What Is The Right Age For Kids To Get Jobs?

July 2nd, 2009 by Jason Stlotnik
by Suzy Peterson

At what age do most kids start looking for jobs? A common age that kids start thinking about acquiring extra spending money and getting a job is probably around the 15 to 16 year old age. What then, do you do if you have an exceptional teen that is highly motivated and younger than that? If you are looking for jobs for 13 year olds or 14 year olds, most companies wont hire someone so young. This leaves that age group out in the cold when it comes to earning extra money.

Younger teens are a little to young to go out and be hired in the real world. Few companies would hire 13 or 14 year olds and this leaves them without too many ways of making money. However, this is not all bad though as it challenges the young teen to come up with their own ways of making money. Typically this means trying to make money babysitting, pet sitting, car washing or other things that they can do an perhaps get paid for by people in their neighborhood.

When a child is creative, some amazing things can happen. Not being eligible for a real job at such a young age may be the best thing that ever happens to the child if they are then able to take the initiative and turn it into some innovative way to make money on their own. This means some teens are going to have to be creative in their methods of making money and getting a job.

Any young teen should be encouraged to have fun along with the work. There will be plenty of time later in life for serious work and so the things they end up doing should allow them to socialize and stay entertained. This is a time when they can be learning a little bit of responsibility and discovering how the world works. If they hate the jobs or activity they are doing, they will probably not perform well and it will end up being a very negative experience.

Teens that are old enough to get real jobs have hopefully started early this year, as jobs are scarce now. Anyone who has a lot of connections or went out and made some connections will have the upper hand when it comes to getting hired. Unfortunately, there will probably not be enough jobs to go around and so hopefully those that dont get one will find a constructive way to spend their time.

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