What is the best job you can get at age 15?
369556
I worked at a Movie Theater, fun, free movies, your friends dont mind coming to visit you.  But...if at all possible, get a job that does not involve food.  Movie theater is easy because all there is is popcorn and hot dogs and such, but don't work at a restaurant...my 2 cents.
789160
First make sure it's legal.\nThe labour laws vary from place to place. It's common for the minimum age of employment to be 14, and in other areas as old as 16.\n\nThis is why youth often work cutting grass, shovelling snow, delivering newspapers and babysitting... those jobs are cash jobs and no income tax is collected.\n\nOnce you verify that you are employable, decide what skills you have to offer and approach target employers directly. Chances are you are not highly trained or employable at such a young age (nor should you be!...other things are more important at this point in your life), so you may be looking at jobs such as motel housekeeping, fast food service, reception work, cashier, stock clerk, etc.\n\nOnly YOU know what skills you have to offer.\n\nGood luck.
883370
Yes, you can legally work at age 15.  \n\nJust avoid online pyramid schemes promoted by people posting referral links to cashcrack.com and other dubious websites.  \n\nYou may have to find a small business to work for as many large businesses may not give you an opportunity to work at age 15 even though it is legal for you to work.
661820
You can't work in a place of business until you are 14 with a work permit. \nYou can baby sit, walk dogs, wash dogs, mow grass, run errands for the elderly (within walking distance, your bike or with your mom's help), help out busy moms, wash cars or do odd jobs such as paint a fence, porch etc.
266450
Most state have laws about anyone under 18 & work. Also, many states will require a work permit. You should be able to get all the information you need from your school or employment office.\n\nHere is an example of the typical rules (from California)\n\nFourteen and fifteen-year-olds may be employed in the following occupations in the food service and retail industries:\n\n• Office and clerical work, including the operation of office machines.\n• Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming, and comparative shopping.\n• Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling orders, packing and shelving.\n• Bagging and carrying out customers orders.\n• Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, or public transportation.\n• Cleanup work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers or cutters.\n• Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of this work, including but not limited to, dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milkshake blenders, and coffee grinders.\n• Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking goods when performed in areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared for sale and outside freezers or meat coolers.\n\nIndiana puts it differently - they say what you CAN'T do - \n\n14 and 15 Years of Age\n\nIssuing officers shall not issue work permits for, and employers shall not employ, minors 14 and 15 years of age to engage in any of the following occupations:\n\n* Any manufacturing occupation\n* Any mining occupation\n\n* Processing occupations such as filleting of fish, dressing poultry, cracking nuts, or laundering as performed by commercial laundries and dry cleaning (except in a retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment, and under the restrictions provided for those establishments)\n\n* Occupations requiring the performance of any duties in workrooms or workplaces where goods are manufactured, mined or otherwise processed (except in a retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment, and under the restrictions provided for those establishments)\n* Public messenger service\n\n* Operation or tending of hoisting apparatus or of any power-driven machinery (other than office machines and certain machines in retail, food service, or gasoline service establishments, and under the restrictions provided for those establishments)\n* Any occupations found and declared to be hazardous\n* Occupations in connection with:\n  o Transportation of persons or property by rail, highway, air, on water, pipeline, or other means\n  o Warehousing and storage\n  o Communications and public utilities, and\n  o Construction, including repair (except office or sales work in connection with these occupations when not performed on transportation media or at the actual construction site)\n\n* Any of the following occupations in a retail, food service, or gasoline service establishment:\no Work performed in or about boiler or engine rooms\no Work in connection with maintenance or repair of the establishment, machines or equipment\no Outside window washing that involves working from window sills, and all work requiring the use of ladders, scaffolds, or their substitutes\no Cooking (except at soda fountains, lunch counters, snack bars, or cafeteria serving counters) and baking\no Occupations which involve operating, setting up, adjusting, cleaning, oiling or repairing power-driven food slicers and grinders, food choppers and cutters, and bakery-type mixers\no Work in freezers and meat coolers in preparation of meats for sale (except wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking when performed in other areas)\no Loading and unloading goods to and from trucks, railroad car
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A lot depends on what state you live in. Most state have laws about anyone under 18 & work. Also, many states will require a work permit. You should be able to get all the information you need from your school or employment office.\n\nHere is an example of the typical rules (from California)\n\nFourteen and fifteen-year-olds may be employed in the following occupations in the food service and retail industries:\n\n• Office and clerical work, including the operation of office machines.\n• Cashiering, selling, modeling, art work, work in advertising departments, window trimming, and comparative shopping.\n• Price marking and tagging by hand or by machine, assembling orders, packing and shelving.\n• Bagging and carrying out customers orders.\n• Errand and delivery work by foot, bicycle, or public transportation.\n• Cleanup work, including the use of vacuum cleaners and floor waxers, and maintenance of grounds, but not including the use of power-driven mowers or cutters.\n• Kitchen work and other work involved in preparing and serving food and beverages, including the operation of machines and devices used in the performance of this work, including but not limited to, dishwashers, toasters, dumbwaiters, popcorn poppers, milkshake blenders, and coffee grinders.\n• Cleaning vegetables and fruits, and wrapping, sealing, labeling, weighing, pricing, and stocking goods when performed in areas physically separate from areas where meat is prepared for sale and outside freezers or meat coolers.
1042561
Sure,,get yourself a part time job!! At age fifteen I was almost paying my way on eveerything!!
9507
It's pretty much illegal to give someone under 16 a job, or a "real" job because of child labor laws. So some places give jobs to 15 year olds, but the laws are so strict even they can't work more than about 15-20 hours a week, so most places won't even bother with you until you're 16. \nTry getting a job helping out a parent, babysitting, or start selling things on ebay.\n\nps. I'm from Texas too :D, cept the DFW area, originally Houston.
309755
My first job was working at one of the fast food places in the mall's food court.  I was 15 and I loved it.  I worked at lot of places in the mall.  Two food places in the food court and then at a department store.    The best job for me was when I was a waitress.  You went home with cash every time you worked.  And you got to meet alot of people.  It was tough sometimes, but I always had fun.  And the money was good.  Kept me in great shape too.
1164595
It depends on the state. At 15 she would probably need a permit of some sort. Search for your state's website and look up employment laws.
808725
The federal fair labor standards act restricts the jobs that children can take.\n\nAt the age of 18, you can get what's considered "dangerous" jobs, such as at  a manufacturing facility.\n\nAt 16, children can work in foodservice jobs.\n\nAt 15, you can work in "non-dangerous" jobs, like being a cashier at a retail operation (think Target or K-Mart).\n\nAt 14, you can work in agrictulture businesses\n\nUnder the age of 14, you can babysit or work a paper route, or work in a family business regardless of the method of work.\n\nAnd yes, there are limits to the hours that people under the age of 18 can work.\n\nAnd homeschooling makes no difference.
1176353
You must be 16 to be completely free to work. 14 and 15 year olds can work in very specific situations. See the site below.
1079010
I had my first job when i was 14. If you are younger which you are you will need to get your parents to sign a work permit. Other wise great jobs for guys your age are lawn mowing. My husband did it when he was 13 and so did i until i turned 14. Its not to shabby. You make your own hours and rates!!!
646905
you must be 15 and just starting out.....
1050125
You can have a job at the age of 15 if you get a work permit from your high school office or guidance office.  With that, you can apply at any place that hires anyone under the age of 18.  You may not get many replies because you are so young, but I worked with a girl who was only 15, and she was one of the better workers there.  In order to better your chances, you will have to include references on your application that can vouche for how responsible you are.  Also, the guidance office at your school should know of available jobs in your community.  You will probably only be able to find a job at a fast food restaurant, as a waitress, as a table busser, or working at a pizza place.  Working with fast food is not as bad as peopl think.  I worked at Burger King.  I gained friends there, and the overall atmosphere is usually very friendly, which makes it a nice place to work.  It doesn't pay well, but it's good work experience if you enjoy working with people.
944494
i think working and earning money is a good way to learn the value of money and how to be responsible with it.....16 is probably a good time to start.....but really your never too young if you have the desire and the right type of job...i would suggest at 15 that you can start as a check out chick at a supermarket....but if mum says no help her around the house to earn a little pocket money.....that way she will be able to see that you are responsible enough...and who knows maybe she will change her mind.....
929367
you can get a job in anything you want to do. you can get a well paid job with even a mickey mouse degree