What Jobs Can Under 16's Do?

Before you turn 16 finding work can be a little tricky. It also will inevitably involve doing things you might not actually enjoy or get paid a great deal for.

Some ideas which may inspire you are:

Paper Rounds - ask at local newsagents

Waiter/Waitress - apply to restaurants and pubs

Shops - vacancies are usually advertised in places such as bakeries, gift shops etc

Babysitting - offer for parent's friends and neighbours, but remember some may be difficult to convince if they don't know you very well.

Dog-Walking - ask your neighbours (the elderly may appreciate this service) but ensure you can control the animal before you agree to walking it!

Gardening - mowing someone's lawn or helping to revive overgrown gardens could earn you a few pounds on a Saturday or Sunday.

Car-Valeting - see if anyone in your street would like their car cleaned inside and out for a small charge, like ?5.00 a car.

Fruit-picking - if you live in a farming area during the summer months there is sometimes opportunities to help harvest fruit. Call local farms to see if they need a hand with anything.

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To the person who said work in a resturant, legally you can't until a certain age wich i think is either 16 or 18 if they are a licence holding pub (can serve alcohol). i've reaserched it all.

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A camp counseler - during the summer if you find yourself with too much time on your hands then find a local kids summer camp and be a counseler

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I am 14 and have hunted around for jobs in my local area and i cant seem to find many. Only a weekend job in a cafe (which they gave to somebody else) and a dog boarding kennel which pays 30 pound a day!! but i will have to shovel poo all day and anyway i will have to wait untill another person goes to uni next year!!!
Does anybody know of any jobs gong nr Mildenhall,Suffolk????

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To the person who asked for jobs in mildenhall, i live near there and my advice is get what you can, i work in a pub and get paid. £2.50 an hour! its awful apy and its complely crap job. all my mates are all looking for jobs and some have been lucky enough to find some in pubs and paper rounds but other than that there is hardsly any jobs in this area going, so get what you. £30 a day is brilliant pay compared to £20 for the whole entire weekend! count your self lucky for that pay!

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Look out for posters and advertisements, i emailed for one that i saw unfortunately there were no vancancies. it was basically distribution like leaflets and stuff. i wouldnt have minded though as long as i got some money. theres just no work for under 16's. You never know though local newsagents are a good place to start

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I am a paper boy and I've just been given a promotion to senior sorter and head of paper rounds! There is hope yet!!! But getting work under 16 is very very hard and I got this just by luck!

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I'm 15 next week and i really would love a job, there are so many things you can do with money. I'm fed up of my 18 year old brother and my 16 year old sister sat at home when they could go out and earn so much money, i would do anything but a paper round. I like to have money on me all the time.

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I am 14 and work as a pot washer, tis gr8 there and i get paid £3.25 an hour and a share of the tips. Now it is christmas go to gardening centres and places where they sell xmas trees. They are generally needing a bit of help during this season.

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i am 13 14 in april
I'm looking for a job. I went to a local pub resturant and they said i had to be 16/18 :(
but he said I can be a runner in the summer so hopefully it will work but its really hard.

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I know that where I live, in Ontario some 14 year old kids work in grocery stores, and some of them also work in campgrounds around town. And finally a lot of the kids do the lawns for people during summer times.

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I'm 14 and got a job in a cafe... I called up and she said she would call when there was a vacancy. And there had been names on the list for like a year - it took a couple of weeks and she phones. She said she called me because I lived so local. So just keep trying your local places, get your names put on lists and you never know who might call...cya guys

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I'm 15 and i've been looking for a job for about a year. Nobody hires people under 16!! I've tried grocery stores, clothing shops, everywhere but the only place that will hire anybody under 16 is fast food places. At first i was set against working there but after i changed mind and went to ask for an application they told me that there was barely any time. They would actually hire anyone because as soon as there is an opening somebody will get it. Well i guess i will just have to wait until i'm 16...

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if you under 16 you can find summer job only

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I have got a job in Pillars restaurant but the money is quite terrible. I am only 15 years old and there is no other place I can work because I am under age.

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I'm 15 and have applied for 4 different paper rounds, however none have got back to me (and that was over a year ago). So I decided to take things into my own hands and work for myself. So I set up an ebay account not long ago and just by selling unwanted items in my house I've made over £100 in just over a month (which is better than nothing) and I can work to my own hours.

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Im 15 and have had 2 jobs. I had one when i was 13, in a hairdressers.
I currentley work in a pub and get paid £4.00 and hour.
So if i were you i would ask around in pubs etc.

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Just because you're under 16 doesn't mean you can only get summer jobs, jobs are all around at all times you just got to look.. And if you get a job stick at it for a while don't go and get board otherwise word will spread and no one else will want you!!

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