• Teenagers in employment learn valuable skills.boy with laptop image by Petr Gnuskin from Fotolia.com
  
  Teenagers cost a lot of money, and when they're not bored at home or at school, completing homework or visiting friends, they're often getting into mischief. A good way for a teenager to pass the time is with a part-time job. In addition to making money, a teenager who is employed will learn valuable skills he can use in later life and transfer to his adult career.
  
  

People Skills

• Most teenagers spend more time with peers than adults, and haven't gained the communication skills required to interact with adults in a formal or employment environment. A job will teach teenagers how to engage with the customers, colleagues and bosses in a mature and respectful manner.
  
  

Work Experience

• A job will offer a teenager the opportunity to experience the work life, and better prepare him for adulthood. If he chooses a job related to the career he wants for the future, then he will gain valuable skills in the field. However, a job of any kind will give him a good work ethic in areas such as punctuality, time-management, working as part of a team, responsibility and personal presentation.
  
  

Resume Building

• A future employer will look favorably upon an applicant who sought out employment in his youth. Adding teenage employment to a resume shows ambition and motivation, and also displays the practical skills the candidate already achieved.
  
  

Financial Appreciation

• Not many teenagers understand or appreciate the value of money until they earn it for themselves. Working hard for an hourly wage will teach a teenager that money doesn't appear out of thin air, and that it takes time and energy to gain it.
  
  

Independence

• Teenagers rely on their families and teachers for support and guidance, but a job will enable a teenager to experience independence. He will be required to interview and train without his parents' company, and will need to use his own judgment and initiative while working.
  
  

Considerations

• A teenager should not work too many hours. He still has school and homework, and developing social skills and spending time with his family is as equally important in his youth as gaining work skills. The goal is to teach him about finances and work ethics. He shouldn't be exhausted.