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Do you need money but you don’t have any? The next step is
EARNING it.
The first decision you need to make is how you want to
work. Do you want to work at home doing jobs for your parents or do you
want to get a job away from home? There are advantages and
disadvantages to both. Here are a few:
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Work At Home |
Work Outside
Home |
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No special clothes are
needed. |
You may need special
clothing or
nicer clothes. |
Parents usually
don't pay
minimum wage. |
Pay is usually minimum
wage to start
but could rise higher. |
Chores are not usually
steady work
(the same amount of hours each week). |
You will get steadier
hours per week. |
Pay will depend on
what your
parents can afford to pay. |
You will have a
steadier pay and usually
earn more money than at home. |
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You don't need to
travel to get to work. |
You may need to get a
ride or
transportation to work. |
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You will usually get
jobs around the house
that you are used to doing. |
You may need training
for the job or learn
a job that you have never done before. |
There are many jobs you can do for money. Here are examples
of good ones:
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Work At Home |
Work Outside
Home |
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Babysitting |
Babysitting |
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Gardening/Landscaping |
Gardening/Landscaping |
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Mowing the lawn |
Mowing lawns for other
people |
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Shoveling snow |
Shoveling snow for
other people |
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Cleaning the house |
Pet sitting (taking
care of animals when the owner is away) Plant
sitting, too |
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Painting |
Tutoring kids in
subjects you are good at |
These are some examples of jobs. You can also work in department
stores, home improvement stores, grocery stores, libraries, gas
stations, fast food restaurants, and many more places. Look in your
area newspaper Want Ads. Businesses advertise jobs there and it
will give you an idea of what kinds of jobs are available.
At some point, you will want to work outside home because
you usually earn more money that way. Depending on your age, you might
need something called
working papers
or proof of age. Each state makes up its own laws about children
working.
Click here for your state
information.
Most jobs are paid by the hour. How much money you make
depends on how long you work. If you only worked an hour, you might get
$5.00, but if you work longer, you might get $15.00. You might get paid
more money if the job you are doing is harder, and doing your best
always counts too!
To earn more money, do a GREAT job! This is
important. If your boss sees that you are a ‘worker’, you will
keep your job and maybe even get more money for doing it! That’s
called a
raise.
 Think about it this
way: You walk into a store and there are two cashiers standing side by
side. Neither one has a customer. The first cashier is straightening
up a bunch of papers that were laying by the cash register, putting
leftover hangers in a box, and scanning the clothes racks to see if
anyone needs help. The second cashier is leaning against another cash
register, filing her nails, and yawning in a bored way. Most people
would check out with the first cashier because she was more
business-like.
The person you work for is usually called your boss. This
person hires you to do a job well. Your boss expects that you will come
to work on time, be there every work day, dress for the job you have,
work hard, and be nice to people you work with and customers you might
have. Do a GREAT job and you will be a success!
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