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How to set a job price list for your college student?

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jpcher:

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--- Quote from: Snooks on May 04, 2012, 08:10:18 AM ---Based on your other thread I'd be really careful here that you don't hurt DD#2's feelings.  It looks as though you're paying the child who's been away to do jobs around the house and if the child who's been at home knew these were on offer she might have done them for you for extra spending money.

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This is a good point.  Honestly, I'd make up a list of all the available tasks plus what they pay, and offer it to BOTH your daughters.  That will give them both an incentive to quickly do the jobs they want or think pay the highest for the least amount of work, because they'll be competing for the chance :P  Your DD1 may end up doing the majority of what's there, if she's the one who is home and has the time, but hopefully she'll realize the list of chores is a finite resource and she'll be motivated to find work outside the house.

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Snooks -- that is a really good point. Thanks for reminding me.

Slartibartfast -- That's a good idea. I've done an open list before and it worked well. The problem is that DD#2 will still be in school for another month (and doesn't have time for a lot of house work) while DD#1 will be home alone. Maybe I'll keep some of the jobs off of the original list and add them later when DD#2 has more time, just to kind of split it up and keep it fair.


I'm liking the minimum wage and estimating the amount of time it would take me to do the job. That sounds fair.



--- Quote from: MacadamiaNut on May 03, 2012, 09:46:53 PM ---The reason why I think you should stay away from high professional rates is that it is best for DD to get a summer job she can put on her resume.  It's critical to have real life work experience!

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I completely agree with this. ^

I'm really hoping that both the DDs will find a summer job! I know they both have applied to many places. DD#1 has told me about a couple of phone-interviews she's had along with several turn-downs and many places that she hasn't heard anything back from yet. She does have one face-to-face interview set for when she gets home. Really keeping my fingers crossed for this one . . . it's in her field of study and the place is 2 blocks away from home.



--- Quote from: cicero on May 04, 2012, 03:28:44 PM ---I also would want to know if she really did do her best and beyond to try and find a summer job. since she is the one who came up with the idea of you paying her to do chores, i am wondering if this is just an easy way out for her.

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I really don't think that she's looking for an easy way out.

I'm pretty sure that she would rather be out of the house and earning her own way.

She does have a part-time job that she's had for 2+ years that she will fall back on if necessary, but they don't give her a lot of hours (2-4 hours/day 2-4 days/week.) She's looking for something to augment this in case nothing else comes through because she knows that she needs spending money for next college year.




Anyway, I got long-winded again ::).

Thanks for your responses so far . . . great food for thought! ;D

MacadamiaNut:
You're a great mom!  I have a great mom too but I would not mind at all if you were my mom.  Kudos to you! :)

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