Teens at Work: Interviews, Resumes and Finding Part Time Jobs
Presentation Minutes:
March 6, 2008
Presenters: Jocelyn Lamar, School to Career Coordinator, South Eugene High School. Lori Kramer, Career and Employment Services Advisor, Lane Community College.
Jocelyn Lamar
Jocelyn presentation covered labor laws, the job market, Search Direction, how to get the job and how to search for one for students. She was covering students ages 14-17 for this presentation.
Labor Laws:
She provided attendees with a handout on labor law. A work permit is no longer required. Employers must have an Employment Certificate and list their minors they hire every year.
The hours that 14-15 year olds can work a week is tricky. They can work 7 a.m. – 7 p.m., 3 hours during the day, but not during school hours. Very restricted from working any more than this. They can work up to 40 hours a week during the summer, June 1st through Labor Day. 7 a.m. – 9 p.m., 8 hrs/day and 40 hours a week/maximum.
Employers typically look for 16 year old or older to avoid possible violations with the labor laws.
As far as the job market goes, school rarely gets phone calls asking for high schoolers due to the high minimum wage in Oregon. Employers would rather hire college age students and they have access to many adults.
Search Direction
When looking for a part time job know what you are not willing to do. Some options are:
Fast food, courtesy clerk, camp counselor, lifeguard with City of Eugene, retails sales, file clerk, day care provider, data entry-computers, hotel/housekeeping, Residency Hall cleaning (lots of work will be coming because of the Olympic Trials here this summer and athletes staying in UO housing that needs to be cleaned).
What are your interests?
Sports, cooking, organizing, computers, making and fixing things, working with other, fashion and retail.
What is your comfort zone?
Interacting with people (movie theater?), working behind the scenes (stocking at Wal-Mart, Down to Earth?), being physically active (city, county groundskeeper, life guarding, trail maintenance?), working in an office environment (file clerk, running errands, Xeroxing, record keeping?), working outdoors (lumber yards, building fences, painting?)
Go to the places you like to go:
Favorite restaurant, favorite stores, recreational organizations like Bergs, Court Sports, city agencies, companies around town that you know and like. Talk to your and your parents’ circle of friends that might be hiring.
Get Some Background:
Visit or research the business. Observe employees at work. Identify potential job and learn the qualifications. Do you need a driver’s license or food handler’s permit? Know the hiring process: is there a drug screening, typing test, math test or customer service test required?
Visual, Verbal and Written Communication:
Be ready to apply on the spot when you go in to inquire. Have all of your vital statistics on hand, maybe on a jump drive or on the Pocket Resumes that Jocelyn gives out to students. Be ready to submit your resume or application to manager. Have them see you in the way they would on the job. Wear what the employers are already wearing (within reason!).
Be ready to provide small details about yourself, school you attend, age, availability, license?
Senior Residence Centers are great places to look, like Cascade Manor that need food servers.
Obtaining a Food Handler Certificate- it is good for two years and costs $10.00 to take the test. Jocelyn has information in her office on this.
Looking for a summer job?
Begin right after spring break through May 1st.
Jocelyn recommends working 15-20 hours per week for a good balance. Be sure to provide three strong references on your resume and a list of what skills you excel. Managers generally don’t fire students, they just cut your hours back if it isn’t going well hoping that you will get the hint and quit.
Parents should talk with students about what expectations they have for the money students are earning. Is it for gas, insurance, college, or at the student’s discretion on how to spend it?
Lori Kramer:
Teen experiences to put on a resume: babysitting, dog walking, recycling, sports teams, choir, organizations, community/volunteer experiences, Greenhill volunteering, reading to children, any certificates earned.
Interviewing tips: Research the company and know their mission statement. Prepare some questions. Dress up and don’t wear jeans to the interview even if the employees are wearing them. Cover up any tattoos and piercings. Shake hands and maintain eye contact with the interviewer.
Give responses to questions that are more than just yes or no and elaborate when you can to fill in for them how you have the skills necessary to do the work.
Send or deliver a thank you note after the interview, thanking them for taking time to interview you. Be sure to spell the name correctly. It is a good idea to ask for a business card after the interview to have this information accurate.
Lane Community College has a job seeker website available for free to all Lane County residents at www.lanecc.edu/ces
Do a mock interview with someone you don’t know, like a parents’ friend to practice talking to strangers.
For more information on searching for jobs go to:
http://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/webcis. User name is careersehs and Password is ax1s
March 6, 2008
Presenters: Jocelyn Lamar, School to Career Coordinator, South Eugene High School. Lori Kramer, Career and Employment Services Advisor, Lane Community College.
Jocelyn Lamar
Jocelyn presentation covered labor laws, the job market, Search Direction, how to get the job and how to search for one for students. She was covering students ages 14-17 for this presentation.
Labor Laws:
She provided attendees with a handout on labor law. A work permit is no longer required. Employers must have an Employment Certificate and list their minors they hire every year.
The hours that 14-15 year olds can work a week is tricky. They can work 7 a.m. – 7 p.m., 3 hours during the day, but not during school hours. Very restricted from working any more than this. They can work up to 40 hours a week during the summer, June 1st through Labor Day. 7 a.m. – 9 p.m., 8 hrs/day and 40 hours a week/maximum.
Employers typically look for 16 year old or older to avoid possible violations with the labor laws.
As far as the job market goes, school rarely gets phone calls asking for high schoolers due to the high minimum wage in Oregon. Employers would rather hire college age students and they have access to many adults.
Search Direction
When looking for a part time job know what you are not willing to do. Some options are:
Fast food, courtesy clerk, camp counselor, lifeguard with City of Eugene, retails sales, file clerk, day care provider, data entry-computers, hotel/housekeeping, Residency Hall cleaning (lots of work will be coming because of the Olympic Trials here this summer and athletes staying in UO housing that needs to be cleaned).
What are your interests?
Sports, cooking, organizing, computers, making and fixing things, working with other, fashion and retail.
What is your comfort zone?
Interacting with people (movie theater?), working behind the scenes (stocking at Wal-Mart, Down to Earth?), being physically active (city, county groundskeeper, life guarding, trail maintenance?), working in an office environment (file clerk, running errands, Xeroxing, record keeping?), working outdoors (lumber yards, building fences, painting?)
Go to the places you like to go:
Favorite restaurant, favorite stores, recreational organizations like Bergs, Court Sports, city agencies, companies around town that you know and like. Talk to your and your parents’ circle of friends that might be hiring.
Get Some Background:
Visit or research the business. Observe employees at work. Identify potential job and learn the qualifications. Do you need a driver’s license or food handler’s permit? Know the hiring process: is there a drug screening, typing test, math test or customer service test required?
Visual, Verbal and Written Communication:
Be ready to apply on the spot when you go in to inquire. Have all of your vital statistics on hand, maybe on a jump drive or on the Pocket Resumes that Jocelyn gives out to students. Be ready to submit your resume or application to manager. Have them see you in the way they would on the job. Wear what the employers are already wearing (within reason!).
Be ready to provide small details about yourself, school you attend, age, availability, license?
Senior Residence Centers are great places to look, like Cascade Manor that need food servers.
Obtaining a Food Handler Certificate- it is good for two years and costs $10.00 to take the test. Jocelyn has information in her office on this.
Looking for a summer job?
Begin right after spring break through May 1st.
Jocelyn recommends working 15-20 hours per week for a good balance. Be sure to provide three strong references on your resume and a list of what skills you excel. Managers generally don’t fire students, they just cut your hours back if it isn’t going well hoping that you will get the hint and quit.
Parents should talk with students about what expectations they have for the money students are earning. Is it for gas, insurance, college, or at the student’s discretion on how to spend it?
Lori Kramer:
Teen experiences to put on a resume: babysitting, dog walking, recycling, sports teams, choir, organizations, community/volunteer experiences, Greenhill volunteering, reading to children, any certificates earned.
Interviewing tips: Research the company and know their mission statement. Prepare some questions. Dress up and don’t wear jeans to the interview even if the employees are wearing them. Cover up any tattoos and piercings. Shake hands and maintain eye contact with the interviewer.
Give responses to questions that are more than just yes or no and elaborate when you can to fill in for them how you have the skills necessary to do the work.
Send or deliver a thank you note after the interview, thanking them for taking time to interview you. Be sure to spell the name correctly. It is a good idea to ask for a business card after the interview to have this information accurate.
Lane Community College has a job seeker website available for free to all Lane County residents at www.lanecc.edu/ces
Do a mock interview with someone you don’t know, like a parents’ friend to practice talking to strangers.
For more information on searching for jobs go to:
http://oregoncis.uoregon.edu/webcis. User name is careersehs and Password is ax1s
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