Jobs in High School Prepares for the Real World

Having a job has proven to be more beneficial throughout high school rather than having no work experience when being placed the real world.

Students in high school reach the age where they can finally apply for their first job in hopes of receiving their first pay check and finally have money of their own.

According to Walden University, “It can teach the value of money. Without a job teenagers must rely on other people’s money.”

When teenagers are jobless, they have to beg their parents for money whenever they want to hang out with friends or grab food, but with a job, teens never have to feel uncomfortable with asking people for money. Instead they can learn to be responsible with their own.

The College Board website states, “Working teaches students about responsibility and can also reinforce what they are learning in school.”

Students learn important skills that they can use in the world outside of high school, rather it be budgeting or just being responsible can look good to potential schools or future employers.

Though if teens choose to not go to college, they can gain experience in a career that they are interested in before graduating high school. There are co-op plans that teenagers can start that can let teens decide if the career path is right for them.

“[You can] gain practical work experience in areas that complement your personal strengths, interests, and educational needs,” according to Waterloo Region District School Board.

Having this option not only allows teens to discover their passions, but even lets them make money and begin adult life.

If higher education is chosen after high school, then even having a job during college shows a great quality that could look better on a job application, rather than someone with no work experience at all.

Just as The Yale Tribune states, “Working while studying shows a certain amount of dedication, and potential employers will love it if they can see that you had the motivation to work and study at the same time.”

After high school, graduates are placed in the real world and they will have faced problems that school may have never prepared them for, but with a job they have already faced adult problems and know how to solve them.

“Studies show that students who work are more confident and possess better time management skills than students who are not employed,” states The College Board Website.

The students that challenge themselves in real world can see a change within themselves; these changes are skills that have developed because of having a job. When working students deal with stress to another degree, but having this experience with stress better prepares for after high school.

Rather it be college or starting a career right after graduation, having the firsthand experience of a job sets up teenagers for success in the future.