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School leaver, jobs, recession?

Okay, so I’m 16 and I’ve just recently left school. I’m now looking for a part time job to see me through the summer, then I’m off to college. I’ve handed a few CV’s out to various places (no luck yet) and looked on the internet, in different newspapers, but there doesn’t seem to be anything. Well, not for school leavers at least. All the job vacancies call for people with experience. I’ve been told by a few people too that due to the current ‘financial climate’ (recession) many, many firms are having to let staff go and as a result there is….well, not a lot of hope for employment. I really do want get working, pay my own way.
Is there anything else I can do or try?
Is anyone else currently a school leaver (or any age), looking for a job and finding it hard?

Thanks for answers that are given :D

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Victoria Sponge offline Verified User (2 years, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
Fritwell, K2, GB | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (47 minutes after post)

Hey hon, what a rubbish time to leave. Are you looking for any work in particular, I know many supermarkets are looking and at your age I had the most brilliant fun worknig in Sainsbury’s over the summer, are you a confident swimmer, I know lifeguards get good wages, and many pools will pay for your lifeguard safety course, or you could contact your local council and ask about playschemes I know my friends done that when we left school and you just need to be good with children and have no criminal record, again most councils will pay for your health and safety course

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4 months, 4 weeks ago (18 hours, 47 minutes after post)

Victoria Sponge wrote:
Hey hon, what a rubbish time to leave. Are you looking for any work in particular, I know many supermarkets are looking and at your age I had the most brilliant fun worknig in Sainsbury’s over the summer, are you a confident swimmer, I know lifeguards get good wages, and many pools will pay for your lifeguard safety course, or you could contact your local council and ask about playschemes I know my friends done that when we left school and you just need to be good with children and have no criminal record, again most councils will pay for your health and safety course

I know, it’s a really bad time to leave :(
I’m not really looking for anything in particular, just any part time job that pays a wage so that I’ve earned my own money and have something to take up to college with me when I start. I’m only a confident swimmer in certain depths of water (I tend to stick to more shallow water lol). I never thought of contacting my local council…I’ll try that :D

Thank you so much!

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Fritwell, K2, GB | 4 months, 4 weeks ago (18 hours, 55 minutes after post)

Good luck I hope it helps and even to this day despite the crappy uniform sainsburys was the most fun job I had, there were just loads of other school leavers and people of similar age and we had such a laugh, so do rule that one out

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An Unknown Location | 4 months, 2 weeks ago (1 week, 6 days after post)

Hey
Ive Just Finished College And Now Looking For A Full Time Job But Im Having the Same Probelem And Cant Find Anything, Ive Applied For Soooo Many And Not One Has Got Back To Me (Not Even Saying ‘No Thannks’)
I Dont Know What To Do Lol
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