U.S. Department of Labor
About Us
The Department of Labor fosters and promotes the welfare of the job seekers, wage earners, and retirees of the United States by improving their working conditions, advancing their opportunities for profitable employment, protecting their retirement and health care benefits, helping employers find workers, strengthening free collective bargaining, and tracking changes in employment, prices, and other national economic measurements. In carrying out this mission, the Department administers a variety of Federal labor laws including those that guarantee workers’ rights to safe and healthful working conditions; a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay; freedom from employment discrimination; unemployment insurance; and other income support.
Articles by U.S. Department of Labor
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Applying for a Job: Resumes and Application Forms
Resumés and application forms Résumés and application forms are two ways to provide employers with written evidence...
Topics: Teen Years (13-19) | Preparing the Resume -
Job Interview Tips (for teens)
An interview gives you the opportunity to showcase your qualifications to an employer, so it pays to be well prepared....
Topics: Teen Years (13-19) | Job Interview Tips -
Evaluating a Job Offer
Once you receive a job offer, you are faced with a difficult decision and must evaluate the offer carefully....
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What Jobs Can Youth Do? (for teens)
When You Are 13 Or Younger . . . You can deliver newspapers. You can work as a baby-sitter. You can work as an actor...
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What Hours Can Youth Work? (for teens)
If you are 14 or 15, you can work . . . Outside school hours After 7 a.m. and until 7 p.m. Except from June 1...
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Job Search Methods and Where to Learn About Job Openings
Job Search Methods Personal contacts. Eighty percent of available jobs are never advertised, and over half of all...
Topics: Teen Years (13-19) | Conducting a Job Search -
Occupational Therapists
Nature of the Work Occupational therapists help patients improve their ability to perform tasks in living and working...
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Opportunities for Teens During the Summer
What do teens do all summer? The summer months of yesteryear were long regarded as a time for youths to embark upon...
Topics: Teen Years (13-19) | Summer Jobs
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