When it comes to a persistent and steady income, there are customer service, retail, fast food, telemarketing, and a number teenager work positions to choose from. Summer jobs are also highly abundant, especially right when school is letting out. While your teen may not hold a degree, there is still hope for them to obtain their first job. Your teen might even have a better chance at obtaining a small, part-time job than someone else who has a lot of job experience simply because teens usually have a clean job record and no previous history of being fired or quitting.
Work Available for Teens
Summer work is available for any teen who is interested. Your teen might be interested in working at the mall. Luckily, there are usually hundreds of stores that offer teen jobs. Teens should apply to stores that appeal to them. For example, if your teen is interested in body wash, lotions, and perfume; working in a bath and body store would be perfectly ideal. If your teen is interested in sports, they will enjoy working in a store that sells sporting goods and supplies. Teenager jobs in the mall also provide teenager work in food courts and in clothing stores. Most of the time, when your teen works in a store, they are provided a small discount on all the items. The more they enjoy where they work, the better their overall job experience will be.
Customer service jobs are not the only type of summer jobs available for teens. There are also delivery jobs such as newspaper and phone book delivery. Obviously, your teen will need a license to apply for this type of work. They will also need a dependable vehicle. Most of these teen jobs are part time and pay no more than a couple of hundred dollars per week.
Washing cars is a very popular form of teenager work. Washing cars require that your teen work outdoors in relatively hot weather. A huge benefit of this type of work is that it provides your teen with a great outlet for getting rid of excess energy. Washing cars can be a workout! Depending on where your teen applies, these types of summer jobs can start anywhere from $8.00 to $11.00 an hour and provide both full-time and part-time hours.
There are also teen jobs available in the form of cleaning houses. This is yet again another form of rigorous work that requires a lot of physical activity. Fortunately, cleaning houses usually doesn't require any experience. The pay provided is usually minimum wage; however there is the potential to work long hours and even receive your pay "under-the-table" which simply means that you are provided pay in the form of cash with no tax deductions. Obviously, you'll have to pay your taxes at the end of the year.
Telemarketing teenager jobs are also a grand possibility. Office jobs in general are available for teens that possess the right attitude. There are always companies who are willing to give teens a break and allow them to work for them. Again, starting pay will almost always be low, but if you get a job in sales, then you'll have the potential to make the same amount of money as your parents. Just by looking in your local newspaper, you should be able to find at least a handful of office summer jobs for teens.
Where to look for teenage jobs
As you can see, teenager jobs are everywhere. Whether you live in a small town or large city, you should be able to find what you are looking for. You might even want to consider working as a helper in an animal clinic or as a janitor for a large business. There are literally a million things you could do. Even if you don't see a "now hiring" sign, it still never hurts to ask about teenager work at the place you are interested in. Other than searching through your local newspaper, you can't forget the internet. Online, you can find just as many summer jobs as you can searching through your local newspaper and out in your town combined. Websites like TeenagerCrossing.com, Careerbuilder.com, Craigslist.org, and Monster.com are particularly effective for helping teens find the work they need.
