Yeah, I know! :( That's the same type of experiences I had. Never had a problem finding a job if I wanted one! (I did lots of babysitting at 13-15 too!)

Yay, congratulations to your daughter! I hope her feet feel better soon! That'd be nice to get a call back. DS18 actually did, but it was for training, then he was never called again. :glare:

Praying for your friend and her family and friends, including you! Thank you for the updates, please keep them coming!

Wow, everyone, thank you sooo much! You are GREAT! :D

DS20, no. DS 18, yes. I am a care worker part time for a company, and LOVE it! DS18 is a people person, a very big heart, so would have done well! BUT, WA state just passed a law that, as of January 7 of this year, anyone doing those jobs has to have their CNA. :glare: Sigh. DS18 would help in those places as a job, but he doesn't want to be a CNA.

Wow, I hope your dh gets this job! It IS their job, they've gone and applied. I just spent mainly that one week driving them around to get them going. Then I encourage them now and then. Both boys really WANT jobs, so they're working on it...

Yeah, I see more and more adults, as opposed to teens, in jobs that used to be predominantly worked by teens!

Oh yes, good idea! DD has one letter of recommendation, plus people in service organizations that she worked with on her large community service project that have told her they'll give her a job when she turns 18! :D Not sure they really will, but, because of her volunteering, she has a network to draw from! The boys didn't do that as much, but I'll see if they can get some info. out to people we/they know.

Thank you for that! I like having my kids at home too, and think it can be a help for them to get going in life! It's so hard to get through school without being in debt, but it would be the very best thing if they can! I wish your dd the best!

Okay, that does it. I DEFINITELY need to make sure they apply at a temp. agency!!! They're in class all day today, and dd has her piano adjudication tomorrow, but I think we can fit in a visit to the temp. place after that! :001_smile:

We did that one week too! :tongue_smilie: Makes for an interesting and busy week! :D I agree, dressing well is much more impressive. DS 2 does well with that. DS18 has a hard time wearing anything but jeans:glare:, so we're working on that! :D

They have done quite a bit of volunteering, so I'm hoping that will help! Workstudy on the CC here is for those who need financial aid only. :glare: Since ds18 is doing the dual enrollment program, we are able to cover the costs of his books and ds20's tuition and books. For a couple of reasons they cannot really do Americorps. I think they do need to look into temp. agencies more! :001_smile:

Good ideas! Questions: Do you have to have a food handlers license for things like that, I wonder? DO you have to have permission of the company (hospital or whichever place you go to) to sell food in their establishment? They HAVE done yard work, helped neighbors, sold cookies/soda, etc. But they are looking for more steady work possibilities, since those things aren't panning out well. All 3 of my kids have helped some a couple of the neighbors (only ones who responded to flyers) with their dogs and with jobs that one lady is getting too weak (age) to do by herself anymore. But those are sporadic and they'd like to earn more. They've all volunteered quite a bit, especially dd. Hopefully that'll help some employer at some time see the benefit of hiring them! :001_smile:

I've never heard of sitting at a union hall. What do they do to do this? (That's very poor grammar, sorry!) What is/are HMO/CDL? Yes, Temp. agencies. I believe ds20 signed up at one? I'll need to check on that, thank you!

That's a good tip, thank you! We do have a place that just opened that somehow we missed getting in on the application process until it was too late. I'll tell them to try again in a couple of months! When I was a teenager I applied to Mc Donald's and got the job. It wasn't hard.... But even the fast food places are not calling back or hiring.

They've been doing this with the places they've called back and gave letter & copy of the app. A few (3 or 4?) told them they ONLY accept on-line, no hard copy apps in person! :001_huh: So they can't go that route for those places. They have a group of friends, and 2 of them now have jobs because, as a pp said, they know someone. But that someone isn't wanting to help everyone, just the one he knows.... DS18 has a friend he goes to classes with that said he'd bring him a number for a job he was sure he could get. We'll see....

:grouphug: to you and him, and hopes for a job soon!

Thanks EL! :grouphug: back! :001_smile: Water Park is over an hour drive away with horrible traffic conditions and a toll bridge to cross. :glare: No friends that own businesses.:glare: Checked lawn Companies. Nothing. :glare: Construction....not sure anyone is really building around here. :glare: Painting....Noone is painting right now :glare:, but maybe they could check into that for a bit in the summer? If they don't have jobs by then, then they will apply for that. They'd like more permanent jobs, of course, but I told them they probably need to just take what they can get to get their foot in the door, and get to know people!

Well, she assumed correctly, you DID extend an offer to her that is WAY below the normal price range! Was that really clear to her? It sounds like she good and well knew your prices before going in, so she should be THRILLED with the discount, not the opposite! I don't understand AT ALL how she could feel she was being taken advantage of??! She can choose less than a full CD. Can Nut Job pay for some of the cost? Sorry this is happening to you! ETA: Seriously, who lowballs a FRIEND by well over $100 after the fact? IF she wanted free or special pricing, she needed to talk with you about it beforehand! YOU have NO reason to feel bad!

:iagree:, that's how a friend of theirs got a job. But there aren't any jobs left there. The only one we knew who DEFINITELY would've helped them moved away a couple of years ago. So, that's what I'm saying, they don't know anyone who knows someone.... so they're trying from scratch. I wish we DID know someone!

I think you're right. But it's hard when my sister's daughter applied and got a job right away, so then they, and others, assume we aren't doing anything cuz my boys aren't getting jobs! :tongue_smilie: Thank you, I hope you find a job soon too! :001_smile:

My boys, ages 20 and 18 have applied and applied and applied for jobs. Many places say they only accept on-line applications, but that seems so impersonal, i.e. easy to ignore. DS18 has even called a few places back a time or two to help show interest. DS20 has gone in 2 or 3 times to a Mexican Restaurant to talk with the managers in Spanish to show he knows the language. They sound interested, but they never call back. He's also applied at our CC, where he is taking classes, for tutoring Spanish and English. It's frustrating to me when people tell me that at their ages they shouldn't be living at home rent-free, with the use of a vehicle (to get to school). They go on to say, "Just make them go out and get jobs!" They, as well as I, would LOVE it if it was that easy!!! So, how do two guys who are eager to work, and don't know anyone that knows someone, get jobs these days???! :001_huh::glare:

DD did 76 when she was 10/11 (so I can see how he might be bored with 54). She did the work and understood it, but didn't like it at all! So we moved on to something else. We did as others said: Took the test and worked where she got below a certain %. I said she did fine, but looking back, I wish I'd had her do 65 first, just to get a stronger base, even if it would've been easy-ish for her. She hit a wall while finishing the 76 and, 3 years later, is still recovering. :( She's rather advanced in every other subject, so I feel bad for her for the math, and am not sure what to use to help her gain confidence again and advance.... Anyway, I guess I'm saying, be careful how far you advance him. I agree with you on being wary of skipping a whole book!

My dd will start Running Start (our dual enrollment program) next year. She'll be 15. She is taking 3 classes this year at a co-op place with accredited teachers that are teaching at advanced levels. She had an adjustment period for the first little while in the Fall (she's always been homeschooled), but these are WONDERFUL teachers, and she's doing very well now! These teachers have helped with how to do note-taking, writing essays, organizing and prioritizing, etc., and are very encouraging and supportive. DD has become vocal in the classes, meaning she's answering the Teacher's questions, volunteering to help with things, asking questions of her own, and has learned by leaps and bounds! DD and I feel so blessed that she got into these classes! She will be WAY better prepared for the college-level classes next year! She'll work on the Pre-Nursing program they have at the CC and Graduate from high school and with a Pre-Nursing AA right after turning 17. After that we have some ideas, but not formalized yet. I agree with the poster near the beginning of this thread that said it needs to be THEIR plans, NOT mine! She's the one that has advanced through her work and asked to advance a grade. I told her she needed to do the work required to do so, and I would help as needed, but I wouldn't push her. She did the work, so is at this level. Our CC requires students to be Juniors or Seniors to enroll in the dual enrollment program, so some kids that COULD have gone earlier (other homeschoolers in this area that we know of) have had to wait 'til their Junior year. I'm glad dd had to wait, as this has been a great learning year at the co-op, and she is MUCH more ready now!

:001_huh: Really? How does that show giftedness? All 3 of mine did stuff like that, but I didn't consider them gifted because of it. I just thought those kinds of things are usual little kid creativity??? Just curious...