Teenager Looking For Job ?

Twoandahalfmen

I'm 16 and i'm In 5th year, I have no idea how to get a part time job i have went in to shops to try and give cvs but they wont take them. Its Very Frustrating.
Does anyone have any advice.
Thanks:)

Procrastastudy

Until you are 18 separate risk assessments and working conditions have to be provided. Technically if you are refused on this basis its age discrimination - that said of a type that even the most by the book sort are likely to ignore.

The next issue is its unlikely you will have experience. I would start volunteering now so when you turn 18 and are looking for something in college you can get it.

Other than that its odd jobs, something though friends/relatives or start your own business.

shanered

If your bored try http://www.equality.ie/en/ and make a complaint on them not accepting a CV on grounds of your age.
There are many things that annoy me about discrimination due to age.

But keep the head up, depends where you live really, if their the only shops in town and you can't travel you'll haver to do as suggested above, but you should definitely keep trying!

Twoandahalfmen

Procrastastudy wrote: »

Until you are 18 separate risk assessments and working conditions have to be provided. Technically if you are refused on this basis its age discrimination - that said of a type that even the most by the book sort are likely to ignore.

The next issue is its unlikely you will have experience. I would start volunteering now so when you turn 18 and are looking for something in college you can get it.

Other than that its odd jobs, something though friends/relatives or start your own business.

I have worked in my uncles shop and with my dad building.
I Also have volunteer work on my cv
And the Gaisce Award

Twoandahalfmen

shanered wrote: »

If your bored try http://www.equality.ie/en/ and make a complaint on them not accepting a CV on grounds of your age.
There are many things that annoy me about discrimination due to age.

But keep the head up, depends where you live really, if their the only shops in town and you can't travel you'll haver to do as suggested above, but you should definitely keep trying!

I Have plenty of routes to travel 3 Dart station With a max journey of 15mins
and plenty of options with buses. Im trying online and in the business but no look.

shanered

Your best bet would be small local newsagents I guess, if you have a car try deliveries.
It is true that many businesses won't be too interested in a 17 year old, but you should go in and ask to talk to the owner, meet him yourself, talk to him, tell him your situation and hope for the best.
Don't lose heart, keep going!
At worst just get out there and talk to business owners, it will be good for you as having the confidence and ability to talk to business owners will be good for you.

Twoandahalfmen

shanered wrote: »

Your best bet would be small local newsagents I guess, if you have a car try deliveries.
It is true that many businesses won't be too interested in a 17 year old, but you should go in and ask to talk to the owner, meet him yourself, talk to him, tell him your situation and hope for the best.
Don't lose heart, keep going!
At worst just get out there and talk to business owners, it will be good for you as having the confidence and ability to talk to business owners will be good for you.

Thanks ill drop in to a few places on Wednesday and Saturday

shanered

Good Luck!

NinjaTruncs

It's a bad time of the year to be looking for part time work. People who have gotten summer jobs are now going back to school/college, most employers are going to give them all the weekend/evening hours, leaving very little opportunities for new employment.

I'm not saying you won't get a job but it makes it a good bit harder for the reason above. You really just need to get your CV out to as many places as possible, or if you have friends working in shops have them ask if there are jobs. I got many of my friends jobs in the local supermarket I worked in during school.

D1stant

Get a lawnmower and a can of petrol. Your own boss and hours/ Worked for me

Dj Stiggie

Try bars that have floor/lounge staff. That's where I got my first job. If you go in and chat to the manager he might keep your name on file for when hours do become available.

If you feel confident after talking to the manager, but don't hear back from him, call in again if you see a function in that coming up, they often need extra glass-collectors and the like on busy nights like that, they're usually a good way to get your foot in the door for more hours in the future.

sandin

shanered wrote: »

If your bored try http://www.equality.ie/en/ and make a complaint on them not accepting a CV on grounds of your age.
There are many things that annoy me about discrimination due to age.

But keep the head up, depends where you live really, if their the only shops in town and you can't travel you'll haver to do as suggested above, but you should definitely keep trying!

what rubbish

At 16, he cannot be held liable for anything that goes wrong. In many case he cannot be left on his own (that rules out small shops), he is too young to lift many items, there are restrictive rule about how many hours he can work and what hours he can work.

Only when you are an adult between 18 & 65 can you invoke age discrimination.

As for the OP - 25% of males 18-24 are unemployed, so you are fighting against a large tide. At your age, its really about using relatives or doing work such as catering / waiter at events that are infrequent or looking at voluntary work. But fair play to trying.

Procrastastudy

Twoandahalfmen wrote: »

I have worked in my uncles shop and with my dad building.
I Also have volunteer work on my cv
And the Gaisce Award

There's not a chance at 16 you have enough work experience on your CV. Once the down turn hit I was looking for people with at least three years experience for even a part-time job.

The other option is to have a really good USP (Unique Selling Point). This can be anything from looking like a stunner (sorry but anyone who thinks this doesn't get you hired in retail is deluding themselves) to having a real passion for the industry you are applying for. If it is a passion that need to be translated into sales - being a nerd won't help. You can take that from someone who was nerd in an industry and got some excellent guidance.

You last option - and I've hired a few people on the strength of this but never any as young as you - is walk in and be amazing. I've hired a few sales people in my time who either wowed me when dropping in CVs or who just started selling in a busy store while waiting for the interview. Which is incidentally how I got my first real PT job selling PCs.

experiMental

OP: do you want work experience or do you want to work to make ends meet because your parents are in trouble, or some other personal circumstance?

If work experience, I suggest don't rush it. Have you learned a foreign language and are you interested in working in France, Germany, Sweden, Slovenia or Italy? If so, ask your foreign language teacher or anyone at your school about foreign exchange options for work.

If personal circumstances, I'm afraid I can't help here.

Twoandahalfmen

experiMental wrote: »

OP: do you want work experience or do you want to work to make ends meet because your parents are in trouble, or some other personal circumstance?

If work experience, I suggest don't rush it. Have you learned a foreign language and are you interested in working in France, Germany, Sweden, Slovenia or Italy? If so, ask your foreign language teacher or anyone at your school about foreign exchange options for work.

If personal circumstances, I'm afraid I can't help here.

No its not to make ends meet.

I Just want to earn my own money for when i go out with my mates and getting clothes and all. and not have to ask my parents

CuriousG

I'll be honest, when I was your age, I had a few small ways of making money:

-Babysitting. This may not be your thing, but if you have any small cousins or anything like that, people are ALWAYS going to be looking for babysitters. I mean always. You can get good money for babysitting, I used to get 50 a night, and when I was babysitting during the day around 70 for the week. Ok, it was rubbish not having that much free time and it was a half an hour cycle there, but it was worth it at the time, and meant I never depended much on my parents for things I wanted.

- Washing dishes in a bar. The worst job I ever had, at 15, but 80e was a lot of money to me at that time, and it really made me appreciate hard work. Even to this day I have never had feet as sore ha ha.

-Cleaning houses. Obviously people are less trusting nowadays, but there was a lady, not too old, but she was just very busy, no kids at home, no husband and didn't have the time to clean the house much and tend the garden. I done it for 20e every Saturday morning and that was the best thing ever to me when I was 16 haha.... 20e doesn't seem like much, but ladies have friends, and they will always talk about how great you are haha! Also done it for some family members, the small money added up eventually!

- At 17 I finished my leaving cert, and within a month I was moved out and living with a family as an Au Pair. If you are male, this may not interest you, but there are plenty of male au pairs too. The best decision I ever made, and my parents really appreciated the maturity I gained from it.


I would pretty much rule out working in a business at this point, not being rude, but it is hard enough for qualified adults to get work, so it is literally impossible nowadays. You will have more success sticking to the odd jobs that no one really wants to do.

Good luck!

FueledByAisling

I started working for Compass Group (Aviva Stadium) when I was 16 going on 17 in a couple of months. If you keep an eye on out on their website they do tend to hire quite often since they need such large amounts of staff on hand.

But to be honest, if you're not finding anything get more experience because you never can have enough! Don't be silly and get Dail experience when you want a career in arts etc. In fourth year I did work experience in Urban Outfitters, a well known Irish magazine publishing company and also I did 3 weeks in Germany in a 5* hotel. This opened me up to loads of part time jobs opportunities because I've learned how to treat customers, work with large crowds, excel in an industry I knew nothing about in a foreign language and also good pr skills.

I wouldn't waste your time on Bars, Resteraunts and pubs etc because they want over 18's so they can serve drinks so look into Compass or local shops,cafe's and clothes shops in town!