How To Get a Job While in High School and Beyond

By Bob Striegel

The book takes you step by step, A-Z, to getting your first job.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Carpenter's Son Publishing
• Release date: Sep 15, 2013
• ISBN: 9780989372213

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INTRODUCTION

Over the years I’ve had people say, when are you going to write a book? So when I sat down, finally, to do it, it seemed natural. This book is the culmination of many years of experience, interviewing, hiring, managing, and observing people. I have directed it to the high school market because that’s my passion. I want to help those in and out of high school succeed at finding employment if that is what they want. This is a time in life when there’s so much uncertainty. What does the future hold? How do I get a job? How can I be successful?

I want to help young adults thrive and flourish. I sincerely care. I never had kids of my own, and this is my way of giving back. Helping others is contagious. When you help someone succeed, it’s incredibly rewarding. Because then they can help someone else be successful, and it’s a domino effect that transforms a lot of lives.

I remember being in high school; I was someone who loved sports and didn’t love school. I wasn’t a good student because I wasn’t interested or invested in it. Mentoring wasn’t popular back then. But today, we’ve got all kinds of examples on YouTube or the Internet of mentors.

Back then, my high school coach, Vern Pollock, helped bridge the generation gap between me, my parents, and the future. He would take me out to the Southern Illinois University library and help me find literature on possible colleges I might want to attend, in addition to allowing me to hang out at his house with him and his family discussing my future. He invested his time with me, and that’s what I’m doing through this book today. It’s my hope that this book will help guide you into that first job that launches you into your work life.

My seventh-grade homeroom teacher, Mr. Charles Horst, used to tell our class that the local newspaper, for 10 cents, was the best value for your money. His thinking was that you learned so much about local, national, and international news; and it only cost a