The ways to assist your son or daughter to acquire his initial employment

By George Dodson


John is a senior at the local high school. He will be graduating and shortly after that, he will be looking for a job. That is a tall order these days with the economic climate the way it is. He would be competing with about 40,000 similar graduates for getting the decreasing number of jobs available. Since the kids just completing their schooling do not have any experience, it becomes increasingly difficult for them.

John's parents are concerned. The fact that there is an increasing number of unemployed children staying with parents, is naturally worrying them. They feel that they should do all possible help for John to get an employment.

First, parents need to take it easy with their graduated children. The children are aware that they would not be able to stay with their parents all the time. They realize that they have to go out and look for a job. Your duty should be to give them proper encouragement and provide them any support they would need. Having faith in them would prove more beneficial. Even if you do not find expected results soon, you should not try to coerce of compel them.

Many youngsters do not have the ability for finding employment. They might give up sooner than necessary. Only way to avoid this is to provide them encouragement and motivation. You can also suggest that part time is OK temporarily. Part time jobs will give them the experience which would help them in landing in full time job in due course.

Treat your child as a partner in this endeavor. Proper communication would help you in knowing his needs. Many parents make the mistake of forcing their children to adopt their line of thinking in looking for a job. In fact, you should instead find out what your child feel like doing and encourage them. Show them empathy when the going gets rough. It would be good if you sit together and work out a plan which suits your child.

By all means, don't be too soft. Your child would need some firm encouragement so that he does not give up easily. If you feel that things are not working out then you need to step in.

You need to establish good rapport with your unemployed child. It would be good to set some rules come into an understanding with him so that both of you know what to expect. For example, If they need to fill out 5 employment application in order to drive the car for a week.

You must resist the compulsion to take over and do it yourself. That doesn't help the situation at all and it destroys the confidence the child has in both you and them. Keep in mind the world of job hunting has changed since you first started this endeavor.

Above suggestions would definitely help you if you want to help your child in his efforts for getting an employment . This would help in maintaining the trust and confidence in both of you, once your child lands in his first job.




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