If you want one of the new iPads, the only way you are going to be able to get one is to find a job. Yet jobs are tough to find and they are especially hard for 15 year olds.

This is why you need to be creative in your jobs search and be willing to do lots of different things. You can start by going to SnagAJob.com and looking for jobs there but many employers only hire kids 16 and older. So, that means you need to get out of the house and talk to people.

Find out from your neighbors and people in your local area if there is anything you can do to earn money. Fall is coming and that means people are going to have yards full of leaves that need to be raked. Find out if anyone will pay you to rake their leaves or if they have any other yard related job. Winter will also soon be here and that gives you the opportunity to shovel snow if you live in a cold area of the country. People will pay for things like this and all you need to do is get out and find them.

To pay for iPads for kids you might also ask your parents if there are any jobs you can do (in addition to your normal chores) that they will pay you money for. Things like cleaning out a garage, painting, washing windows and other things like that where you can help out above and beyond what is normally expected of you.

Another way you can make money for an iPad is to clean out your drawers and see if there is anything you can sell on Ebay. Old video games, DVD’s, clothes you have never worn and other things you have lying around may be good sellers on Ebay. You probably won’t make a lot that way but every little bit counts.

Finally, you can sign up for a site called CashCrate and earn some money that way. You can read more about my review of CashCrate HERE and anyone older than 13 can sign up for FREE.

 
The second poll is about SnagAJob.com which is probably the best online job site for teenagers of all ages to find jobs for the summer. That is because their specialty is companies that hire out on a part time and/or hourly basis which is what most 15 year olds are looking for.

This very second there are lots of teenagers who are trying to find work this summer and they are trying to find the same jobs you are. It is smart to go around town, look online, talk to friends, make contacts, and do anything else you can think of to get that summer job lined up right now.

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One place to start looking online for a job is at SnagAJob.com where they specialize in part time and summer jobs – just what you are looking for! It is totally free to sign up and search but only do it if you are serious and are really interested in finding a job.
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This summer is going to be no different from last summer: it will be VERY hard to find a job as the economy has not gotten any better. If you are 15 years old, you may be looking for a job for the first time and not remember what last year was like. Talk to your older friends to find out!

The bad economy means that there are more teenagers (and adults) looking for jobs than there are jobs to be filled. Not a good situation! Additionally many employers would like you to have job experience and if this will be your first job, obviously you don’t have any. That is why it is important to start looking right now so that you give yourself more time to find one.

It may be hard to find job for a 15 year old this summer but they are out there and the more you look and the harder you try, the better your chances will be of getting one. But you need to start looking right now before all the good jobs get taken!

Weekend part time jobs for 15 year olds and 16 year olds can be anything that you can do on your own to make money. If you know how to mow lawns, weed gardens, babysit, do manual labor or anything else that you can get people to pay you for, you will have a good chance of being able to do those things during the weekend. The more skills you have around the house, the greater the chance that you can find people willing to pay you and you can agree to do those things on Saturdays and Sundays.

When it comes to real jobs where you get a paycheck, you will need to find retail stores, restaurants, fast food outlets, movie theaters, or other establishments that might do a bigger business on weekends and have a need for part time help. If you want to work only on weekends, you will need to find someone who is hiring part time and can work you into the schedule.

During the Christmas and holiday season right now should be a great time to look for this kind of part time job. Most stores do a bigger business on Saturdays and Sundays because there are more people out shopping than during the week. This leaves store and restaurant managers scrambling for extra help during those busy periods.

Most teens looking for jobs for 10th graders will start looking at their local mall. This is a great place to look because of the closeness of all the different shops and there is the most opportunity there in one place. Other than malls you might try downtown areas that have stores and shops that are full of weekend shoppers. You can also look in newspapers and online for ads of employers looking for young part time workers in your area.

1) Tutoring – many students need help with their studies and if you are especially good at one or more subjects, you might be able to get some tutoring jobs. What is good about this kind of work is that you can probably do it right after school and it can be quite convenient if you can find other kids who need help. Of course, you will have to find students who have parents that are willing to pay you for it to be a profitable venture.

2) Babysitting – this has always been and probably always will be one of the most popular jobs for 15 year olds and older. The more friends and acquaintances you have at school and in your neighborhood will determine how many possible babysitting jobs you might be able to get. This job would have you working at night but usually not too late so it would have to be OK’d by your parents.

3) Pet sitting / walking – this is another type of job you can get and do after school. Like babysitting, it will mean you need to find people in your neighborhood who have pets and need your help. Rather than take their dogs to a kennel when they go out of town on vacation, many would rather be able to leave their dogs at home. This means you might be able to build up a customer base of people that you pet sit for when they are away. You would have to make sure the dogs are fed and walked which is something you can easily do after school is out.

4) Lawn mowing and yard work – during the warmer months, you might be able to find people who want their lawns mowed and their weeds pulled. With many families having both the mom and dad working, this means less time for them to do the yard work. Other potential clients include seniors who need their yard kept up but are unable to do it themselves. The better the job you do, the more word of mouth customers you will get.

5) House cleaning – similar to yard work, if you are good at cleaning you might be able to get families who need their houses cleaned on a regular basis. You will want to do the absolute best job you can for this as you will be in someones house and you need to build up trust. This is another one of the after school jobs for 15 year olds that you can do well if you have word of mouth referrals.

6) Sell your unwanted clothes and games on Ebay – this isn’t really a job but it is a way to make extra money. You can do this anytime of the day and if you learn how to write the ads for your items and take good pictures, you will be amazed that you can really make money selling some of your unwanted things. You can even take it to the next level and go to the garage sales in your neighborhood looking for under priced things to buy and then turn around and sell them on Ebay.

7) Start a website or blog about something you enjoy – this is something that 15 year olds can do if they have computer and Internet skills. Making money online in this fashion is a long shot but if you are good at writing and start to get a lot of visitors, you can learn how to charge for advertisers and sell affiliate products. Even if you are unsuccessful at making money, you will learn a lot about the Internet and how it works which will benefit you later in life.

It is difficult for fifteen year olds to get real jobs where they get a paycheck because most companies won’t hire you until you are at least 16 years old. Part of the reason for this is because they would have to get extra insurance. This often leaves few choices for young teens (9th and 10th graders) who need money and they are forced to go out and make their own income generating opportunities. I have listed a few and there are surely many more if you use your imagination. After school jobs can be anything you can dream up that people will pay for. Good luck!

Fifteen year olds need money for different reasons but most need it to buy clothes, go on dates, help  their parents, get ready for driving, and other things that all teenagers do. A job is what will bring in this extra money that so many teens need.

Since jobs are so hard to find, it might be time to create your own job if you can’t find one of your own. What do I mean by “create” a job? If you want to do some babysitting then print some fliers and put them on grocery store bulletin boards and attach them to people’s door knobs on their homes. If you want to clean houses or do yard work for people do the same thing with the fliers.

You may have services you can provide like pet walking, pet sitting, car washing, painting, and any other thing you might be able to do to make money. All you need are the clients and you will be in business. Now is the time to figure out ways to find people in your neighborhood who need things done. The more creative you are and the more outgoing you become, the better your chances of finding people who might be willing to pay you.

If you like babysitting, then network yourself all over and try to find some families close by who need a good babysitter. If you do a good job, remember to tell them to spread the word around and tell their friends. You should make sure you take every opportunity to make friends and get the word out that you are available to babysit, pet sit, weed, mow lawns, or whatever. In other words, now is that time to go out there and make you own job.

If you are a computer geek or nerd or whatever, try to find people who need computer help. If you are good on the Internet, you can probably find someone online that needs help. If you are a good writer, there are ways to finding freelance writing jobs online. The Internet is the great connector of people and you might be able to create you own job online?

If you can write you can also start a blog and try to make money blogging and Internet marketing. I will post more on this in an upcoming post but there is good money to be made online for all you teens who are good with computers.

Jobs for 15 year olds are going to be hard to find for a long time now that the economy is really bad. If you want to make money, now is the time to sit down and figure out other ways to do it. You might ask your parents if they have any ideas you can do to bring in some extra money and how you should go about getting it all started. Good luck!

There are lots of good job ideas for 15 year olds that you can do or start on your own and of course you can do those whenever you have free time. If you can’t find a “real” job with an employer, you should see if you can get started earning money on your own by doing one of those things. 

At 15 years old, you are not allowed to work much during the time when school is going. This means you have to find a part time job that will accommodate the hours you want to work and also the hours that you are allowed to work by law. Of course you can’t work during school so you will need to find a job that is hiring that will allow you to work after school is out for the day. You can work longer hours on weekends so you might be able to find a business that just needs weekend help.

Whenever you go in for job interviews, whether they are for part time jobs for 15 year olds or full time jobs, you should behave in certain ways. Make sure you see my interview tips for 15 year olds to see what you should and should not do.

Finding any jobs for teenagers might be hard in this economy but one place that specializes in both hourly and part time jobs is SnagAJob.com. They have lots of employers that are in retail and restaurants that have job openings like the ones you are looking for. It is free to sign up but you should only do so if you really want a job. Please don’t sign up if you are just fooling around!

At 15, it is probably not necessary to get dressed up like you are going to church. It depends on where you are interviewing of course, and if it is at a private club or some other higher end establishment, you might do better if you do look very respectable.

For most teen jobs though, the managers who are hiring 15 year olds and other ages probably only expect you to look clean and presentable. In other words, don’t go to an interview with ripped jeans and a tee shirt. Find the best pair of jeans you have and one of your better shirts to wear and you will probably be fine. Again though, this would depend somewhat on the job you are interviewing.

If you are in doubt about what to wear, use your common sense and also ask your parents for their advice. The one thing you don’t want to do is lose the job because of the way you are dressed. If you have clothes that are a step up from jeans and tennis shoes you probably should wear them just to be safe.

Once you get to the interview you should know the answers to some of the questions that will be asked of you. At your age they will mostly be standard questions revolving around who you are, what grade you are in, why you are looking for a job, whether you have any experience, what your grades are, and maybe even what subjects you like at school. These questions should be easily answered by you and you should have some basic responses at the tip of your tongue.

Don’t worry about the interview questions being too difficult as they will most likely be very simple and designed to help the manager get a feel of who you are. Jobs for 15 year olds usually involve simple tasks and thus they are looking more for someone who is trustworthy, will show up on time, and work hard rather than someone who has a specific set of skills.

In your job interview, it is important to do your best at remaining calm and giving good concise answers to the questions. Let the interviewer learn who you are and be as likeable as possible. Some jobs you may be trying to get may involve dealing with the general public and so a good or even great personality may be needed.

Even though the economy is really down now and it is really hard to get jobs for teenagers, you mustn’t appear desperate to get the job. You should never brag about the things you have done, but go over them factually instead if it is relevant. It is important that you try to exibit a calm and collected demeanor at all times and make the best case for you being hired. 

Remember, you will probably be one of several or many that are being interviewed for the job(s) and the hiring manager will probably ultimately go with a gut feeling. For this reason it is important that you do your best to look nice and present yourself as someone who can do the job well and can be relied upon. Once you have done that, all you can do is hope that luck is with you.

Some of the best job ideas for 15 year olds involve doing work for neighbors and pretty much trying to earn money on their own. This may involve knocking on doors, putting up notes on bulletin boards, and even looking online for ways to make money.

The question is, should these young teens get their parent’s permission before they set out on a job hunt? The answer to this is always “YES” as parents are the legal guardians of their children and they need to know what they are up to almost all of the time. Looking for a job may seem safe but if you are fifteen and going around knocking on neighbor’s doors, your parents need to know you are doing that.

Wherever you go to look for jobs for 15 year olds, your parents need to know what you are doing and where you are going. If you are trying to get a job at a restaurant as a bus boy, your parents need to be informed about your plan. Likewise, if you are going around town asking people with they want you to babysit, pet walk, or wash cars, your parents should know about that as well.

At fifteen years old you think that you are a big kid and in many respects you are. However, the world is a dangerous place and your parents need to know what you are doing to try to find a job. They also need to know what you are doing online to find work. The online world is also full of perils and if you are applying for jobs online, you should get your parent’s permission first. Anything you sign up for online, including job search sites, you should have your parent’s permission.

Getting your Mom and Dad’s permission to try to get a job and keeping them informed of your progress is the only smart thing to do. If you are offered a job, you need to make sure they are OK with the opportunity and don’t have any reservations about you doing it. Sometimes something might seem fine to you and they will not approve of it. With a job or any other kind of work or way to make money, you should make sure you have their OK before you do it.

So, what does a fifteen year old do who wants to start making extra money to help the family or for personal things like dating, nice clothes, or video games? The one option that is always available is to start some sort of small business for yourself. Listed below are some of the top good job ideas for 15 year olds of things they can do on their own to start making money:

An online business

This is the #1 idea with the most potential. If you are fifteen, that means you probably can’t remember a time where there wasn’t computers and the Internet. You have grown up using computers and you might be very good with them. There are many ways to make money online and this is something you can do from your home with little to no start up costs.

You might have taken classes showing you how to create web pages, set up blogs, and any number of other things online. Making money on the Internet is only limited by your imagination and you have probably read stories of kids starting up some business online and becoming very successful.

As an example, you might read this blog about lead generation and online surveys for money that will explain to you how to get leads (and money for those leads) for a site called CashCrate. It is all done by setting up blogs (which are free) and learning how to get visitors to those blogs and having them sign up under your referral link. This is just one of the many ways you can learn how to make money online and if you are an inventive teen, you can probably think of many other ways.

A computer tutor or website development service

Along the same lines as the online business, you can make money by teaching others how to use a computer and even creating web sites for them. Adults are notorious for needing computer help ranging  from setting things up to learning how to use their personal computers. Many adults who don’t use computers at their job want to learn how to do things online and need all kinds of help that you might be able to provide.

Setting up and designing blogs and websites for this type of person is a service you might be able to make good money at and you can even get clients from around the world if you know how. You might start out at some computer forums and get ideas that way of what types of needs are out there.

A pet walking and pet sitting service

This is something that any 15 year old can do and you might be suprised at the demand. People go on vacation all the time and need their pets taken care of and walked. You might be able to save them money from sending their pets to a kennel by providing this type of service. Additionally, you don’t need people to go on vacation to make money as you can offer to walk their pets everyday for a small fee. Adults are busy with work and kids which means they don’t have enough time to devote to walking their dogs. This is where you come in and this type of service can be both fun and successful.  

A school tutoring service

If you are good at math, science, or some other school subject, you can try to find other students that need help. By tutoring other students you will not only make money but you will also get the satisfaction of helping others. This is something the “smart” kids have been doing for generations and you can make money doing it too.

A yard maintenance service

Kids have been making money forever by doing such things as weeding, mowing lawns, watering, raking leaves, and shoveling snow. Scout out all your neighbors and find out if they have any yard chores they would be willing to pay you to do. Once you show then that you do a good job, they will be willing to hire you on an on-going basis.

A painting service

This is a something that is best for the summer but it can be done year round too if you are good at it. Painting and outside home maintenance is an area that any “do it yourselfer” teen can make money at if they can find the clients. If you know how to paint, fix things, and do other maintenance type work, you can go out looking for people who need this sort of thing done. Once you establish yourself as a hard worker who does a good job, it will be easier to get your neighbors to hire you as word of mouth will help you get jobs. 

A babysitting service

Responsible teens have always made money babysitting and the better and more likeable you are, the more the word will spread making it easier it is to get work. This is one of the best jobs for fifteen year olds.

A cleaning service

People need maids and often hire professional ones to clean their houses. If cleaning is something you don’t mind doing, you might be able to get work around your neighborhood bycharging less than the professional services do. As with all jobs like this, you will need to be reliable, show up on time, and do a very good job. You will be competing with services that do this for a living but if you show that you can do the same job as they do for less money, it will be easy for you to get and keep clients.

A cooking / catering service

If you enjoy cooking and baking, you might be able to start a service where you prepare home cooked meals or some other variation of this. Many families now have both the mother and father out of the house all day working at a full time job. This leaves very little time for them to cook and eat good nutritious food which is a service you can provide.