Stella Said:

Are you an expert in Teenage unemployment?

We Answered:

1 yes
2. the high minimum wage
3. lowering it definatley.
4. they take the jobs
5. yes, there are more types of jobs availeable
6. no, government never does a good job at hiring people
7. lower the minimum wage.
Here is how I explained it to my 16 year old son.

Minimum wage.
How I explained to my kid how a rise will hurt the economy.

Good old wise government is here to help. They just raised the minimum wage.
The old rate of $5.85 ( 7/24/2007) has been raised by 70 cents to $6.55 ( 7/24/2008)
(rates from http://www.laborlawcenter.com/t-federal-…
What will that do? Let’s say I have a hamburger stand and I have 10 employees that each work 8 hours a day. Government now says I have to pay them 70 cents more per hour.
$5.85 x 8 hours = $46.80 x 10 people = $468.00 per day
$6.55 x 8 hours = $52.40 x 10 people = $524.00 per day
That is $56.00 per day more out of my pocket, or higher prices I have to charge my customers, OR…..What if I fire one employee?
$6.55 x 8 hours = 52.40 x 9 people = $ 471.60 per day, only $3.60 more. I can make that up with less pickles and lower quality meat, or less French fries per order.

SO, my customer gets less, one person loses a job, and government gets less taxes and has to pay welfare. Now multiply that by 10,000 hamburger stands around the country. That's 10,000 more people out of work and on welfare and 10,000 locations serving less quality food.
Good Job Democrats!

Now what if we dropped the minimum wage by $1.00 ??
$4.85 x 8 hours x 12 people = $465.60 per day. That’s $2.40 less for 2 more people. Wow, 2 more people off welfare, paying taxes and learning some kind of experience to carry forward. I suppose that kind of logic won’t buy Democrat votes huh?

Amanda Said:

Jobs for teenage girls in 1909?

We Answered:

Mostly these immigrants worked for the garment industry. The fabric industry was really an Italian development to begin with.
Since this paid very little, an attractive alternative for Italian immigrant women was prostitution.

Beth Said:

TEENAGE JOB QUESTION! any ideas?

We Answered:

Honestly, I know many people look down at working at Mc Donalds or any fast food restauraunts, but at age 14 its really the only job other than babysitting, delivering papers, or walking dogs.

I'm sure if you if you applied there, you'd get it. You seem like a reliable, smart person who's able to get the job done.
Ask for a application form at a fast rood restauraunt such as Mc Donalds, fill it out and hand it in along with a resume.
Make sure to make your resume, with no spelling errors or mistakes, it'll give them their first impression of you.

Heres a site to get you started on writing your resume,
http://www.collier.k12.fl.us/nhs/lmc/res…

Make sure to apply at multiple restauraunts, the more you hand out the better the chance! Good luck - i'm sure you'll get the job! =)

Olga Said:

Help! Just got a Job in a Teenage Magazine, any tips?

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Hey ^_^
Oh, wow, lucky you getting a job in a teen mag :)
How did you get it? Which one? By any chance was it something to do with Sugar Magazine and them giving teens a day to work in their office? I'm 15 too and would love to be given an opportunity like that :)
Anyway, my advice is, if this is a part time job, you can either lie your way through it and maybe you'll end up just having a flair for writing. However, it would be embarrassing if they see your work and ask why it is not up to the standards that they expected.
Or, on your first day you can just come clean and tell them that you have never had journalism experience.
Did you tell them that you have had experience in the past?
This may be the best way to go as you don't want to make a fool of yourself if they get angry at you.
Oh, also, if this is just a one day thing then I wouldn't worry that much about it :)
I'm sure your writing is quite good and you are worrying much than you need to.
Good luck with what you do. Lucky git teehee
BTW, my writing looks a state here but its just cause my brain can't be bothered writing correctly and all that jazz xxx
Hahaha, just realised I didn't actually answer your question *Slaps head*
Ok, advice…
Writing wise, just try to do your best to make sure punctuation/grammar/spelling is all correct, try to have your own individual writing style and you can even use like a thesaurus to get more complex sounding words lol.... mind you this is for a teen mag so just buy as many teen magazines, especially from the one you are going to be working for, and just study the language and how they interact with the reader. I know I said have your own writing style, but I'm changing my mind lol, try to copy how they write! Sometimes with teen mags they just throw everything, English wise, out of the window
cause teens just want to read the latest gossip :)
Just be friendly to the people you have to interact with. If it’s a celebrity don't go OTT and be totally star struck, play it cool and just talk to them as if they are a normal person, which they are.
Whoever you are interviewing, thank them for coming and just ask them the questions you need to ask. I know this is just obvious stuff, but as a journalist if you hear them saying any information which seems quite interesting and relative then go onto that track and ask them about that topic. For all you could know you are the first journalist to report this exciting news!
If you are quite shy and aren't that good at social skills then break the ice by telling them that your excited to be working on this magazine and that it is a pleasure to be interviewing them. I'm not 100% sure of this, but if it is a celebrity, e.g. a singer, tell them you like their latest record, etc. Act as though it is a sort of privilege to be writing an article on them but don't go to crazy about it. They don’t want to hear about how you have a shrine dedicated to them!
Another point is that deadlines are always going to be very tight and so you will have to be able to work very quickly. If I were you, when writing an article if a catchy sentence pops into your head write it down quickly before you forget. Also, just type all the information that you have to write about onto your computer, even though it will look like a jumbled mess, at least most of the information you need to know is now on the pc and all you need to do is rephrase it, use better vocabulary, etc, in order to interact with the teenage target audience.
That is all I can think of right now but I hope my advice comes in handy to you. I'm just a teenager myself and I do want to go down a writing path, journalism, scriptwriting, etc, so I hope I’ve given you some tips and wise words :) Oh, that’s another thing, remember to use some techniques e.g. alliteration, especially for titles to grab the readers attention.
Anyway, what I was on the path of saying is that some things I said may not be correct and you may think you don't want to use this advice as its not coming from a true professional, but I would love to work for a teen mag and this is just some tips I have learnt from some journalism experience.
One last word, what teens really want to read about is basically all the celebrity news and hot guys e.g. Twilight, Zac Efron, etc so don't feel extremely anxious about your writing skills as they just want to read a short article that is straight to the point. Oh, also, you are a teen so it will be ten times easier to actually get your point across as you may be interested in the same things :)
Sorry if I'm rambling on, good luck :)
Oh, if you have any questions click on my yahoo! page thing and there ought to be some way to get in touch with me and I'll help you :)
Your living my dream teehee xxx

Marvin Said:

What jobs are available to me?

We Answered:

You might be able to get an internship, with the local paper.