Comments on: Q&A: What jobs can a sixteen year old get that will benefit applying to college/job as an advertising major? http://www.paid-internships.net/2010/06/04/qa-what-jobs-can-a-sixteen-year-old-get-that-will-benefit-applying-to-collegejob-as-an-advertising-major/ Paid Internships, Career Advice, Resumes and Cover Letters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ed Atun http://www.paid-internships.net/2010/06/04/qa-what-jobs-can-a-sixteen-year-old-get-that-will-benefit-applying-to-collegejob-as-an-advertising-major/comment-page-1/#comment-516 Ed Atun Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:33:05 +0000 http://www.paid-internships.net/2010/06/04/qa-what-jobs-can-a-sixteen-year-old-get-that-will-benefit-applying-to-collegejob-as-an-advertising-major/#comment-516 It wouldn't be a true internship but you could to to local tv and radio stations and ask the Advertising Manager if you could accompany their sales staff when they go out on business calls. 5 years ago you might have been able to apply as an assistant. Today, the recession has caused 40 year olds to apply for "assistant" positions. When you finish college, the bad times will be over and you can get your career started. What you do at 16 won't really affect any future employment. It wouldn’t be a true internship but you could to to local tv and radio stations and ask the Advertising Manager if you could accompany their sales staff when they go out on business calls. 5 years ago you might have been able to apply as an assistant. Today, the recession has caused 40 year olds to apply for “assistant” positions.

When you finish college, the bad times will be over and you can get your career started. What you do at 16 won’t really affect any future employment.

]]>