What is a good job for a 17 year old?

Question

Not fast food or waitressing.

Answer 1

17? Wowzers! Time to get started girl. I had already been working full-time since 13, and had been working for a yard maintenance crew (mowing lawns) for a couple years before that.

It really depends on you. I was "in training" (self-imposed, due to lessons learned of a dead beat dad) to become a dependable, hard-working (not afraid of hard work and pain), learning, and ever-growing, provider for a family that I would one day have. I knew it would be tough, but I figured "the tougher, the better"... would make me just that much stronger of a provider and worker. Now, I make a nice living in technology (not nearly as hard, physically, as the rest), and am able to take good care of my wifey and kiddo'.

No job that I did, while in school, HS, college, and beyond, is something I'd recommend to the average young person today. It was hard, dangerous, gueling work, most of the time, and young people seem like they won't have anything to do with that junk, these days, even if someone tells them that they'll grow and benefit from some good hard work.

I say... print out a bunch of resume's, and hand them out at each store you like, at the mall. Someone's bound to call you back for an interview.

But, the moral of the rambling is this: Everything you do today, somehow leverages itself onto your future. Why waste the opportunity? When you have the youth and energy, along with the "not being around long enough to have any reason to truly be jaded" factor... this is your chance! It doesn't suck. The more challenge you hand yourself and succeed in, the better you feel about you, as a person, and the more respect you automatically get from anyone who experiences you, and the better your chance at succeeding in life... EVEN if you want to / end up being a stay-at-home mom, which is the hardest job of them all (God bless 'em).

Good luck. I hope this wasn't too far off your tracks.

Cheers!
-HiAmp

Answer 2

Try Real Estate. Most real estate companies are open on the weekends & the regular receptionist only works business hours. If you find one that is open 7am-7pm, you may be able to fill in for the few hours at night and on the weekends. Its a pretty easy job and if you are a student, some companies allow you to do your homework or studying while you "work". Try larger companies such as Century 21, Remax, Prudential, etc. Another one is Starbucks. I used to do mortgage loans, and I did a lot of loans for Starbucks employees. Not only were they voted one of the best companies to work for by fortune magazine, but they actually pay well. The people I have met make between $10-$12 an hour - not including their tips (Riverside/ San Bernardino, California Area) & they are awesome working around college or school schedules. They have a wide range of hours and you get a discount! It takes MAJOR customer service skills since you are dealing with folks who haven't had their morning cup of coffee!

Good Luck & I hope it works out.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Yeah dont go into the food industry! Try somethin that your're interested in...be an intern for someone who has a job you like.

Answer 5

Retail?

Answer 6

movie theatre...it was the best job I ever had...free popcorn...free movies...free pop and sometimes, with the cool manager, free video games it was Edward's Cinemas in Irvine California.

Answer 7

Drug Dealing or Pimping.... Ask Snoop Dogg...