Business consultant’s tips to help teens get summer jobs and internships
AUDREY: THANK YOU, BRIAN. YOUR TEEN OR TWEEN MAY BE LOOKING FOR A JOB OR INTERNSHIP THIS SUMMER TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY AND STAY BUSY. BUT IT CAN BE HARD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT JOBS ARE OPEN FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY NEED TO PUT ON THEIR APPLICATIONS AND RESUMES. OUR GUEST IS HERE TO HELP. I’D LIKE TO WELCOME PHILICIA CARTER-BLUE. SHE IS THE OWNER OF CARTER-BLUE SMALL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AND THE MOTHER OF TWO VERY ENTREPRENEURIAL TEENS WHO ALREADY HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESS. THEY ARE SO INSPIRING. PHILICIA, GREAT TO HAVE YOU. PHILICIA: THANK YOU. AUDREY: YOU ARE WELCOME. WHAT SHOULD TEENS KNOW BEFORE THEY START APPLYING FOR THAT DREAM JOB OR INTERNSHIP? WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP? PHILICIA: THE FIRST STEP I WOULD SAY IS TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON THEIR DREAM COMPANY, DREAM JOB, AND MAKE SURE IT IS SOMETHING THEY LIKE TO DO, SOMETHING THAT EVEN IF THEY DON’T LIKE TO DO IT RIGHT NOW DO IN THE FUTURE SO THEY WANT TO GROW. ALSO, MAKE SURE THE ENVIRONMENT IS A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. JUST DIFFERENT COMPANIES HAVE DIFFERENT VALUES. MAKING SURE THOSE THINGS ALIGN WITH WHAT THEY ARE, WHO THEY WANT TO BECOME. AUDREY: A LOT OF THOSE JOB APPLICATIONS ASK FOR PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE. THAT IS COMMON. HOW CAN TEENS GET WORK SKILLS THEY HAVE NOT HAD IN THE PAST BEFORE THEY GET THEIR FIRST JOB? PHILICIA: BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MOS PEOPLE COME INTO THIS WORLD WITH NATURAL ATTRIBUTES. SOME THINGS THEY CAN DO IS SIT DOWN WITH THEIR CLOSE FRIENDS, FAMILY, TEACHER TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR QUALITIES ARE. SOMETIMES EVEN CHARACTER DEFECTS CAN BE GOOD THINGS DEPENDING ON WHAT ENVIRONMENT THEY ARE IN. A KID MAY BE LABELED AS VERY TARGETED BUT IN A SALES ENVIRONMENT, THAT IS GREAT COMMUNICATION AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE SKILLS. STARTING OUT AND FINDING OUT PEOPLE GIVING THEM FEEDBACK ON THEIR ATTRIBUTES AND CORE X ARE SKILLS THEY CAN PUT ON THEIR RESUME. AUDREY: WHAT ELSE DO YOU RECOMMEND TO FILL OUT THE RESUME TO NOT LOOK BEAR BUT SHOWCASE THEIR QUALITIES AND SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE? PHILICIA: ABSOLUTELY. SOME KIDS HAVE ACADEMIC OR COMPASS MINTZBERG GET IT THEY ARE INVOLVED IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. THAT MAKES THEM A GREAT TEAM PLAYER. IF THEY ARE NOT INVOLVED OR DON’T HAVE ACCOPANIMENTS IN SCHOOL, THEY CAN VOLUNTEER AT A LOCAL ORGANIZATION. THEY CAN VOLUNTEER AT HOME AND DO CHORES. ALSO IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF WAYS TEENS CAN DEVELOP SKILLS TO PUT ON THE RESUME. AUDREY: GREAT TO HEAR THOSE. WHAT ABOUT RESOURCES TO HELP TEENS BUILD THEIR RESUME IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT AT HOME AS WELL WITH YOUR PARENTS AND FAMILY AND WHATNOT? ARE THERE OTHER RESOURCES THEY CAN TAP INTO? PHILICIA: ABSOLUTELY. THERE ARE A FEW RESOURCES ON GOOGLE. THEY CAN GOOGLE FREE RESUME. THERE IS ALSO PINTEREST, WHICH HAS TONS OF FREE TEMPLATES. WORD HAS A TEMPLATE THEY CAN USE. ALSO, INDEED. IF THEY GO ON INDEED, IT WILL HELP BUILD THEIR RESUME BY ASKING THEM QUESTIONS STEP-BY-STEP THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FILL IN THAT WILL DEVELOP THEIR FIRST RESUME. AUDREY: WE ARE SHOWING PICTURES OF YOUR GIRLS WITH THEIR BUSINESS. FANTASTIC TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. HOW DO YOU INSTILL THAT DRIVE AND EXCITEMENT TO GET INTO THE WORKFORCE AT A YOUNG AGE? PHILICIA: I ALWAYS START WITH NURTURING THEIR NATURAL GIFTS AND TALENTS AND INTERESTS. THAT ALWAYS PIQUES THEIR INTEREST AND HELPS THEM CRY TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM — HELPS THEM THRIVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. I AM GIVING THEM FEEDBACK AND LISTENING TO THEM AND THE THINGS THEY DON’T LIKE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THINGS BETTER SO WE CAN GROW INTO BEING BETTER ENTREPRENEURS. IT IS NOT EASY, BUT TAPPING INTO THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS AND TALENTS HELPS THEM BE ENGAGED AND GROW AND BE BETTER IN WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING. AUDREY: HOW OLD ARE YOUR GIRLS AGAIN? PHILICIA: THEY ARE 13 AND 14 NOW. AUDREY: JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR TEEN YEARS. YOU GOT THEM STARTED EARLY. PHILICIA: YEAH. THEY DEVELOPE NUMEROUS SKILLS TO PUT ON THEIR RESUME, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO BE CONTINUE — WHETHER THEY WANTED TO CONTINUE BEING BUSINESS OWNERS, NETWORKING, MARKETING, BUSINESS SKILLS, THESE WORK THEY AND TODAY. AUDREY: WONDERFUL TO HEAR YOUR STORY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US WITH THIS TIMELY TOPIC THIS MORNING. YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH PHILICIA A
Business consultant’s tips to help teens get summer jobs and internships
Updated: 11:19 AM EDT Jun 22, 2022
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