The best way to get one of these jobs is to go to a summer camp until you’re old enough to be a counselor (which also involves kissing up to/making nice with the powers-that-be). How do I get this job? This is a tough one.
Minimum age: 16 to be a junior counselor or CIT, 17 to be a real counselor. Junior counselors and counselors-in-training-”CITs”-sometimes receive just room and board, not an actual salary.
Busboy jobs for 14 year olds plus#
Wages: $600 to $2,000 for 10 weeks, plus room and board. Downside: You’re responsible for 10-15 kids for nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week getting caught taking advantage of your elder co-workers’ ability to buy beer. Upside: No parents, no curfews, co-workers who live with you (some of whom are over the age of 21). You really learn how to: Haze 11-year-olds while remaining within the moral boundaries of civilized society read Penthouse letters force that smelly home-schooled kid into the shower on the eve of visitors’ day. They say you learn how to: Plan activities, act as a surrogate parent for children, deal with homesickness, be responsible for others. No one will be impressed by your job, but you do spend all of your days in the sun with other hot, sweaty, bored teenagers. If you call early enough (or have a connection), a job is pretty easy to get. How do I get this job? In March, check with local private schools, community organizations, and religious groups about when their camp starts. Minimum age: Generally speaking, you need to be an incoming sophomore or junior in high school. Wages: Anywhere from $600 to $3,000 for 8 weeks of work. Downside: You always have to look after your kids. Upside: When you’re not looking after your kids, you can chill with other teenagers. You really learn how to: Transfer important responsibilities to your co-counselors, explain to 8-year-old girls that they’ve got no chance with the dreamy 18-year-old camp crafts instructor. They say you learn how to: Work with kids, lead a group with confidence, teach useful skills, mediate petty squabbles. Moderate if you’re a waiter with a modicum of charm. Low if you’re a 15-year-old busboy who has to wear a goofy Hawaiian shirt. … Trust me, I know from experience. How do I get this job? Something called the Yellow Pages and the ability to lie brazenly about past experience in “the business.” Hook-up factor: High if you’re a hostess or waitress wearing a tight shirt. But at most restaurants you need to be at least 16 to be a waiter or hostess. Busboys usually make less than the waiters, unless they are working the bar, where you sometimes get a portion of the bartender’s tips. Wages: Hostesses make between $6.50 and $10 per hour waiters are tip-dependent-a night shift can garner anywhere from $50 to $120. … Downside: You have to choose between day shifts (when no one comes in and you get no tips) and night shifts (where you’ll miss out on your prime chances for sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll while hanging out with your friends). Upside: Surely TGI Friday’s doesn’t need all that beer on tap. You really learn how to: Make “house dressing” out of mayonnaise and assorted other condiments, furtively sweep up shards of the plate you dropped. They say you learn how to: Interact with people, read a wine list, serve food. Job: Busboy, waiter, or hostess at a mid-priced restaurant. There are two problems: a) Writing your phone number on grocery-store receipts is a bit too cheesy for most to pull off and b) if you’re a bagger, the only people you’d have time to flirt with are the people who are buying lots of groceries, i.e., moms (and dads!) with minivans and toddlers. How do I get this job? Start nagging your local supermarkets and drug stores … in March. Minimum age: 14 (for baggers), 16 (for everyone else). Downside: No time to sit down and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort. Upside: Air-conditioning 24/seven and the fact that the job requires absolutely no thinking or effort. You really learn how to: Drive motorized wheelchair shopping carts. They say you learn how to: Bag groceries, stock shelves, work a cash register. Cheap, garish visors do not qualify as a turn-on. How do I get this job? Spend a Sunday in May at a food court or rest stop filling out all the applications. Minimum age: 14 (although most places start at 16).
Busboy jobs for 14 year olds free#
Upside: Free chalupas! Downside: To quote Fast Food Nation: “There is sh*t in the meat.” Wages: $5.50-$8 per hour. You really learn how to: Mindlessly obey corporate dogma and/or spit in other people’s food. They say you learn how to: Be part of a team, flip burgers, etc.
Job: Burger flipper/Cappuccino maker/Burrito roller.
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