The McDonalds application is getting ready to get filled out at an incredible pace in the next couple of weeks, as Summer closes in. Teenagers everywhere will be seeking employment in an already tight job market, thanks primarily to the on going recession. Why is the hottest job for teenagers? Well for one the number of employees that are employed worldwide rivals 1.5 million. To quote one of the best lines that I have ever written, “1.5 million employees cannot be wrong!”

Teenagers, if I can offer you what will probably be the best advice that anyone can or will give you on a job site, it would be this. Go right now, while you are still in school and get with two or three of your current teachers and kindly ask them to please write you a letter of recommendation that you will eventually use for the McDonalds application or any other place of employment in the fast food industry. This is a very lost art in the employment field, probably due to the necessity and the urgency that prospective employees have to obtain a job.

These letters should somewhat resound the following sentiment, the above mentioned person has been observed by me for the last year and has displayed a great amount of leadership in the following fields. Team work, hard working, works well independently, and any other key points that teachers observed. Do not procrastinate and wait until the last moment, as other students may make similar request and you want to give the teacher or school administrator or even PTA rep enough time to formulate the letters. If you employ this tactic when you submit your McDonalds application for your McDonalds job, there is no reason to believe that you will not stand above the pack. As always I wish you the best in all your future job endeavors.

Since I targeted teenagers in this article, for those of you that are not teenagers, this will also work for you and perhaps you can target past employers for those same letters of recommendation for a similar edge.