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Was your weekend job when you were young the best job you ever had?

Paul Carter

Hello everyone,

I am Paul Carter, a CIPD member and HR professional. I love to write and record podcasts about the world of work. My next blog and podcast are taking a nostalgic look at how the weekend jobs we had when we were younger shaped us and our attitude to work. We were care free, earning just enough money to have fun, buy clothes and run a car. We developed our interpersonal skills through meeting new people, being part of a team, being managed for the first time and dealing with tricky customers. A small taste of financial independence and what work would be like when we left higher education. We were dazed and confused, loving and hating it but always going back for the next shift. It may have only lasted for a couple of years but you will always remember your favourite weekend job. 

Was your favourite weekend job the best job you ever had? What did you learn from it? Do you still see people you worked with all those years ago?

Does your company employ weekend workers? A 2020 report by the Resolution Foundation indicated that the employment rate of 16- to 17-year-olds with weekend jobs had halved in a two-decade period. Should a weekend job be a rite of passage as a teenager? What are teenagers missing if they do not get this experience?

Please share your views and complete my short survey https://forms.office.com/r/VgPnf1mYLF?origin=lprLink 

If you would like to contribute to my blog and podcast, let me know.

Thank you

Paul

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  • My first ever weekend job was working in a fish and chip restaurant (waitressing). Was it the best job I ever had? No, but it helped me develop my confidence working with people, dealing with challenging customers and handling money. I remember looking at my first payslip and it was £323.00 and I thought wow - I have never had so much money!

    One of the managers I worked with, I am still in touch with to this very day and has become one of my best friends, even though we live miles apart. It didn't put me off working in hospitality straight away as I went on to work for a well-known bakers after that, but then eventually decided retail was not the direction I wanted to take my career.
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  • My first ever weekend job was working in a fish and chip restaurant (waitressing). Was it the best job I ever had? No, but it helped me develop my confidence working with people, dealing with challenging customers and handling money. I remember looking at my first payslip and it was £323.00 and I thought wow - I have never had so much money!

    One of the managers I worked with, I am still in touch with to this very day and has become one of my best friends, even though we live miles apart. It didn't put me off working in hospitality straight away as I went on to work for a well-known bakers after that, but then eventually decided retail was not the direction I wanted to take my career.
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