Being teen is something that most adults admire. It’s a point in your life where you can enjoy discovering yourself, try out your way in several future plans and take as many roads as possible to find your route. However, while enjoying yourself, you may need money in order to meet your life expenses or simply to enjoy yourself more. You might be looking for a job out of different reasons and be confused a bit about how to find a good one. Fortunately, you are far luckier than your parents who didn’t have the Internet like you do now to look for jobs.
Knowing how to use the Internet for good job searches is the first step you should take if you are to look for a job online. But how? Scrolling down you will find a great guide for your job research along with some opportunities you can take. Are you a total beginner? Are you looking for a summer job? Are you not sure which job title you can go for? Don’t worry! This beginner-level guide includes all the details you would like to learn!
Where Should I Start?
It’s not unusual for you to aspire to have a job but don’t know what kind of a job you want to. You might even have experience in some positions but still don’t know what to do. At this point, knowing your strengths and weaknesses as well as your interests is highly recommended. It should be the key point while creating your profile. You should also determine what kind of a job you would like to have. Do you want to work part time or are you looking for a summer time job? How close do you want to work to the people? Do you have a flexible working schedule? How about your expected salary? After answering these basic questions, you can find some job titles that might fit for you down below.
Childcare provider
Babysitting is one of the most popular jobs among teens. One reason for that is the basic duties you are expected to perform. You are also supposed to have flexible working hours and obviously spend time with children when their parents are not present. Try www.sittercity.com or www.carecity.com.
Newspaper distribution
There are many people who still like to read their printed newspaper disfavoring online newspaper media. Depending on the opportunities in your local area, you can go for newspaper delivery jobs. You might need to go to work very early in the morning but the good salary makes it worth it.
Garden works
If you are good in outdoor activities and working in the yard, you can simply ask your neighbors if they need help. You are supposed to perform basic duties such as mowing, raking and cleaning in the garden.
Pet sitter
Following babysitting, pet sitting is a very popular job that teens go for. If you like being around the animals and taking responsibility of them, you might try your way out pet sitting. If you are not sure about the responsibility part but still love pets, dog walking could be another option for you. www.petsit.com and www.rover.com probably has a good offer for you.
Retailer jobs
Can you work closely with people? Do you like to help people out when shopping? If yes, working retail might stand out perfectly for you. Many retailers employ staff as young as 14 years old. You can enjoy the employee discounts if you are to work for retailers.
Lifeguard
Lifeguard is one of the best options you can consider especially in summer. If you are good at swimming, have good skills keeping track of people and meet the criteria of some lifeguard trainings or certifications you might be asked for, enjoy elaborate vacancies in lifeguarding.
Fast food restaurant jobs
Many fast food restaurants hire inexperienced employees as servers. Take a small note down here, if you are to work as a fast food server, you should be doing well working closely with customers.
Cleaning
It might be very basic, but you can make unbelievably amounts of money only by cleaning houses. People with busy working hours often hire teens to clean their houses and are likely to recommend good cleaners to their friends, which might mean extra opportunities for you. Sign up at www.housekeeper.com.
Online jobs
If you need money but for some reasons can’t commit long hours being present at a workplace, working online might be the best solutions for you. Depending on your ability and interests, you can choose from numerous online jobs titles such as online tutoring, social media management, telemarketing, data entry associate, call center assistant and so on.
Camp counselor
Are you looking for a summer job and want to have fun with younger kids? You may try your way out camp counseling. Camp counselors are likely to spend one week or a few weeks away with young campers having a lot of activities with them while supervising.
E-commerce Associate
Online delivery is one of the most on demand sectors by now. If you own a driver’s license and a car, the chances are you’ll get a good offer. If not, you can still find opportunities in packaging online orders.
Other job opportunities you can take a look at are amusement attendant, grocery clerk, restaurant clerk (server, dishwasher, waiter, ice cream server etc.), escape room game moderator/attendant, ticker seller, library aide, research assistant etc.
How to Find a Job Online?
After deciding what you want to do, the next step you should take here is obviously to look for your best opportunity. With all the business world going online, you would want to search for you dream job online. If you are a to do it in the classical Google way, you can take a few steps below.
- Go to Google.
- Type “teen jobs”.
- You will find numerous websites including the word “teen jobs”. Filter the results by location.
- Google will find the closest employment announcements to you. Don’t hesitate to take a look at the companies’ websites and find your perfect match.
If Google doesn’t work for you, you can try out different search engines such as Indeed, Glassdoor, Monster, Snag etc. Even LinkedIn may turn out to be a great source for you here. Among these options, we highly recommend you take a look at Indeed. It is surprisingly easy to use and comes with a lot more job deals than the other search engines we’ve listed above. You will find a step-by-step guide to use Indeed for a basic teen job search below.
- Go to Indeed.com.
- Type “teen” in the search box.
- Add your location. You will be directed to the best and closest vacancies for you.
- You can expand your search in your way. For instance, if you’re looking for a summer job, type “teen summer” plus your location. Likewise, you can type “teen online” but this time leave the location bar blank. You can try your way and increase your chances simplifying your search words.
If you really can’t find your dream job online, you can also look for a job in the old fashioned networking way. You can talk about what you’re looking for with your family and friends. The simple and effective job titles you’ve mentioned are probably to stuck somewhere in their mind and they will definitely talk about them to their close ones. You can also simply go out in the neighborhood and walk it around. Who knows? Maybe you will find a local shop looking for a young employee or a neighbor who is desperate for an assistant running their errands.
What Else Should I Know?
After you’ve found your match, don’t hesitate to contact the company. Most basic-level jobs don’t come with an interview for teens. Even if they do, you can always plan your interview and prepare for it beforehand. Just so you know, anything that the adults are not willing to do is a job opportunity for teens. Take your chances and don’t be afraid of trying as many roads as possible!
