P/T job for 18 year old

wabbit · Aug 20, 2020

Unlike other posts here looking for people, I'm trying to help our 18 year old daughter find a part time job. She will be starting college this fall, but because of the virus, her classes are online and she'll be staying home instead of living on campus. She has been looking for a part time job to make some money while taking classes, but all her applications to retail jobs like Target, Aldi, and others were rejected. I think it's because she had not worked retail before, and her internship experience in a research lab last summer at Cornell make these companies think she's not a good fit.

If anyone know of a part time job in northern VA that an 18 year old can do, we would appreciate leads. She has a resume available for review.

thanks.

Boats · Aug 20, 2020

Take a look at local hospitals. Many are hiring for entry level positions like transporters and safety officers

ToolAA · Aug 20, 2020

Retail stores get tons of applicants. I doubt the reason she is not getting hired has anything to do with her lack
of retail experience.

If all else fails try having her apply to chic-fil-a. I have a friend who was going through some tough times and needed some extra money to make ends meet. At 40yrs old took a job there just working a register and drive through. He said they were one of the most well run and employee focused organizations he had ever worked for. They treated everyone with respect but also demanded that the employees also treat each other the same way.

cantstop · Aug 20, 2020

Lowes & Home Depot often hire college kids to work registers. She might be called upon help out with the easier departments like paint and garden. If she is comfortable lifting up to 30 lbs or so she might want to check those places out.

Mightydog · Aug 20, 2020

A lot depends on what she’s willing to do and what her school hours are. Some of these places I wouldn’t work for if they paid me double. Having to deal with masks, social distancing. Most PT jobs require a flexible work schedule. Good luck to your daughter.

JerseyMike · Aug 20, 2020

UberEats
Postmates
Instacart
Amazon/WholeFoods

Rapture · Aug 20, 2020

Look into childcare. Parents going back to work and schools closed. The demand for childcare is huge right now. Even part-time.

SkiPatrolDude · Aug 20, 2020

If she wants an entry level job at these retail stores, maybe ditch the whole resume to begin with? I imagine they receive actual resumes for less than half of their front line employee applications.

Or maybe dumb it down some?

Dingo3 · Aug 20, 2020

Costco is hiring for warehouses and depots. The hours may be overnight for a depot job but warehouse won’t start until 4 am. That’s the earliest. Could also be different hours depends on your location and where she’s applying if she does

Rambler · Aug 20, 2020

Many Aldi grocery stores are hiring part time stockers.

PapiBarcelona · Aug 20, 2020

wabbit said:
I think it's because she had not worked retail before, and her internship experience in a research lab last summer at Cornell make these companies think she's not a good fit.

Lol Nah.

One guess would be business needs don't meet the availability she put on her application.

Home Depot is pretty good with part time availability, but if you're applying for a sales floor position and you aren't available at least 1 weekend day, your application is never getting looked at.

I work a few hours a week at a Home Depot in a non sales floor job with limited availability. I can only work certain hours on certain days and it works for them, even being a lower volume store.

Keep applying but places like Home Depot's this is the time of year where they've released all the temp hires, some college people are gone and PT hours are cut in favor of FT hours. Less than a skeleton crew at the store

Aamdskeetshooter · Aug 20, 2020

With all the businesses that have laid off people due to Rona I would imagine the places that are hiring have a ton of applications and can pick and choose.

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protegeV · Aug 20, 2020

Aamdskeetshooter said:
With all the businesses that have laid off people due to Rona I would imagine the places that are hiring have a ton of applications and can pick and choose.

Depends on location. The grocery stores here cant hire enough people. Someone laid off from a corporate job is probably not going to take a job running a register.

Rambler · Aug 20, 2020

protegeV said:
Depends on location. The grocery stores here cant hire enough people. Someone laid off from a corporate job is probably not going to take a job running a register.

The turnover in grocery stores is very high. Workers burn out and quit. Most of them are hiring all the time these days.

GolfR · Aug 20, 2020

Consider looking around at opportunities to be a "teaching nanny" if she has flexibility in her own class schedule. There are TONS of families that are struggling right now to figure out how they are going to handle virtual school for their children and still work themselves. Could be a great part time position to sit with a couple kids and keep them focused on the computer/virtual work. I have several friends who have hired college age kids to help with this.

HRDWRK · Aug 20, 2020

Has she tried Best Buy?
If any interest shoot me a pm and I will speak to the DM of the area store for the GM name to contact.

jstolz · Aug 20, 2020

Check Walgreens. I worked there for years. They are in serious need of employees.

JamesDong · Aug 20, 2020

wabbit said:
but all her applications to retail jobs like Target, Aldi, and others were rejected. I think it's because she had not worked retail before, and her internship experience in a research lab last summer at Cornell make these companies think she's not a good fit.

If anyone know of a part time job in northern VA that an 18 year old can do, we would appreciate leads. She has a resume available for review.

thanks.

Be a bit more modest and dumb the resume or application down a bit. Research lab at Cornell is a giveaway she's temp at best so why train her?

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