I recently turned 15 in this great state of Texas, and I’ve heard about being a bagboy at a store or something for minimum wage, but that doesn’t really fly.
I’m a mechanical kind of guy, so a place like home depot would be gold for me, but I’ve heard they only take 18+ year olds. My next choice would be something like Academy Sports and Outdoors or an outdoors or camping store.
NOT fast food, I’ve heard too many horror stories about working there.
Thanks yall
PUBLIX
Why dont you try the Walmart sporting section ??
Home Depot is very picky. You can’t legally work until you’re 16 anyway. And don’t get your hopes up, you’ll be working for minimum wage.
A lot of places you have to be 18 due to ins. reason You might have to start like at the malls or fast food until you get older. Anyway with you being 15 you can only work a certian amount of hours during school time and maybe a little more in the summer.Car washes is good place to start too.
You can work in an:
office,
grocery store,
retail store,
restaurant,
lodging facilities,
movie theater,
baseball park,
amusement park, or
gasoline service station.
for more info about what permits you need(in some states permit is not needed), hours you can work, job suggestions, interview information etcetera go to “youthrules” there are links for teens, employers, parents and educators for each state.
http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/
different companies have different policies about hiring minors so just apply the worst thing that can happen is they say no. when you go dress neat, clean, and appropriately for the business, be polite and ask for an application and the appropriate time to bring it back. you will need references so talk to teachers, ministers, anyone you have done casual labor for, friends parents etcetera be sure to ask if you can use them as a reference and let them know to expect calls from employers. good luck you’ll do great.
REMEMBER:
any job is what YOU make of it. your first job probably won’t turn into a career so why listen to “horror stories”.
fast food jobs are great because they offer flexible hours good pay for minors and teach work-ethic and job skills that you will need later in life.
your job pays for you to do the things you enjoy so………..
treat it well !