What's a good job for a 16 year old boy who is active in school sports?

Question

My son plays football and baseball, so a lot of afternoons will be busy with practice. Can anyone tell me a good weekend job he could apply for?

Answer 1

He could be an umpire for baseball on the weekends. But, he is going to have the rest of his life to work, it wouldn't hurt to let him be job free until he graduates from high school.

Answer 2

A job at a sporting goods store or The Sports Authority or Play it Again Sports. Movie theatres are a good place to work on the weekends -he could watch the movies for free too!

Answer 3

Many students are very computer literate. One of my students (I'm a youth pastor) did freelance computer programming and website design at night and on the weekends from home.

Some of my students work at coffehouses and restaurants on the weekends. I even have one that works as a window washer. The key is to let the employer know up front of his "weekends only" availability.

Another student has worked for years as a city recreation aide. In fact, he's now a married adult and still works for them! On weekends, he signed the kids in and out of the sports leagues and set up the equipment. When his availability opened up, he started in the after school programs.

Answer 4

Lifeguard duty at a late evening shift at the local pool, or even a day shift for the weekend would be great - you need to be fit and active for that. Watch out four lots of "seductive" 15 and 16 year old girls with stars in their eyes and not much but rocks in their heads that'll try to pull one on him, trust me, I just got out of the teen years a while back and there is no such thing as innnocence in children.

Otherwise, maybe a paper route, you need to jog up to steps at times to put the paper down?

Or.... a job in a warehouse moving and relocating things.

DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN ACTIVE JOB? He can just work at Starbucks or a Walgreens, just because he works out doesn't mean he has to have a musclehead job.

Answer 5

Stores are always looking for stock help. If he is strong, he'll be busy carrying packages to customers' cars (tips!) and unloading inventory. If it gets slow they will probably teach him the register and other more complex jobs. You just have to watch the managers. If your son is good at what he does, they will start to creep up the number of hours they want him to work. That's great for the pay, but it will cut into school and other activities, and your son will be reluctant to say no for fear of getting canned. My son went through this last spring working at a pool-supply store. He loved it, though.

Answer 6

Sell tshirt printing! I own a tshirt printing company near San Antonio, Texas. I am looking for a straight commission salesperson. All you have to do is let pass out business cards, let people know that you can offer a service. Be an order taker. Where you are located doesn't matter. On a 100 shirt order, for instance, I pay a $100 commission. My prices are good, quality too. You can do this on your own time, and age doesn't matter. Contact me if I can help.

Answer 7

I mowed lawns at that age, saturdays. Made a fair amount of money. Another good one for me was stocking shelves at a grocery store. I would work from 6-10 on weekdays, maybe one day a week, then 8 hours on a saturday. That was my winter job.

Answer 8

A sporting goods store might be right up his ally. Or if your city has professional sports teams, he might apply at the stadium/arenas.

Answer 9

Perhaps a sports equipment shop would be a good start. Or, he could try applying at his local leisure centre or similar, perhaps on reception.

Answer 10

Lifeguard or parks and recreation help during the summer. YMCA here has great opportunities for teens. I don't suggest food service, though. Perhaps yardwork, childcare. Retail sales.