part time weekend jobs?

BUDFORCE

BUDFORCE

BUDFORCE

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Not for me.

18 year old, needs a part time/weekend job.

When I was that age I just asked in a few places and got a job really easily in Waitrose. Whats the best way these days?

Any good job sites, just go ask around?

Local papers, job centre?
 
Ways I found my student jobs:
- in the window of the post office (bar job)
- via a local recruitment agency who hired seasonal/temp staff (retail job, call centre job)
- by applying directly (supermarket job)
 
Bounce said:
indeed is generally the go to place for jobs these days
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Yea I spent about half an hour looking through earlier, surprisingly fewer part time weekend around jobs than you might think, at least being advertised.

None of the big supermarkets around here had anything for example and I looked directly on their own sites.

I found about 5 potentials, retail/bar staff.

I've asked him to email some local recruitment agents as well.
 
BUDFORCE said:
Yea I spent about half an hour looking through earlier, surprisingly fewer part time weekend around jobs than you might think, at least being advertised.

None of the big supermarkets around here had anything for example and I looked directly on their own sites.

I found about 5 potentials, retail/bar staff.

I've asked him to email some local recruitment agents as well.
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Does he have any skills per se? I was emailing local small businesses rather than applying for actual positions

(Skills - like computers for e.g.).
 
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dlockers said:
Does he have any skills per se? I was emailing local small businesses rather than applying for actual positions

(Skills - like computers for e.g.).
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He's doing engineering in college.

He is quite practical for his age, he's done some bar/waitering at a local golf course, but it was addhoc shifts and not had any work since November now.

It has to be weekend though as he's in college during the week, plus I want him out of the house.
 
I would think of all the major stores near you and trawl the websites to see if they've got vacancies nearby.

Then head out with paper CVs for the places that don't seem to have those jobs on their websites, probably the smaller places. Saves wasting your time physically trying to hand over CVs in places that are 100% digital.
 
BUDFORCE said:
He's doing engineering in college.

He is quite practical for his age, he's done some bar/waitering at a local golf course, but it was addhoc shifts and not had any work since November now.

It has to be weekend though as he's in college during the week, plus I want him out of the house.
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I doubt his college is full time Mon-Fri? I did about 30 hours from age 16/17 across Mon-Fri and then all day Sat/Sun. That opens up graveyard shift at Currys/Argos/ASDA etc where the old folk are too burdened with family etc
 
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dlockers said:
I doubt his college is full time Mon-Fri? I did about 30 hours from age 16/17 across Mon-Fri and then all day Sat/Sun.
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Yea it is, he goes to a technical college, plus it's about 15 miles away so he's gone at 8am and not back till 5:30pm.

I guess he could work in the evening, to be honest I'm not that bothered during the week, it's just he doesn't leave the house at the weekend unless it's with us, it's not healthy at his age. My idea is, by getting some work in the weekend, particularly like bar work, supermarket kinda places, there will be other people his own age, start making friends etc, plus earn some money and get some work experience as a bonus.
 
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