Best job for a teenager?

[kuqdew]

So i can get off RFD...

I am leaning towards KFC

any suggestions?

[SamInfinity]

Any fast-food chain is good, cinemas....etc. Basically, anywhere that you'd likely be surrounded by people your own age.

[faken]

anything that involves working with a team and for people (fast-food chains, retail stores, grocery stores). If it's your first job those are what people usually get into.

[jason9945]

Personally i'd like to be away from Fast food and into retail. But a movie theatre is a good choice too, especially because of all the free movies.

[kuqdew]

i have experience from tim hortons but that was one crappy job

[AzN_RiverdaleCI]

Movie theatre or some sort of stock person.

[kuqdew]

OK, a few of you have suggested a theatre

What do I do in a theatre?

[Mike_wang]

Ticket Ripper
Food dispenser
Janitor
Cashier

think man geez

[monty613]

leaning towards KFC? aim higher man, come on!

[mgronqui]

Retail. You can become a keyholder then maybe even an assistant manager. These are skills that you can fork over to a real career should you study in post secondary school since you'll have some degree of management and communication skills.

[aimfox]

Probably working at the customer service centre or work at Wal-Mart return merchandises department which can be extremely fun as you can reject or take the returned items.

another option is to work at costco as a receipt checker and this part is fun, just use a yellow highlighter and draw a smiley face or give them weird looking check marks

theatre is excellent and can be less stressful as you don't need to do anything basically, just walk around and do some ticket ripping or pop some popcorns

as for kfc, i would say its not a bad job but its extremely oily in there and everyday, you would have to face the oily environment which is bad. also, the corn starch will likely to absorb your clothes and your body where it can create a prudent smell

[mgronqui]

Also forgot to add factory and call center. Those pay 10 at the very least.

[Samson45]

At what age can teenagers starting working in Ontario? I assume there is a minimum age requirement?

[alanbrenton]

To work for a relative who has a small business. This way, they get to expense your salary while giving you wealthier/richer work experience and hopefully, a slightly higher salary.

[Rocko]

At what age can teenagers starting working in Ontario? I assume there is a minimum age requirement?

Probably whenever you get your SIN #, although most retailers hire people 15.5 years or older.


So i can get off RFD...

I am leaning towards KFC

any suggestions?

If you are interested in retail, perhaps try Shoppers Drug Mart. The pay scale varies quite a bit depending on the owner, but it should be $9.50 ish for a cashier. That's how I started off, and in 3 months I was a Supervisor (still am today), making $11.25. Objectively that is a relatively poor wage for a Supervisor, but coupled with my 30% discount and quiet store location..... I suppose it's good until I get my degree.
Overall, the prospects of being promoted to photolab tech/supervisor and possibly even asst. manager are very good, once you get to know everyone. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't recommend it.

[N1QUE24]

I work at Empire Theatres.. and it's pretty fun :razz:

[coriolis]

Starbucks/Second Cup/Timothy's is another good starting place, while experience is not required, great social skills is necessary, and even if its not, it can be built up really quickly.

Before I started working at SC about a year ago, I was very outspoken and quiet, but it has changed me quite a bit. Of course, when working it is usually with 1-3 other people so you get to get close to your co-workers, depending on the place, usually your age as well.


Working at a grocery store is another great starting position.

[MrCheap]

Holy sheet people, is that all you can come up with? Mc Jobs? I mean, really, there are millions of things a teenager can do and I totally 100% disagree with them working with other teenagers. Every one I've ever hired worked x times harder on their own than when you put two together.

With that being said however we used to laugh at a buddy who worked at McDonalds every lunch and evenings and weekends. Then laughed when he became a manager.....well, he bought a McD's and last I heard he just bought his second ferrari (cash) so who's laughing now?

Now, as for age, I got my first job when I was 12 and it was cleaning up the lot of the local DQ 4 times a week.

As for what type of job to go for it all depends on what you want to do with your life. If you're thinking of a trade type career (carpenter, electrican, plumber) then get a job as a helper. You'll make about 8 an hour and we always need help.

I was a site manager for a condo developement and we had a young guy working cleanup for us. He talked to the drywall foreman and got on as an apprentice. At $18.00 an hour that's pretty good. Plus the tools needed to be a drywaller will only cost you about $150.00 (utility knife, drywall drill, and square) or if you want to do something with little cost, a taper makes good money and their tools will only cost you about $75.00.

If you have any inclination to start your own business HRDC offers thousands of dollars for teen enterprises. Really.....the coin is just sitting there waiting for you.

[sleepyguy]

In HS i worked at a NFP daycare centre. Honestly it was the PERFECT job for a HS student.

I walked kids to school in the mornings, then went to class. After school I supervised them from 4-6 until the parents came to pick them up. Then I worked FT hrs in the summer. Paid aroud $11/hr if I recall, but that was like 9yrs ago, lol.

Walk into a NFP daycare and ask if they need p/t help. Mind you, you really have to like kids. Great job and keeps you fit chasing all the little buggers :)

It's great because some of the kids still recognize me til this day which is pretty cool. -sg

[Desolatax]

Apply at a local Starbucks. Great company to work for, they really take care of their employee's and have good starting wages. Being surrounded by coffee is a good plus too :D

[ChromeSushi]

As far as chains go, try to find a location with a good manager. It doesn't matter as much that you're working at Timmies, KFC, WalMart, etc., it matters if you have a good manager. You will feel supported, be less stressed, and will actually develop some skills.

Try to find somewhere that will help you develop skills you can use in a career, not just make money. It's never too early to build up a resume.

That being said, have fun too. I work in an office now, but I'm glad I had the experience of manual labour jobs when I was younger.

[tigger03]

Wal-Mart for a couple of reasons:
- flexible hours (with work and school)
- valuable "customer service experience" -- it really does look good on your resume
- other ppl your age working there (esp. for the evening shift)
- you don't actually do "work"
- you get a chunk of "profit sharing"
- 10% discount card
- employee appreciation discount on any 3 items once a year (I think it's a 20% discount)

[jason9945]

Wal-Mart for a couple of reasons:
- flexible hours (with work and school)
- valuable "customer service experience" -- it really does look good on your resume
- other ppl your age working there (esp. for the evening shift)
- you don't actually do "work"
- you get a chunk of "profit sharing"
- 10% discount card
- employee appreciation discount on any 3 items once a year (I think it's a 20% discount)

Good luck trying to get a job at walmart. I find they rarely hire, people seem to work there forever!

[professionaldude]

Wal-Mart for a couple of reasons:
- flexible hours (with work and school)
- valuable "customer service experience" -- it really does look good on your resume
- other ppl your age working there (esp. for the evening shift)
- you don't actually do "work"
- you get a chunk of "profit sharing"
- 10% discount card
- employee appreciation discount on any 3 items once a year (I think it's a 20% discount)

Let me tell u 1 think It's not flexible hours u must work minimum 4 days two weekends and two weekdays. My friend quit before Christmas and he told me that part-timers don't get any profit sharing in their 1 st year! and other thing that place is worse! It really SUCKS if u are a Cashier... I am not saying Don't apply for Walmart but just to let u know that all that glitter is not gold. so GOODLUCK

[Setz]

Work at a clothing store. Easiest stuff ever.

I work Hollister overnight, and the hours are far from school hours. Shifts start at 9pm and go until 3-6am, every hour netting you 12$ in pay. It's an easy job: you just fold clothes.

[kuqdew]

At what age can teenagers starting working in Ontario? I assume there is a minimum age requirement?

14

[jvaf]

So i can get off RFD...

I am leaning towards KFC

any suggestions?

CSR jobs. They pay good + your in a safe environment

[supersnazz]

I would recommend working at a grocery store, for the following reasons:

- flexible hours
- unionized environment, therefore regular pay raises and it's easy over a number of years to reach the top pay scale
- benefits
- if later in life, your job is unionized, you may be able to "buy back" years of service from your time at the grocery store and retire a bit earlier

[gnunn]

+1 for Starbucks, my nephew works at one in a Chapters and really enjoys it, seems like they have good benefits too. He quit a job at Dominion for this one.

[VIKKO]

get into the restaurant business.

couple years back i was a busboy - worked hard and became a server.

flexible hours, cash tip out

great during school.

[hibachi13]

Public Library Page
- great pay
- flexible hours
- dont really deal with customers
- easy work (organize books and put them on the shelf)
- most hires are students around the same as you

[dakine31]

I am surprised no one has made the recommendation for busboy. Now don't get me wrong this is not an easy job but I worked as a bus boy at a fairly upscale (read: expensive) private club. Again let me stress if you are not in decent shape, ie cannot move and lift kegs above your waste by your self, forget about about this job however if you can apply apply apply. I was brought in as a temp because they needed one person for a night and was offered a job after I did the job better than the other people working working there.

So on to the main parts:

Expect long and late hours, ie 10-12 hour shifts.

Expect unfair shifts; not last new years but the one prior I worked from 4pm and finished at 7am. I had to go back to work at 11am 4 hours later. However you will be highly compensated for instance I made close to 25 dollars an hour on these two shifts.

On average I got paid 15 dollars an hour.

If you can find a private club that doesn't do food (which I was at) take that job because cleaning peoples plates sucks.

You will have to take out garbage and get yelled at by managers and bartenders but let it slide because arguing gets you no where.

Had I continued my job I would have gotten promoted to a bartender which you make even more money.




Coles notes:

Long hard ****** work, lots of pay.

[blizzah]

Work at a clothing store. Easiest stuff ever.

I work Hollister overnight, and the hours are far from school hours. Shifts start at 9pm and go until 3-6am, every hour netting you 12$ in pay. It's an easy job: you just fold clothes.

WTH? Stores have peoeple in there over night? And when do you sleep if you also go to school

[champ91]

fast food for a 6months-1 yr
then jump to retail for a while
then go to something more related to what u want to do in the future.

by the time u grad highschool, u'll have enough experience to get a better job, like banks or office jobs.

[BillsFan]

My experience is at a restaurant as a dishwasher and at a subway as a sandwich artist.
I used the dishwashing experience to get me the subway job, and I plan on using the subway job to get me non-restaurant job.
To be honest, working in a restaurant, regardless of fast-food or otherwise is a b*tch.
As a dishwasher I had to do busboy work as well, and would work loooong shifts at 8$/hour, which sucks, but work is work.
As a sandwich maker I worked 9 hour shifts running the store on my own, which also sucked because the manager was pretty tight with things and only gave a 6" sandwich for lunch :razz: But once again, it's a job, and the good thing about working at subway is that people tip you their change pretty often, so I could bring home 10+ dollars in tips every day, which upped me to about 9$/hour.

[aimfox]

My experience is at a restaurant as a dishwasher and at a subway as a sandwich artist.
I used the dishwashing experience to get me the subway job, and I plan on using the subway job to get me non-restaurant job.
To be honest, working in a restaurant, regardless of fast-food or otherwise is a b*tch.
As a dishwasher I had to do busboy work as well, and would work loooong shifts at 8$/hour, which sucks, but work is work.
As a sandwich maker I worked 9 hour shifts running the store on my own, which also sucked because the manager was pretty tight with things and only gave a 6" sandwich for lunch :razz: But once again, it's a job, and the good thing about working at subway is that people tip you their change pretty often, so I could bring home 10+ dollars in tips every day, which upped me to about 9$/hour.

dishwasher, isn't that a crappiest job with less pay?? :-0

i heard someone got sued for not washing the dishes clean and the person who washed ended up getting fined :(

[kuqdew]

How much does a library pay?

[CSK'sMom]

Restaurants can pay quite well, especially the chain restaurants like Boston Pizza, etc. Our 16 yr old works at BP and makes about $14 with wages and his tip outs. His wage is almost $11/hr. He works on the build line and really likes it. He gets 40+ hrs a week in the summer and over Christmas Break, March Break, etc. During school he can have 22 hrs a week if he wants but generally only takes 1-3 shifts a week.

[Setz]

WTH? Stores have peoeple in there over night? And when do you sleep if you also go to school

I only work on Fridays (9pm to whatever am on Saturday) sleep until work begins again, then Sunday I do any homework related stuff.

Easily 1k a month. :3

[Gmas]

Not sure where you live but working at the ACC pays $13.XX an hour plus you're in a union....for basically doing the same job you'd do at any fast food restaurant. I had a friend in high school who worked at A&P....by the end of high school he was at like $17.XX an hour, again because they're unionized there.

If you're just looking for what will pay you the most then those are good options.

If you're a real go-getter, you could try and find something that will give you some experience and an edge in whatever it is that you want to get into.

[BillsFan]

Yeah dishwashing does suck...but at the same time, it makes every other job feel like an orgasm. You won't find much harder work, especially when you're at an understaff restaurant whose other dishwashers won't pull their weight...and you have to clean up after them.

Dishwasher's horrer story #1:
I arrived for the dinner shift at the restaurant only to find that nobody worked at lunch (no biggy, happens a lot during the week because the resto isn't that busy) and I would have to do those dishes. Then the head chef says to me "I think there's some garbage out back the guys didn't put in the bins last night, you should go clean that up before we hit a rush."
Sure, no problem, right?
"Some garbage" was a fish that had been filet'd and was just bones and the head. There were flies EVERYWHERE. Maggots eating away at it. The eyes were being picked apart by bugs. Needless to say, I was pretty disgusted.
Took me 30 minutes to clean up the fish, get it into the garbage can, hose the pavement down behind the restaurant, then pour bleach on some of the more concentrated bug areas. It was a huge mess, and the other two dishwashers being school "friends" of mine, I gave them an earful next day.

Try to avoid dishwashing if you can, unless the pay is good/you're in a restaurant chain, I hear the conditions are way better, and the equipment all works.

[invisible]

Movie theatre was my first job, and it was great! Tons of awesome stuff to put on a resumee that landed me a great retail job at a big box company.. And now I'm making $25,000 salary working a mere 20 hours a week! And I'm only seventeen! Be smart about your first job. Theatre offers plenty of customer interaction, maintaining a clean work environment, whehter you're cleaning concession or theatres etc., sales (box office) and you reap benefits such as FREE MOVIES, advance screenings, discount food/drink, and it's a really good social experience. I recommend theatre absolutely, because it's tough to get into retail right off the bat. If I'm any indication though, you CAN be successful as a teenager. Hell, I make as much as a first-year teacher, and I work less than half the hours they do!

[DaVibe]

Probably whenever you get your SIN #, although most retailers hire people 15.5 years or older.



If you are interested in retail, perhaps try Shoppers Drug Mart. The pay scale varies quite a bit depending on the owner, but it should be $9.50 ish for a cashier. That's how I started off, and in 3 months I was a Supervisor (still am today), making $11.25. Objectively that is a relatively poor wage for a Supervisor, but coupled with my 30% discount and quiet store location..... I suppose it's good until I get my degree.
Overall, the prospects of being promoted to photolab tech/supervisor and possibly even asst. manager are very good, once you get to know everyone. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't recommend it.

A cashier who's worked for the company for 3-years will be lucky to see $9.25. They work on a pay grid, so unless you're coming into that place with experience and bulldoze yourself into a higher wage bracket (and they accept) you're going to be started at or just around minimum wage with nowhere to really "move around".
They work on a paygrid so depending on how long you've been there, you can see your wage go up 10 cents, regardless of how good or bad of an employee you are.
I think all departments run a high stress level because of the shortage of staff and demands that the business brings (okay ... head office visit, once again this month) and the things you have to deal with working with the public all for under $9.

For experience, its great. Lifetime? Even longer than 2 years, I would highly NOT recommend it. Many people I meet work 6 months to 1 year at Shoppers Drug Mart at most and get bored, tired, overworked or sick of the place altogether.

So in otherwords, it better be your stepping stone and that's about it.

[Lieur]

Movie theatre was my first job, and it was great! Tons of awesome stuff to put on a resumee that landed me a great retail job at a big box company.. And now I'm making $25,000 salary working a mere 20 hours a week! And I'm only seventeen! Be smart about your first job. Theatre offers plenty of customer interaction, maintaining a clean work environment, whehter you're cleaning concession or theatres etc., sales (box office) and you reap benefits such as FREE MOVIES, advance screenings, discount food/drink, and it's a really good social experience. I recommend theatre absolutely, because it's tough to get into retail right off the bat. If I'm any indication though, you CAN be successful as a teenager. Hell, I make as much as a first-year teacher, and I work less than half the hours they do!

Which store is it?

Anyway, I currently work at Tim Hortons and want to switch to Starbucks. Any thoughts?

[UrbanPoet]

I worked @ a movie theatre all throughout high school.
After that i worked retail for clothing and office supply stores.

The movie theatre is a fairly easy job thats fun with flexible hours. It'll give you good customer service expirience so you could move up to something more chilling like clothing retail.

[Lieur]

How much do people get payed for theatre jobs?

[UrbanPoet]

How much do people get payed for theatre jobs?

minimum wage... + free movies.
Its a good benifit for teens.

[Lieur]

I dont go to movies though lmao, sucks to be me

[tomotomo]

When do you guys think the best time is to apply for summer jobs? I'm planning to do it around early April.

[Dark-Colonel]

Honestly I think its Retail.

I've been working since I was 14, and I started at Mr. Sub which is pretty much fast food. Then to restaurant, then grocery, then onto retail.

Retail is the best. Its the most organized and highest paying.

There are quite a lot of jobs out there giving hourly wage + commission on top (i.e Futureshop + warranty sales).

In retail your more self reliant on working, you don't always have a control freak manager over your shoulder watching what you do 24/7. In retail you usually go to your department, maybe get a few jobs to do (mainly reorganizing locations of items), and then your pretty much off to just selling and helping customers.

Plus, retail experience is more impressive and useful than other jobs IMHO (for a teenager obviously).

In retail you develop great individual task working skills (know what to do on your own, such as selling), then also teamwork (interacting with other employees), communication & sales skills with customers, and most likely some cash handling skills (cashier).

PLUS - retail stores have great benefit, BB and Futureshop give you cost price + 10% (which at times can be great for things like HDTVs). In fashion retail you get 50% off after your probation (some even at start), in stores like AE, A&F, Mexx, Guess and etc. its a big plus. You can also be exposed to healthier food choices if you work at a mall (rather than popcorn and burger king at theatres).

A big negative I can point out at retail is the quota you have to maintain. Managers keep track of your sales and base their weekly schedule off of it. It can be a big plus for those who know how to sell well. But for those who don't , it can be bad. There's also the fact that retail is not steady. Lets say your availability is every other day 4-cl, then weekends. Well after christmas up until summer you'll most likely only end up with weekend shifts. It is a big plus for those who don't want to work weekdays (like me, just fri & sat is all i want) but for some who have the time to work a lot won't like the fact that they don't get scheduled often enough.

[Lieur]

Anyone here worked at Futureshop before? What do they require for an applicant? and what is the starting wage and from where do you get your commissions?

[Dark-Colonel]

Anyone here worked at Futureshop before? What do they require for an applicant? and what is the starting wage and from where do you get your commissions?

A lot of people where hired before the christmas season without experience. During Christmas, they want a big quantity of people. Not saying that quality is low (all my friends got hired when they went for their interviews).

Back in '05 when I started it was $8.50, but I think their giving out $9 now?

Commission is 10% on monster products, and 8% on PSP.

[sPiKyAZN]

I'd say for a teenager the best route is to start off at an entry-level job (Park attendant, mcdonalds, etc) for about a summer to gain experience and then apply for somewhere a bit better like retail (futureshop, clothing stores, etc) since it's a little harder to get those kinds of jobs.

I think all teenagers should work. I've learned a lot through my jobs than my friends who have never worked a day in their lives. It's also great to have your own money to spend :lol:

[Lieur]

A lot of people where hired before the christmas season without experience. During Christmas, they want a big quantity of people. Not saying that quality is low (all my friends got hired when they went for their interviews).

Back in '05 when I started it was $8.50, but I think their giving out $9 now?

Commission is 10% on monster products, and 8% on PSP.

Oh, wait, so here's my current situation.

I work at a Tim Hortons near our house for 2/3 months now, but it's quite limiting since we close at 7ish, giving me shifts 3:30-7:30 at max since that's the time we finish closing, and we're closed on weekdays. To get my 20hours a week, i need to work 4hrs for all 5 weekdays.

Now, there's a FS not that near to us, but prolly would take 45 mins max to get there via subway, and they close at 9 on weekdays, which means there's also a 30-1hr closing. Would RFD-ers think that working there would be better money-wise? So I could just take 2(5hours?) weekday shifts and an 8hour saturday shift ? or would the timmies job still get me more money for my time?

[BillyH]

I think that the best job for a teenager should not be judged by the amount of money you will make, but by the experience you will get (unless you must support someone). Volunteer as early as you can in life to gain valuable experience.

I started volunteering at 14 at a Science Museum and got a job there at 16 making 12 bucks an hour. I learned to interact with others on a different level than you would at a retail store. Not only that, it was a really fun job.

A teen can also boost his/her "hireablility" by taking some courses. I paid to take my lifeguarding qualifications and was never left unemployed (pools, beaches, summer camp etc...). That was a bit expensive, but shorter courses such as WHMIS and leadership seminars can help put you above the average job-seeker.

[Mint]

Any fast-food chain is good, cinemas....etc. Basically, anywhere that you'd likely be surrounded by people your own age.

+1. I worked at a fast food restaurant and a theatre in high school. Both were fun jobs since most ppl were the same age and lot of my friends also worked there.

[xilinx]

I think that the best job for a teenager should not be judged by the amount of money you will make, but by the experience you will get (unless you must support someone). Volunteer as early as you can in life to gain valuable experience.

I started volunteering at 14 at a Science Museum and got a job there at 16 making 12 bucks an hour. I learned to interact with others on a different level than you would at a retail store. Not only that, it was a really fun job.

A teen can also boost his/her "hireablility" by taking some courses. I paid to take my lifeguarding qualifications and was never left unemployed (pools, beaches, summer camp etc...). That was a bit expensive, but shorter courses such as WHMIS and leadership seminars can help put you above the average job-seeker.

I agree especially with your first point. In the majority of cases, teenagers don't need to earn the $$$ to support their family. This is often just expendable income. If this is the case, the amount of money earned should not be of a concern, what is much more important is the experience you gain and how your perspective on the world changes during that job.

In general, I find that the more qualifications you have, the higher your pay. This goes for all drops, people who get a masters degree are generally paid more than a bachelor. The same goes for jobs for teens; lifeguards get paid more than the average starting summer job because they have more qualifications.

As a starter list, here are some jobs that I feel are very successful and rewarding:

- lifeguarding / swim instructor
- piano teaching / theory tutoring
- general high school tutoring

All jobs have above average pay and in terms of working conditions, are among the top. If you've got the qualifications for these jobs, definately take them!

[jonno]

I worked at a pizza shop (Little Caesars) throughout all of high school. Started as a dish boy and worked my way up to manager. Working at a pizza shop doesn't really have the same amount of stress you would deal with at most fast food restaurants. You get to work with tons of people your age and you get free pizza.

I'd recommend it, since the pay is pretty competitive and you have an opportunity to work some off-hours while your in HS.

[dontstopthemusic]

i worked at a fast food joint at the cne-for my 1st job, it was quite stressful because of the rush-so it was hard to breathe at times, plus the customers were rather annoying because of the inflated prices of food
BUT, there is a +point, doing these kinds of jobs, in food service, gives you "a thicker skin"
BUT, do not limit youself to fast food joints, many friends luckier than me, landed jobs at toys r us, old navy and the gap.

[tomotomo]

Just came back from my 1st day of work doing some retail. Good exp for any teenager.

- makes you know how much hard work is 8.75/hour
- makes you want to work extra hard in school
- makes you want to start your own business in the future to make the top of the cream from other's people's time and labour
- makes you respect everybody, even that dood that works in mcdonalds/mom/dad/immigrants, that has a job
- be able to work time management/under pressure/work with teammates/work with customers/be able to learn quickly/do things quickly/being an employee/ask for help/don't be shy/respect for hard work and all the stuff you learn on a job

All from my first day of working, any retail job is great worldly experience for a teenager. It has made me think. Do I want to be a programmer? I'll be working for someone else, but it's like a passion to me. I'd definitely would want to start a business with it somehow in the future. The obvious choice would be going into business, but there's not that strong passion there, businesses are no easy cookie to create, and I'd probably be working for someone else doing business stuff where I don't sense/have a strong passion for business. Just throwing this out there to see what you guys think.

Teenagers, get a job ! Go early, apply part time 5-12 hrs, you won't have to compete with others teens for the job you want in the summer.

[Canuck2fan]

get into the restaurant business.

couple years back i was a busboy - worked hard and became a server.

flexible hours, cash tip out

great during school.

I have to agree if you start at a family style restaurant at 15 or so as a busperson move up to server get some experience you can make some serious cash by the time you are in university. It is nothing for a good server in a fine dining restaurant/hotel dining room if you know what you are doing and aren't afraid of a bit of work to clear 2 to 3 HUNDRED a night in tips and that is for a five/six hour shift..... If you treat the bartender and kitchen right you can do even better.

[SuperLuker]

Do you guys have any general tips for getting hired somewhere? I'm 16 and have applied everywhere. My neighbour is pretty high up in SDM, and we are very good friends with him, he said he would talk to the DM for me, and the local SDM is hiring. Not sure if that will do much though.

[Tijuana]

I'd try to find factory work. High pay, good summer hours, and depending on your boss/atmosphere you can get pretty good hours during the school week.

[SuperLuker]

Nothing like that around here, unfortunately.

[poiu900]

if you live in Toronto, try the Toronto Public Library there.
I work there for almost 5 years now I started there when I was 15 and great pay and supervisors are very accommodating to your needs (e.g. school)

[rharor]

Probably whenever you get your SIN #, although most retailers hire people 15.5 years or older.


Maybe where you come from but not in Canada. My parents got my SIN for me when I was around 2, that's not the minimum age to be legally working in Canada.

PS. What's a SIN #(social insurance number #)?

[Frosc]

When I was 16 I had a part-time job delivering for a pizza place. Most people tip pretty decently for delivery and on a busy night I'd usually bring in $10+/hr in tips on top of wages; not too bad for just driving to people's houses for 4 hours or so, and the busy times usually work well with school (evenings/weekends).