My teenager needs a job. She’s done odd jobs here and there, in fact, she has had plenty of jobs in the past, but this is the first time she is looking for a “real” job. And so she needs a resume. When you’re an adult this seems relatively simple, but for a teenager, it can be a little tricky.
We all get creative when it comes to our job descriptions and preparing a teenager’s resume is no different. It’s just a little more creative. Babysitting becomes “Child Care”. Tending while the parents go to the movies, becomes “providing for children’s needs for varying lengths of time”. Her “Sales Experience” and “Customer Service” were when she went through the neighborhood painting house numbers on curbs for $5. When her older brothers played soccer, she was taken to tournament after tournament where she sold suckers… “Sales Rep” for a fundraising company. When she came into my work and helped fill fruit baskets, this became “Production Line” work.
She pretty much did whatever odd job she could get her hands on and so for the reason why she quit working a particular jobs was always that it was “seasonal work”. And actual by the time we were done, she had a fairly decent resume for a girl who was just turning 16 and looking for that first “real job”.
I am participating in a blogger campaign by Bucks2Blog for a resume builder company and was compensated. However, the views and opinions are my own.
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