Start 'Em Young

For the high school student, finding the summer job can be difficult, especially in this day and time where work is so hard to find.  And unfortunately, our schools today don't seem to prepare our children for the task of finding a job.

Wouldn't it more useful to offer a semester class preparing students for finding work.  From creating a resume to job interviews, from how to search for a job to networking, the class would be a skill beneficial for the rest of their life.

I have interviewed students for jobs and it never ceases to amaze me the lack of interview skills.  Most kids don't even show up with a resume.  With the internet, and the amount of time this generation spends on computers, why is it they don't know about something so simple and basic as resume templates?  Creating a resume couldn't be easier and if they started creating them while in high school , just imagine how perfected they would be by the time they graduated from college!

Practicing interview skills is something, and I don't care how old you are, you can always find improvement.  And we all know that the more comfortable you become with practice, the more comfortable you will be in the actual interview.  Preparation is key, and most kids have no idea what to expect, and for that matter, what to wear to an interview.

We start our kids out young, around 3 years old to learn their colors, their body parts, and how to spell their name.  Let's start them young, around 15 or 16,  in preparing for a career.

This is a sponsored post for Pongo, however, all the points and views are my own.