MidwestBusiness.com has an interesting article about summer employment for teens.
Unlike many other sources, they write, “While teenagers may experience increased competition for coveted jobs this summer, the economic slowdown is not expected to significantly reduce the number of seasonal jobs filled by 16- to 19-year-olds between May and July. In fact, some seasonal positions may [...]

Due to their lack of experience, teens often encounter challenges while searching for summer jobs. With the school year about to end, many are finding that it’s too late to apply for some summer positions.
To help our peers, we put together a list of five places where teens should look for the perfect summer job.
1. [...]

Plenty of teens want to work but face increasing difficulties landing jobs. Two big difficulties that teens face are connections/lack of connections and access to transportation, butanother overlooked one is a lack of understanding on how to apply for a job. Many teens dont know how to begin applying for a job - let alone [...]

We always encourage kids to be creative when applying for summer jobs, find opportunities that will allow them to take advantage of their skills, and even possibly starting their own companies - but this article in the WSJ highlights 7 young people who took this to an entirely new level.
It just goes to show you [...]

One of the great things about our site is that we managed to keep it so flexible. So while, our name seems to imply that we only allow job postings, feel feel to post (and search) for internships and volunteer opportunities as well.
That being said, I wanted to pass on this article by Tara Weiss [...]

Teens often encounter challenges while searching for summer jobs due to their lack of experience in the job world. To help their peers, the teenage job experts at Myfirstpaycheck.com put together five tips to make the job search a little easier.
1. Be Brave. Even in this economy, there are plenty of employers out there looking [...]

Myfirstpaycheck.com was created to help young people get jobs. We have job advice for teens, interview tips, a resume builder, etc. But the one thing we cant help you with is changing an employers mind. What if he just wont hire someone younger than 16? He has that right, and most employers will not hire [...]

In any economy, but particularly now when jobs are a little harder to come by - persistence and follow-ups pay off.
3 basic follow up tips to help you stand out from the competition
* Send a thank you note to the interviewer within 48 hours
* Follow the interviewers directions completely regarding follow-up to the interview
* Call [...]

Stewart Allyn wrote a nice post on his blog a few days ago about his son’s first job. Stew’s 16-year-old son got a job as a hockey referee, and Stew seems to be pretty happy about his son entering the workforce. Stew writes, “Becoming a referee has taught him many valuable lessons in both life [...]

John Tesh posts some good tips that we wanted to pass on.
He writes, “Encourage your teen to spend the majority of his time networking not just looking for jobs on his laptop. Why? Because 90% of job openings are not advertised and 90% of job candidates only apply for advertised work opportunities.”
Im not sure where [...]