I stumbled across a very good article written by Marlene Prost for The Human Resource Executive Online. She writes, “Organizations may end up hurting themselves in the long run if the slumping teen job market — with the exception of hospitality and tourism — continues to lag. The tendency to hire immigrants, college-age students and [...]

Sandy Banks wrote a column in the LATimes about her daughter’s job search. Her daughter is having a hard time finding a job, but Sandy thinks that one of the reasons is that her daughters expectations are too high. But she also writes, “But two weeks of pounding the pavement — or at least occasionally [...]

Now that you’ve landed that summer job, you may find yourself spending a lot more time staring at the same merchandise every day than you thought you would. If its something good (ice cream!) you may get tempted more than you thought. Most employers will give workers discounts for the merchandise. Some will let you [...]

A lot of people are now reporting on the The Tween & Teen Lifestyle Report that just came out and found, “In contrast, the time youth spend online continues to grow. During a typical week, teens spend an average of 12.5 hours, up from 10.7 hours last year. Tweens spend an average of 6.5 hours [...]

The Martinsville (Va) newspaper published this article yesterday about the local job market for teens. I cant say that I have a lot of personal experience with Martinsville, but it seems that the job market is pretty similar to whats found in the rest of the country. Unemployment is generally up, but smart, enthusiastic, and [...]

I wanted to pass on some advice from the great internship site onedayoneinternship.com. Youll have to go to his site to read the whole thing, which is about searching for an internship but applicable – but basically Willy says, Keep on Truckin Go Local Cold Call Ask Your Parents and Their Friends Consider Unpaid Internships [...]

I wanted to share this good advice I found from allbusiness.com. It’s important to know what employers are thinking when applying for a job. Think about what they are looking for, and how you can help them fill those needs. What do you think? Do you have any other advice for employers? Interviewing Prospective Employees [...]

Cool Works is about you finding a seasonal job or career in some of the greatest places on Earth. Some of the listings are careers, many are jobs that would be great for teens looking for something to do this summer or for a year or two between school. Were big fans of CoolWorks here [...]