Best paid job for 16/17 year old

hello007007

Hello,
My eldest two children have their GCSEs this school year and both want to work during the summer holidays and then work part time while studying for their A levels. They will use the money they get to fund driving lessons and general spending.

Any ideas on what job,sector, company pays decent or job with some good benefits?

They will send out a huge amount of Cvs and covering letters to every company they can but it would be nice to know if someone can recommend something.

hello007007

I guess what I am trying to say is - The NMW for a 16-17 year old is almost nothing - is there anyway they can earn a bit more?
Ie One full days work would be an hours driving lesson, if that.

Sooetie

Depends what they are prepared to do

Sooetie

My son did a stint at McDonalds and although they have a bad rep apparently future employers rate the training they get.

Sooetie

Oh and I think I just paid for the double lesson before his driving test - which he passed

Spendless

MacDonalds pays above the nmw. Just looked at the nearest place to me with vacancies, advertising as £5.50 p.h for 16-17yo. NMW for this age group is £4.20

stripeyfox

referee junior football matches. Most leagues are desperate for refs and they earn about £25/match in our area (one hour duration). Can easily do two or three games a weekend.

EDIT: does require to undertake the FA course (£150). Aged 14 and up can do it. As a junior football coach, I've met some very good young kids reffing our games. If they can get "in" with a local club with lots of junior teams they can easily ref four games a weekend (£100 ish) as well as building confidence. Not many other jobs pay £25/hour at that age group!

NBLondon

hello007007 wrote: »

I guess what I am trying to say is - The NMW for a 16-17 year old is almost nothing - is there anyway they can earn a bit more?

• Drug dealing
• Webcam !!!!!!
• Mugging (one rides moped - one snatches handbag)
• MP's office junior (if you have one in the family)

What are they going to put on these CVs? If they have already had Saturday jobs or paper-rounds then building on these is the best start. Do you live somewhere that has a seasonal job trade - fruit pickers in agricultural areas; ice-cream sellers on the coast? If they have a particular interest - you can look for companies in that area that might want a summer intern - but if it's a particularly desirable job, they won't get good pay and benefits, rather they would work for free. Remember they may have to compete with 18+ students who also want summer jobs and the only advantage they might have is the cheaper NMW. Some jobs - like warehouse work - are plentiful and pay is good for those prepared to slog and do extra shifts but won't take an under-18 because of the extra H&S paperwork.

It's great that they are thinking ahead (for summer '19 I assume) but throwing out lots of CVs and letters is likely to cost a lot of printing and not a lot of response. Using any family or friends networking might be a better start.

bmthmark

My son just did his gcse's and is now in first year of a-levels.

He contacted the company he did work experience with and they gave him a part time job over the summer. This was ideal as not only he got paid he also got more experience in the area he wants to work in (accountancy).
He also got a Saturday job at a Coffee shop. He doesn't really like it as its hard work but I think its great as it forces him to be sociable and communicate with humans (rather than his mobile/ipad). He gets £7.50 an hour which I think is great.

DigForVictory

+1 for human social networking being more effective & 'way cheaper than cv bombing.
I've a lad at a garden centre earning just over NMW but he got the job by hearing about it from friends & showing up for interview at 8 on a Saturday morning, immaculately pressed, (then sorting a lift home, changing) & returning ready for a 3 day bank holiday weekend doing everything he was told the first time.

If the young show initiative & courtesy & the willingness to work & learn, the cv is essentially scrap paper, but it does help explain why the young person is there if they show up unannounced. Be stingy with stamps!

Working_Mum

Both of my children picked up their part time job by picking up the phone to people they knew (via me) and asking if they had any jobs going. They have both worked in Bars and restaurants - they got paid more than the minimum wage plus a proportion of the tips. In fact my daughter got paid this morning from one of her 2 jobs and got £650 into her account (it's more than I have to spend on me each month lol)

I am self employed and good attitude, nice phone manner and pro-activity counts for so much in this day and age.