TL;DR bc I just realised I made an essay of a post: I will be looking for my first job to do over my gap year before entering college, anything specific I should look for/look out for in a job? Any general advice on getting/managing said job?
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I (17f, will be 18 soon) will be taking a gap year to work, before entering college in 2023. I’ve already gotten into college, I’ve just deferred for a year, so I luckily won’t have to be writing applications and such over this year.
I know that this post is going to come off as rather naive but I’ve never had a “real” job before (I’ve babysat for my neighbours but I get that’s a totally different situation) and my parents aren’t really much help in this situation.
I don’t really have any marketable skills so I’m assuming I will be basically limited to whatever minimum wage offerings I can find.
I’m almost done making my resume and I’m hoping that I will have acquired a job by the end of summer. I’m not really sure how long I should expect the job acquisition process to take.
I was hoping to get an r/antiwork perspective on how to best navigate this capitalist system/ what I should be looking for and expect from a first job type situation/ any general work advice you would give to someone in this position.
One general question that I have is what “type” of job do you think would be best for someone right out of high school? Like is there much difference between working a general retail situation or working in some kind of food service? Is one notably better?
Also, assuming I have the choice between the two, is it generally better to work for small business or do lager corporations have more benefits? Or is this more of a case-by-case question?
I was also wondering how much input I have in terms of the hours I work? Like, if I would rather come in later but stay later, is that a reasonable ask? Or probably not?
Thank you so much for any advice/insights!!