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    The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job
    The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job
    The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job
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    The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job

    By Darrell Doepke

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    It’s time for your teen to go out and land that very first part-time job. Telling them to smile, be polite and wear nice clothes is all good advice-- if they even get to the interview stage of the hiring process. The hard reality is that most of them won’t get that far…and they’ll never know why.
    In his book, The Job Talk, author and multi-small business owner Darrell Doepke shares with you the process of recruiting and hiring new employees from a small business owner’s perspective, so that you can better understand how and why hiring decisions are made, and how a first-timer like your teenaged son or daughter can gain an advantage.
    Doepke uses real-world true stories to explain the process of elimination that happens long before your teen ever gets to a face-to-face interview with a decision maker. He teaches in great detail what to expect during the application and interview process-- and how to prepare for it.
    It’s a weeding-out process, and your teen needs to know how to survive it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTimbrewolfe Publishing, LLC
    Release dateMar 23, 2014
    ISBN9780985622817
    The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job

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      Book preview

      The Job Talk - Darrell Doepke

      The Job Talk: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Teen Land That First Job

      The Job Talk

      Copyright

      Version 1.0

      Copyright © 2014 by Darrell Doepke

      All rights reserved.

      ISBN: 978-0-9856228-1-7

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Direct all inquiries to

      Timbrewolfe Publishing, 6605 N. 93rd Ave. #1037

      Glendale, AZ  85305

      Email: [email protected]

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of the author.

      Dedications

      I humbly and gratefully dedicate this book

      to every teacher

      I ever had or knew in my life;

      Especially to the educators in my family;

      my grandpa Earl; my brother Brian;

      my cousin Lisa;

      And above all, to my dad Konrad.

      To borrow the last line from one of songwriter

      Dan Fogelberg’s timeless classics:

      "I am a living legacy to the

      Leader of the Band."

      Demo Album:

      Preparing Them for the Process

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      You can prepare them to leap into the working world!

      Words of Wisdom

      "Give me six hours to chop down a tree,

      and I will spend the first four

      sharpening the axe."

      Abraham Lincoln

      Track 1: Should’ve Known Better

      The examples in this book are real-world true stories of teens trying to find their very first jobs. All the names have been changed to protect the innocent. They didn’t know any better.

      Yours will.

      Tell me about yourself.

      Gulp.

      Jeff was not ready for that question. He’d never done this before. He felt intimidated; he had no idea what to expect or how he could have prepared for it.

      Rachel walked into the store for her interview with me, seriously blinged out and smelling like a perfume bomb had just exploded. I thought to myself, Geez, this isn’t a date; it’s a job interview!

      Nobody had told her it was inappropriate.

      Rick had lost count of how many job applications he’d filled out so far. He got so tired of it that now he just staples a copy of his resume to the blank job app.

      And he wonders why nobody calls him.

      I was trying to reach Courtney on the phone after I reviewed her job app, but she did not answer. What I heard on her voice message raised my eyebrows.

      I hung up without leaving a message and never called her again.

      Track 2: Job Safari

      Your teen is in the same situation right now as Jeff, Rachel, Rick and Courtney; it’s time for them to go job hunting and land that very first part-time job. (Instead of doing the awkward he or she grammar thing, is it OK if I just use they and them? It’ll be so much easier for both of us. Thanks for understanding.)

      But how do you prepare them for a hiring process they know nothing about?

      With no experience, how does one demonstrate that they, and not anyone else applying for the same job, are the person who can fill a particular need for a business owner?

      Your teen-aged young adult is not in a position to work full-time because they are still in school. And they might still be at an age where legally they aren’t allowed to work more than 20 hours per week as a minor.

      So a part-time job is what they are looking for. Perhaps it’s a summer job; maybe an after-school and weekend gig at a local retailer or fast food franchise. Their primary motivation is to earn some money, of course. And they have their own personal reasons for needing this money. (Your primary motivation for them getting a job is probably quite different than theirs!)

      But it’s a jungle out there. Exactly how does a teen do this first-time job hunting thing? And how can you prepare them for it? What can you teach them before they get out there and throw themselves to the wolves?

      Come to think of it, do you know everything you need to know about today’s hiring process so you can best advise them?

      Encouraging them to wear decent clothes, smile and make good eye contact is all well and good, but that only applies if they actually manage to get an interview.

      Fact is, the vast majority of first-time job hunters will be weeded out long before they ever get to a face-to-face meeting with a decision maker; they will never even get the chance to show off them pearly whites. (It actually holds true for job seekers of any age.)

      Do you know why? And if you don’t, then how will you be able to advise your teenager?

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