The Town of Colonie Youth Employment Services

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:

http://www.colonie.org/yes/TOWN%20OF%20COLONIE%20YOUTH%20EMPLOYMENT%20SERVIC1%20_4_.pdf
The Town of Colonie Youth Employment Services
Accessed through the William K. Sanford Library’s Teen Webpage

SUMMARY

The Town of Colonie Youth Employment Services website provides job listings for teens 16 and over. Open jobs are listed by category: retail sales/cashiering, maintenance and stock, clerical work, lifeguards/day care providers/camp counselor/human service workers, miscellaneous, restaurants, full time jobs, and staffing agencies. At the end of the list of jobs there is a training announcement for the Culinary Tech Center Training Program. Underneath that there are links to other websites that have job resources.

CRITICAL EVALUATION

The Town of Colonie Youth Employment Service website is very basic, but services its purpose. It is basically a list of jobs by category. The positions are not in any type of order other than by category. And the user must scroll though list to get to the category they want. The positions note if they require that the teen be 16 and over or 18 and over. In New York you can get your working papers at age 16. If a teen is under 16 they will have to get a job ‘off the books’ where you get paid in cash. Many small businesses will pay you this way. I got my first job at 14 working ‘off the books’ as a counter person in a bakery on the weekends. NY of the jobs are in fast food restaurants or chain stores. This is a good resource for teens and it is self-explanatory. Scroll through the list of jobs until you see something you are interested in. Like I said, basic but gets the job done.

READER’S ANNOTATION

If you’re looking for a job in the Town of Colonie, check out this website.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE CREATOR

Town of Colonie
Colonie is a town in Albany County, New York, United States. It is the most populous suburb of Albany, New York, and is the third largest town in area in Albany County, occupying about 11% of the county. Several hamlets exist within the town. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 79,258. The name is derived from the Dutch Colonye or "Colonie," derived from the Colonie of Rensselaerswyck. All the land outside the Village of Beverwyck (now Albany) was referred to as the "Colonie."
The town of Colonie is north of Albany, New York, and is at the northern border of the county. Within the town of Colonie are two villages, one also known as Colonie and the other known as Menands. (Unknown)


GENRE

Website

CURRICULUM TIES

New York State: None

BOOKTALKING IDEAS

Not Applicable

READING LEVEL/INTEREST AGE

Ages 16 and up

CHALLENGE ISSUES

None

In order to prepare yourself should this website be challenged you may wish to take the following steps:

•Visit the website and look for any objectionable material.
•Refer to the library’s internet, collection development and circulation policy.
•Seek the opinion of teen readers that have used the website.

Should this website be challenged you should follow the additional steps below:

•Advise the senior staff of the challenge.
•Let the patron know that their challenge will be filed and that senior library management will review their request and notify them once a decision has been made.
•Offer any further assistance should the patron have additional questions.

WHY DID I INCLUDE THIS WEBSITE

I found the link for this website on the Teen Zone webpage on the William K. Sanford Library.