Why Teenwork / FAQ

Teenwork.co.nz is all about linking teenagers with opportunities to get work experience, have fun, and expand their knowledge of career options. The bonus is getting children more active in a way that is a win-win for parents/teens and businesses.

 

Teenwork.co.nz includes full time, part time, hourly or seasonal work and unpaid experiences.

 

Teenwork.co.nz is about individuals and businesses helping young adults gain real world experiences, confidence and knowledge that will take them forward in determining their tertiary education choices or career options.

 

It’s really hard to find that first job and build a CV. Equally parents are keen for our children to experience the ‘real’ world and gain some financial independence.

Teenwork.co.nz is all about opportunities to do something different. Spending a day in a warehouse or in an office, seeing how they operate. Not all opportunities will be employment related. Whether it’s that first part time job or unpaid work / volunteer experience, it’s all about independence and how the real world works.

 

Teenwork.co.nz is about peers giving other young adults advice about how to get a job and, what a career in a particular industry is really like and what are the best jobs for young people.

 

Benefits for teenagers
  1. Helps build a useful CV
  2. Earning money gives them independence
  3. Understanding of an employment contract.
  4. Keeps them busy / School Holidays
  5. Introduces them to the concept of charitable work.
  6. Have fun!
For Parents
  1. Stronger more independent teenagers
  2. Gets children out of the house
  3. Solves school holiday problems
  4. Can still be involved with the activities / jobs
  5. Cheaper and far more rewarding than a school camp / holiday program

 

For Businesses / Charities
  1. Identifying future employees
  2. Large pool of labour / resource
  3. Long or very short term contracts easy to fill.
How it works.

 

Essentially 2 categories of opportunities.

  1. Real Jobs – Paid full and part time, one-off or seasonal employment.
  2. Intern, volunteer or work experience roles – may or may not involve some form of remuneration.

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

  • We will never provide any of your details to a third party such as marketing companies.

    Job listings are visible to registered and unregistered users.Individual applicant profiles are only available for viewing if an application has been made.  If you haven’t initiated contact and seem to be approached directly by an employer, please let us know.  

  • Every role advertised requires a $8 listing fee. Listing fees will be applied to cover administration cost but all surplus revenue will be donated to youth charities.

    Your information is retained on file unless you specifically ask for it to be deleted.

    Any users found to post offensive or inappropriate material will be banned from using the website. No refund will be provided in such an instance. 

  • Our team can be contact either directly via the contact form or by clicking on the e-mail links throughout the website. Response times may vary but will endeavour to respond within 6 hours. 

  • Teenwork.co.nz is not responsible for inaccurate or misleading content on profiles. If you have an issue with information provided by any of our listings please let us know and we will contact the relevant advertiser to correct or withdraw information.   

    Any personal information provided is not checked for validity and some caution should be applied when relying on information presented. 

  • Stripe Security- Security is a huge concern for any business that accepts credit cards, especially online. One thing we particularly liked about Stripe is that it handles security so you don't have to. First, Stripe processes transactions on its own network. This means no sensitive data actually touches your servers,so hackers won't have access to your business's or customers' credit card information if you're ever the victim of a cyber attack.

    Stripe has automatically implemented several layers of protection specifically designed for Web-based financial transactions. For instance, Stripe's client libraries and mobile API meet such industry standards as PCI-DSS requirements, so you're always compliant. Stripe is also certified as PCI Service Provider Level 1, the highest level of security certification for the payment card industry. Two-factor authentication is also available to further protect and prevent unauthorized access to your account.

  • As a start-up idea, Teenwork.co.nz will not be registered as a charitable trust, however should the idea grow we intend for this business to seek charitable status.  


    At a minimum, Teenwork.co.nz will donate 50% of all revenue to charities with the intention to distrbute all profits once administration costs are being covered by listing fees. Where a 50% share is not covering the costs of providing this service, the deficit will be covered by the owner. 


    Administration costs consist of website (hosting and management) costs, and the cost of employing teenagers to promote teenwork.co.nz and review / approve employer and employee listings. 


    Website costs are generally fixed in nature (technical support will vary depending on need). The number of teenagers employed will depend on the number of listings to be reviewed.    

  • Teenwork is the brainchild of Will Roberts. Having raised two teenagers Will recognised how difficult it can be for teenagers with different family circumstances and social confidence, to seek out and find that first job. Teenwork is designed to help make that process easy while providing parents with some security around their childrens activities. 

    Will Roberts is also an Authorised Financial Adviser and his profile can be found ion LinkedIn. His hope is that this website will help teenagers gain work skills and useful knowledge of the employment market. 


  • The $8 fee serves 2 purposes. The first is to provide income to cover expenses and to generate revenue for youth charities. The second reason is a security measure. By collecting credit or debit card infomation from job listing we discourage fake and inappropriate listings.  
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