How old were you when you got your first job?

Question

I'm a 22 year old college student, working on my second degree. I held one job when I was 18 (a summer position) but have been unemployed since.

I'm currently looking for work, but I've been wondering how old others where when they got their first job and how long they held them.

Thanks for listening.

Answer 1

14 years old. I babysat for a fee of 5 dollars an hour per child and went home with an average of 60 dollars over one evening in a weekend.

I would watch up to 4 at a time so that their parents could do Amway meetings when it was in its hay day.

I didn't even know what it was. Interesting, now I do a business along the same idea but with a product and service in demand.

I don't work for someone else and my kids are not put on the back burner. They come with me when I travel as I am my own boss.

You at your age, can do this, too. How do I know? My 14 and 12 year old are doing my business and earning money right now.

Answer 2

I was 14 when I got my first job, nothing special but I have worked since then at various jobs without interruption including through college....I am now 41. My current job I have been with over 8 years and still going.

Answer 3

I got my first job when i was 16 and have worked ever since. I'm 24 now, a college graduate with a bachelors degree and getting ready to go back again for another.

Answer 4

15

Answer 5

I was 15 working at the school till end of year and turned 16 and went to work at a department store for a few years. after that most of my jobs lasted 5 years or more.

Answer 6

First job was that of a box boy (box person for all you PC folks) for a grocery store at age 15. Worked for this employer for 7 years and left as an assistant manager.

Answer 7

Technically, 14, which was below the minimum working age. Every Saturday, I cleaned the office where my mother worked. My first "real" job was when I was 16, I worked in a retail store similar to K-mart or Wal-Mart. Alot of my friends from school worked there, so it was fun.

Answer 8

My first job in which they withheld taxes was as a cashier at a grocery store @ age 16. I worked there about two years, usually about 30 hours per week.

Answer 9

I was 15 and worked after school and on weekends at the local grocery store. I worked for them until I was 19 and moved to Utah. Where I had a job waiting on me. I wonder who pays for you to live if you don't work?

Answer 10

8 or 9. I held my little jobs for a few months.