Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done Guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

Listener Andrew is a high school student who's thinking ahead. He tweeted asking about how to find a part-time job.

In this economy, decent jobs are hard to find. Technology has been replacing all of the low-skilled jobs,

and now it's starting to replace the high-skilled jobs, and now it's starting

to replace the high-skill jobs, too. And that means there aren't enough jobs for people

with proven track records, much less new job entrants like you, Andrew. Welcome to the future.

People with no qualifications or knowledge about such things say that these technology advances

will make enough new jobs available so we can

all have decent jobs. Of course, there's no economic, scientific, or religious theory that explains

why or how this will happen. I call it magical thinking. If you write novels about magical thinking,

you might be able to get those novels made into movies about sparkly vampires and by your

own private island by the age of 25 or not just in case that

doesn't pan out you should probably start pounding the pavement now to find yourself a part-time

job so Andrew even though you're still in high school I advise you to treat this like a

real full-time job search and if you're listening or reading this whoever else and

you're already a graduate,

these tips will still help. Tip number one, find companies that meet your goals. Even if you just

want a part-time job, narrow the field by going after companies that meet your goals. Sometimes

you'll want a job for the money. The latest laser-based tow fungus removal system is hitting the

stores next Tuesday, and you

want to be first in line with enough money to ensure sweet-smelling toes for life.

In that case, you want to identify companies that will pay money now.

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