Each spring, Skokie Public Library co-sponsors a Teen Job Fair with the Skokie Park District. Teens can meet with potential employers, pick up job applications, get job-hunting tips, and find out about volunteer opportunities.
In addition to online resources, the Teen Corner has helpful books for teens who want to earn money. You might want to start with How to Get a Job if You’re a Teenager or The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cool Jobs for Teens.
If you’re sixteen years or older, you may want to consider working at Skokie Public Library!
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Job Hunting Advice
How to Find a Summer or Part-Time Job
This guide especially for teens is an action plan for finding a summer or part-time job.
Improving Your Job Skills as a Teenager
This online resource for the book The Teenager's Guide to the Real World includes things that teens can do to improve their value in the job market.
Job Hunting Tips for Teens from Skokie Public
Library
Developed by librarians at Skokie Public Library, this helpful resource provides advice for teen job seekers including tips for creating a resume and going for an interview.
Job Ideas for Teens 15 and Younger: Beyond Babysitting and Lemonade Stands
This online guide explains how teens can go into business for themselves. Resources include rules for success and business ideas.
Part-time Jobs for Teenagers
This online resource for the book The Teenager's Guide to the Real World is a starting place to find part-time money-making ideas.
Summer Job Central 2007
The Illinois Workforce and Career Information Center provides helpful links to summer employment information.
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Where the Jobs Are
Annual Teen Job Fair
The annual job fair for teens is co-sponsored by Skokie Public Library and the Skokie Park District.
Cool Works
This site posts seasonal jobs, mostly outdoors, and often in unusual places.
The Definitive Chicago
Area Job and Career Guide
Developed by Skokie Public Library librarian Frances Roehm, this comprehensive guide contains everything a job seeker could want for finding a job in or around Chicago.
fieldwork
This Market Research Company with a location near Old Orchard Shopping Center is looking for detailed, energetic candidates with strong communication skills for part-time telephone interviewing positions. Part time, evening hours available, no sales involved. Please call 847.583.2911 and ask for Claudia.
GrooveJob.com
This job board for part-time, hourly, and seasonal jobs includes national employers who are always seeking to hire high school and college students.
Hidden Job
Market for Teens
Most employers don't actively advertise their openings to teens, so you'll want to take a look at this list of places that routinely hire teen employees.
Job Openings at Skokie Public Library
Job openings for teens are not posted on Skokie Public Library's website. Teens aged 16 and older can fill out an application in the the Administration Office on the third floor. Completed applications are kept for one year and an applicant may be called for an interview when a position opens.
Major Employers of Skokie, Illinois
If you would like to apply to one of the large companies on this list, contact the Human Resources Department and ask if they have any job openings for teenagers.
Orchard Village
Committed to enhancing the quality of life of people with developmental disabilities, Orchard Village provides vocational services for teens.
Skokie
Park District Jobs
Browse this website to find out what jobs are available at the Skokie Park District. Applicants must be age 16 years or older to be considered for a position.
Teens4Hire
Complete a free registration to create a profile, and then search for full-time, part-time, or summer jobs.
Transitions
Abroad
A great site for international opportunities, from being a nanny in France to a tour guide in Rome.
Village of Skokie Teen Job Match Program
The Village of Skokie's
Job Match program matches teenagers seeking occasional part-time work
with residents who need jobs done around their homes.
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Westfield Old
Orchard
Visit the Customer Service Center (847.673.6800) at Westfield Old Orchard to view available job openings. You can also pick up a copy of the store directory with phone numbers, then call individual stores and ask if they are hiring.
Youth Job Center of Evanston
YJC prepares youth ages 14 to 25 for success in the workplace through job-readiness, placement, and employment support in partnership with employers. All services are free.
Online and Downloadable Job Applications
Some companies allow you to apply online. Others provide online downloadable applications forms that you can fill out and present in person.
Best Buy
Enter your zip code, then apply online.
Gap Inc.
Download a store application and take the completed application
to the manager of any Banana Republic, Gap, or Old Navy store where you
would like to work.
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The Home
Depot
Select a store, create an account, and submit an online application. You can also apply at the store of your choice.
Jewel-Osco
Enter your zip code for the a Jewel-Osco store near you and apply online.
Starbucks
From the section on "Hourly Retail Opportunities" you can download a job application, fill it out, and take it to a Starbucks near you.
TRU Online.com
The Teenage Research Unlimited (TRU) market research firm specializes in helping companies find out what teenagers like. Fill out a participation application online to find out if you qualify to become a member of a unique panel of more than three hundred teens across the U.S. who get paid to share their opinions on a wide variety of topics.
Village of
Skokie Teen Job Match Program
This Village of Skokie program matches teenagers seeking occasional
part-time work with residents who need jobs done around their homes. You can
download an application from the Village of Skokie website.
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Information for Teen Employees
Five Worst Teen Jobs
Based on safety data and common sense, this alert from the National Consumers League identifies jobs that are inappropriate and dangerous for teens.
Good Jobs Go to Good Employees
This chapter from the book The Teenager's Guide to the Real World explains what employers want in employees.
Illinois Child Labor Law
From the Illinois General Assembly, this web page provides information about
work permits and working hours for minors.
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The Super Sitter - Safety Guidelines for Baby Sitters
From the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, this website provides important safety information for babysitters including what is expected of the babysitter, toy safety, playing outdoors, and more.
The Teen Workers' Bill of Rights
This document from the United States Department of Labor explains teens'
rights in the workplace.
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YouthRules!
Check out this important information for teen workers from the United States Department of Labor. This website provides an overview of Federal and State rules regarding the hours that youth can work, the jobs they can do, and how to prevent workplace injuries.
Volunteer Opportunities
Skokie Public Library volunteer opportunities
These opportunities are part-time and may be regularly scheduled, or may occur on an as-needed basis for special projects. Anyone over the age of fourteen may apply to be a volunteer. Volunteer opportunities may include reading to the blind, helping patrons use computers, clerical responsibilities, assisting children with crafts, helping librarians plan programming for teens or other patrons, or cleaning library videos.
Applications for volunteer positions are available Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm in the Administration Office on the third floor of the Library. Completed applications are kept on file for one year and are often the primary source for filling openings.
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Ways for Teenagers to Help Other People by Volunteering
This online resource for the book The Teenager's Guide to the Real World features ideas to help teenagers find volunteer jobs.
Cook County Sheriff's Youth Service Medal of Honor
Students in grades 9 through 12, with at least one hundred hours of volunteer service, may qualify for this annual award! Applications can be downloaded; click on "Sheriff's Youth Service Medal of Honor."
Council for
Jewish Elderly
"Friendly visiting" opportunities exist at the CJE nursing home located in Skokie at 9700 Gross Point Road. Volunteers may visit during the day, early evening, or on weekends. Volunteers are also needed on weekdays and Saturdays to deliver mail to residents' rooms. Call the agency's headquarters at 773.508.1000.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
The museum is dedicated to fighting prejudice by teaching the next generation. Volunteers can assist in the library or administrative office.
Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation (M-NASR)
M-NASR provides recreation services for individuals with disabilities. Call 847.966.5522 for volunteer information.
Orchard Village
Orchard Village serves people with developmental disabilities. Call 847.967.1800 for volunteer information.
Rush
North Shore Medical Center
Volunteers work with hospital staff and physicians who are committed to providing quality healthcare to the community.
Career Information
Career Guide to
Industries
This companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook provides information on training and advancement, earnings, expected job prospects, and working conditions, and includes information about the job market in each state.
Career
Planning for Teens
About.com's jobs and careers guide for teens includes information about finding a job, writing a resume, composing a cover letter, and more.
Career Voyages
Primarily geared to high school students, this site offers resources to explore work-related opportunities and make informed decisions regarding the future.
Disney CareerStart Program
The Walt Disney World® Resort hosts a CareerStart Program for recent high school graduates who are unsure of their future path.
Illinois Career
Resource Network
This comprehensive online guide for junior high school students through adults provides information about Illinois careers, training programs, and schools.
Illinois FORWARD: A Guide to Your Future After High School
A resource guide to educational options, employment opportunities, careers, and lifestyle choices.
Monster
Career Center: Job Profiles from Monster.com
An overview of more than one hundred careers, their job descriptions, required skills, and outlook.
MyCoolCareer.com
Learn about career options and listen to MP3 radio interviews with people in various careers.
NetMentors.Org
This non-profit organization helps connect junior high and high school students with online mentors from more than sixty different careers. Students develop their career aspirations by communicating with experienced professionals through a monitored "eMentoring" message system.
O*NET Resource Center
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration, this database will help you make informed decisions about education, training, career choices, and work.
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
This federal government publication contains information on hundreds of individual careers including the nature of the work, employment projections, and much more.
One Source
This Illinois Department of Employment Security portal page provides access to career exploration tools.
Planning a Career
Take an online tour to find out how to choose a career and how to reach your career goal. Resources tips for job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing.
Princeton Review:
Career
This site from Princeton Review provides general information about careers, internships, and much more.
Quintessential Careers: Teenage Jobs, Careers, and College
Named as one of "the top fifty most awesome website for teens," Quintessential Careers offers free career and job-hunting articles, tools, tips, and tutorials. This teen job-hunting resource guide was developed to help teens get a job, find a career, and more.