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Some are thinking of taking a gap year, others have an apprenticeship lined up while the rest are planning to study.
But did you know that having a part-time or casual job while you are studying can help your future employment prospects?
While some students already have work experience and a job on the go, there are many students who haven’t put themselves out there yet in the working world.
Teenagers want to work for a variety of reasons but more than half report their involvement in work is motivated by the desire to buy things.
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Typically, teens spend their money on car expenses, recreational pursuits, clothing, educational expenses and helping their families with living expenses (e.g. board, groceries).
There’s a lesson in this for parents and carers - don’t provide everything they want, as this makes them stay a child for longer.
By saving and buying a car themselves, they are more likely to look after it and appreciate it. Easy come easy go is too true.
Parents don’t owe their children everything so they don’t need to give their offspring an overseas holiday, a car, money for fancy clothes, petrol in the family car to go anywhere they want, etc.
Even an education - if they really want an education, they will find a way.
If you do want to give your children something after they have finished school, then money towards their university degree or TAFE is probably the best way to go.
There are many benefits for teenagers and young people to have a job.
- It teaches independence and accelerates maturity. If you have a job, you need to turn up on time, be reliable and get on with your workmates.
- You are given responsibility and this will help build confidence.
- You often have more marketable skills and also improved social skills, as you get experience in dealing with all walks of society.
- Your spare time is used more constructively, as you need to turn up for work.
- You learn how to budget and control your finances.
Some teenagers have even created a full-time job or career out of part-time work. By building connections when they are younger, it helps them secure jobs in the future.
When they apply for a job, job experience counts. It may help them go through to the interview stage, as they have an edge over those applicants that haven’t worked.
By studying and working, teenagers learn how to balance their life and this is helpful too when working full time in the future.
