For Teens - Quick Jobs to Fund Your Fun

Gain Experience and Money Right Where You Are

Have you ever been frustrated because you couldn’t get a job? Would you like to earn more than minimum wage and not be slave to someone else’s schedule? You may love creating your own business right where you are. Check out the list below for some ideas. Be creative. Create a flyer and put in mailboxes in your neighborhood or post on local bulletin boards. Use your neighborhood, school, or
area Facebook groups to post information about your offerings. Knock on doors and ask your neighbors what they need help with. You will not only make more money, but you will also learn amazing skills and create opportunities for yourself right where you are.

1- Babysitter- But don’t just babysit - use your skills. First, make sure to clean the kitchen (if you have any down time - don’t ignore young kids to do this). Look in the dryer and fold any clothes in there. Organize kids’ toys or help them clean their room. You will have so many babysitting jobs you can choose from!

2- Pet sitter/walker - advertise yourself on your neighborhood facebook group or email group or post a flyer in a spot in your neighborhood. Offer to pet sit/walk pets. If you are consistent (will do it every day right after or right before school), you will get more job offers.

3-Shoe Shine - create a flyer for shoe shine prices. Knock on neighbors’ doors and tell them you are starting a business shining shoes. Offer to do the first pair for free. Make sure to do a great job and return them the next day. Ask them how many pairs they would like for you to do. Don’t take too many at once so you can do a great job.

4-Organizer - are you great at thinking of creative ways to organize? Moms need your help! Offer to organize closets, basements, the Tupperware and tops, junk drawers. Create four bins or bags - trash, recycle, to go to another location (something worth saving but needs to be in a different room), and donate (something usable but not needed). Let the homeowner check each bag for accuracy. Offer to drive the stuff they want to donate to a local shelter and get them a tax receipt. If you are interested in fashion, you can do this for women’s to clean out their closet. Help them choose the clothes that look the best and donate the rest.

5- Laundry Fairy - almost every mom struggles with getting laundry washed,folded, and put away. Offer to come in on a regular schedule (pick a day or two aweek you go to each house) and charge by the load to wash, fold, and put away. Do a training day where you learn what goes where and then you can listen to your school books on Audible, catch up on homework if you have time in between washing and drying, or listen to Podcasts for self-improvement.

6-Tutor - What school subjects are you good at? Have you aced the SAT or ACT or an AP exam? Parents are willing to pay $$$ to help their kids get good grades. Create a flyer with the subjects you can tutor and your per hour price. You can tutor at a local library, but often, parents love for you to come to them. If you can work out the transportation, go to their house and make it easy for the parents. Have a regularly scheduled session (once or twice a week on a certain day) and offer to come extra hours before a test or exam.

7-Coach - What sports or activities do you excel at? Or which ones are you better than a 4th grader? You don’t have to be a pro lacrosse player to teach an 8 year old how to play lacrosse. You don’t have to be a concert pianist to teach the grade one book for piano lessons. Sports coaches can make $30-60/hour or
more. Piano/voice/instrument lessons usually cost around $30/30 minutes. If you are willing to teach them for less, and go to someone’s house (instead of them having to come to you), you will have a bunch of regular students. Talk to neighbors with kids about what skills, sports, or activities they would like their
kids to learn and offer to teach them for $20/hour or what you think is fair.