2007 2008 infact they couldnt find enough staff in 07 so they had to start advertising again, but 2009 could be a different story altogether i've always found it easy tho to get in ,no interview or cv needed,ye just ring them up and theyll take ur details then they'll get back to ye and offer you a date in june for induction p.s your technically meant to be 18 to do the job but i was 17 when i started,they dont look for i.d or anything

Daragh101

how do they no if you have delivered everything......??

Fago_25

Fago_25 wrote: »

I heard jobs websites and recruitment agents are putting up fake jobs.

Why are they?

To make themselves look busy to their boss so they don't get fired?

Corruptedmorals

There's one or two in Liffey Valley advertising. Vue and Dunnes are your best bet, they've massive staff turnover. I work in another branch of Dunnes in town and it's very understaffed since they let people go, so now they have to hire again. Probably the same story in other branches. Do you live near a supermarket? Always a good place to start.

kingsley16

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

There's one or two in Liffey Valley advertising. Vue and Dunnes are your best bet, they've massive staff turnover. I work in another branch of Dunnes in town and it's very understaffed since they let people go, so now they have to hire again. Probably the same story in other branches. Do you live near a supermarket? Always a good place to start.

Wow if I was to tell you how many times I tried Dunnes you would be supprised, but i'll try again. I actually live 2 mins from clondalkin village and there's a Dunnes in the Mill shopping centre, which is in the village. I've tried there alot of times and i've even spoken to 5 different managers from all the times I went there and I always got the same bad news "sorry we're not taking any new staffs"

Dearg81

Daragh101 wrote: »

how do they no if you have delivered everything......??

I presume they randomly pick a house in the estate you were supposed to deliver it to and ask if they got their phone book delivered. Also someone said that a guy in a van drives you around so he would know too.

Varkov

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

There's one or two in Liffey Valley advertising. Vue and Dunnes are your best bet, they've massive staff turnover. I work in another branch of Dunnes in town and it's very understaffed since they let people go, so now they have to hire again. Probably the same story in other branches. Do you live near a supermarket? Always a good place to start.

+1 for Vue, there is a huge turnover of staff. Drop in a CV and chancer are you'll get a call within 2 weeks.

doolox

One wonders why there is a huge staff turnover in Dunnes and Vue.
Vue seems O.K to work for although any place with kids can be a challenge.
Is Dunnes in Dublin bad?
I remember 20 years ago the staff relations in Dunnes in Galway was mixed, you could get a good supervisor and be OK or get a tyrant and be in deep trouble.
In our more bully-concious times is this still the case?
I fear there will be a rise in uncontrolled bullying in the workforce as jobs become scarce an workers end up with less power.
This is where the government will have to insist on maintaining standards of disciplinary procedures and worker protection put in place when workers, not jobs, were scarce.
It is OK if the reasons are structural, people in courses making ends meet on their way to higher skilled jobs either internally or externally, but it is a pity if adverse working conditions are the root cause.

Varkov

Whatever, its a job.

Corruptedmorals

doolox wrote: »

One wonders why there is a huge staff turnover in Dunnes and Vue.
Vue seems O.K to work for although any place with kids can be a challenge.
Is Dunnes in Dublin bad?
I remember 20 years ago the staff relations in Dunnes in Galway was mixed, you could get a good supervisor and be OK or get a tyrant and be in deep trouble.
In our more bully-concious times is this still the case?
I fear there will be a rise in uncontrolled bullying in the workforce as jobs become scarce an workers end up with less power.
This is where the government will have to insist on maintaining standards of disciplinary procedures and worker protection put in place when workers, not jobs, were scarce.
It is OK if the reasons are structural, people in courses making ends meet on their way to higher skilled jobs either internally or externally, but it is a pity if adverse working conditions are the root cause.

I have only once come across a bullying complaint someone made in a year and a half..never heard anything else like that either. Dunnes follow the law completely and the wages are really good on certain contracts..and the best nights out ever ha. The atmosphere stems from whoever's the HR manager and that changes in a less than 2 years timeframe really. It's not really a part-time contract though...15 hour minimum and most work 20+. I average 23.