15 year old looking for job

Firehorse

Catseyez wrote: »

When I was 15 I managed to get a job at the local hair salon. It was a long time ago (I am a mature student :rotfl:) and I think the reason I was allowed the job was because I was only a few months away from my 16th birthday.

It's worth checking out a government website to see the current legislation on working regulations for under 16s.

The young girl who lives next door works in a hair salon on Saturdays, and she's younger than my girls, possibly 14. My girls do a weekly paper round plus a monthly one. The money's not good though, and it has to be done rain or shine! Even our local Blue Cross won't take on volunteers under 18 now, used to be able to at 14.

Gumptard

My main tip would be to keep trying as many small businesses as possible. They might say they only employ 16+ but if you make a good impression and leave a contact phone number then the next time they're in the doo-doo and in need of help they'll soon be on the phone.

kr15snw

When I was that age I had to wait until the week after I had finished my GCSE's. This was the date I was legally allowed to work full time from and most bosses wanted to wait until that came around so they didnt have to worry about all the laws on me before.

crompton

any good with computers? always a demand for things like that, i do web design kind of part time, i believe kilty does aswell. Not a constant stream of jobs but some can bring in over £100 for simple skills.

Kilty_2

Yep, I'm self employed as a web designer, still starting up to be honest but had a couple of jobs from it and I'm building some vital contacts that will prove useful in the future.

Whether I make a lot of money from it or not, the people I meet whilst doing it are more important than the money in a lot of cases.

Oh yeah, don't do web design (eliminating the competition is where it's at )

alba37

aurora_borealis wrote: »

Mine does babysitting. I think everywhere else needs a National insurance number.

I think you can get your NI at any age, so I was told anyway. My son got his at 12, just had to phone the DHSS (I think it was them I called )

alba37

crompton wrote: »

any good with computers? always a demand for things like that, i do web design kind of part time, i believe kilty does aswell. Not a constant stream of jobs but some can bring in over £100 for simple skills.

Do you do it by word of mouth? (so to speak!)

Kilty_2

Word of mouth is the best way but I get work through business networking also (since everything's legit and I'm really declared as self employed, etc so I make the most of it)

crompton

alba37 wrote: »

Do you do it by word of mouth? (so to speak!)

what do you mean

Shaunm_2

lacey-xox wrote: »

Is there anyway that a 15 year old can earn money. I've tried asking around for jobs but everywhere i go i get the same reply 'We only take on 16+ because of insurance policies'. If anyone can help then it would be a great help. Please reply..

Do you have a local club? as in a rugby club or working mens club? i worked in one glass collecting when i was 14, its not too bad, music to boogy to and free drinks