How summer jobs help teens choose a career/profession 21 Articles

by Linda Ann Nickerson

SUMMER JOBS AND CAREER CHOICES Often, a summer job is a teenager's first real employment experience. Full-time or part-time, vacation work offers young adults the opportunity to dabble in various careers. Because su...read more

by Carol H. Morgan

Teens' work experience, including summer jobs, can have a dramatic impact on their career paths. If they have a wide number of early employment experiences, they are more likely to get a sense of what they enjoy and are g...read more

by C.D. Crowder

Summer jobs provide a teen not only with money, but a look into what they may want as a career. Choosing a profession can be extremely difficult, but a summer job may be just what a teen needs to help them decide. ~B...read more

by Todd Pheifer

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" This is a question that we ask very young children and it can stick with them as they grow up. By the time they become a teen, they are starting to ponder their interests as it ...read more

by Holly Rogers

As a teenager, you are exposed to thousands of different careers and professions, all possible choices for your own future. With so many different choices, it makes this decision somewhat overwhelming for the typical teena...read more

by Vicki Phipps

We never know what a part time or summer job will do to inspire a dream that becomes a reality for our youth. The list of ways that teens become mature, responsible and wise is long and can lead to achieved dreams and suc...read more

by Cary Ballas

Summer jobs are absolutely sensational for teenagers everywhere! Not only do summer jobs teach students life lessons like the value of money and the importance of consistency, they also teach teens how to communicate effe...read more

by J. Henry Stewart

"We have two critically injured and one whose condition is stable. They have an arrival time of five minutes!", the head nurse shouted to the emergency room (ER) staff. Just fifteen minutes prior, a large Cadillac E...read more

by Jennifer Metz

We all remember, some with fondness and yet others with dread, the infamous summer jobs we all had. Whether we have realized it or not, those experiences we had at those various summer jobs have helped shaped us for today...read more

by Ted Sherman

For a teen summer job success story, please allow me a parental brag about a prime example in my family. I'm not exaggerating when I say our daughter started preparing for her future career at age three. At first, she watc...read more

by Jennifer Smith

Excitedly Jena prepares for her fist interview. She is trying to get a summer job at the bowling ally to increase her car fund. Plus, her sister worked there before she went off to college last year. Her interview is at...read more

by Rick Bailey

Lets define a summer job shall we. Wake up, get ready, go to work, and get paid. Sounds like a good career choice to me! Just because you're out of school and want money doesn't make it a good choice for a summer job. Yes ...read more

by Melody Owens

Paper or Plastic? Do you remember that summer you worked at the local grocery store or the fast food restaurant in town? What did you learn with that summer job experience? Maybe your summer job as a teen was a little m...read more

by Deena Mcclusky

Summer jobs for teens are all too often a low earning waste of their time. This is because teens too often look at their potential jobs in terms of whatever minimum wage blue collar tasks society normally associates with t...read more

by Gerry Veale

Summer jobs are an extremely valuable endeavor that serves both teen and employer. Since it is normally a part-time position, even if a full workweek is awarded to the teenager, both parties are aware that at the end of t...read more

by Trenna Sue Hiler

Summer jobs can teach responsibility, integrity, and many life skills. It is also a great way to find out what you may or may not want to do as a career or a profession. Encouraging your young adults to try a variety o...read more

by Earl Demott

Summer has always been a time of no holds barred possibility. When maturity and ambition mix with summer, life's lessons are sitting on the wayside ready to attack the unsuspecting teen. Let me state clearly what I m...read more

by April O'Keefe

First and foremost, you need to teach your teen to never settle. He or she should never choose some random job for summer employment. They should pick a position in a company that is well-known. Mind you, they will not ...read more

by Patricia Gilliam

If teens view the choice of a summer job as an educational experience along with a way to make extra income, they can make a positive impact on their later career choices. If at all possible, the best summer jobs to accep...read more

by Just Me Here

When I was a young girl, my mind was always changing what I wanted to do when I grew up. Now that I am all grown up and had have a few jobs I can place on a resume, I still change from what I want one day to the next. Righ...read more