I Need a Summer Job?

Hi April:

When I was you age I did baby sitting, house sitting, pet sitting for those on vacation, yard work, house cleaning, and elderly care.

I hope this helps :)

Martha

Ask your neighbors if they need help with yard work, dog walking, or cleaning projects. Maybe someone who normally mows their own yard is going on vacation and needs someone to do it while they're away. Check with family members as well.

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If you like children, you could be a "parent's helper", someone who watches and amuses little kids while their parents are still around the house but busy doing other things. With the parents in the house, you don't have to worry if a true emergency arises, and you'd get some good experience for future on-your-own babysitting jobs.

Shelly Darby

May 4, 20040 found this helpful

Oh honey - you should NOT be looking for a summer job at your age! You are young and should be enjoying your life worry free! Get a job later! Enjoy being Young and Free!

The usual, babysitting while parents are home, teaching/tutoring young children, listening to children read, plant and pet care while neigbors vacation, errand running for busy or diabled folks if your georgaphy and situation permits, also grocery shopping (maybe you could do this while mom shops for your family), dog brushing/bathing, bird cage cleaning, poop scooping. can you cook or bake somethinbg neighbors would but like zucchini or banana bread or cookies, fruit picking if your neigbors have not-too-big trees...use your imagination and congrats for being resourceful and earning your own money!

Offer to help people (esp. disabled, elders) to "move" and organize things. I need regular help to unload and clean up the car, organize the pantry, move things from laundry to bedroom, organize my things for donation (I need to down-size), reach things I can't, we pay a neighbor $1 to put our trash out each week!

I babysat when I was your age and I enjoyed it very much. Also offer to walk neighbor's dogs, water plants during vacations, feed the kitties, fish, bird, etc., help clean or do yard work. I'd love to know of a neighborhood young teen to help me at my home with any number of chores.

Well sweetie, first of all I'm PROUD of you! What a great idea for you to find a job and help out with things that you need or want.. Part time though, school and family is #1.

How about getting a paper route. Most newspapers pay you weekly and the routes really are not that big. Sometimes you can just get a Sunday paper route or morning papers, or the afternoon addition. Not only do you get a paycheck weekly for about 2 hours work tops you will also get tips when you have to collect as well. I have no idea where you live but that is usually a safe job for a young teen. Good Luck

When I was your age, my sister and I were babysitting the neighbors kids together so we didn't have to worry about being overloaded. We have 4 boys in our neighorhood that tie a lawn mower to the back of their bicycle and get $20 per yard (which is better than the big lawn companies). And my husband was the real creative one he did things from bringing in peoples groceries for them, taking out the whole blocks trash for them since it was picked up at 4:30 in the morning and the dogs would get it if they put it out at night. But the best one I've heard from him was he did ice sells, he would bag ice out of his parent's freezer and sell it in the summer for $.75 a bag. Just get creative.

i need a job so i can be able to get school suplies.
i can babysit on weekends anytime.
i charge 3 dollars an hour.also i babysit at my house

I am in seek for any type of job, I live in Delano, California. I attend Bakersfield College and will transfer this august to Fresno State. Please contact me at msizeth AT yahoo.com