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    Been chatting with the kid about jobs. Assume things have changed in the three decades since I had to worry about this. What are some jobs for younger teens these days? Babysitting, Fast Food, Snow Shoveling and lawn care seem obvious.
    What else is out there. Since I'm old, and I don't understand new things, anything online virtual or anything? Even if the pay is shitty, I think it's good for kids to make some money of their own.

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    Fast food is a nice rite of passage. Work with other young people.
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    Fast food. I can't stress the importance of it. I have neices and nephews who did not do this. One can see the difference in how they compute information or solve unexpected problems.
    Work with other young people, go on the training program, learn skills that allign with the three C's(Communication, cooperation, Coodination). They learn health and saftey. They will understand the value of money as the wage is so shite (well its a lot better now).

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    Fast food. I can't stress the importance of it. I have neices and nephews who did not do this. One can see the difference in how they compute information or solve unexpected problems.
    I agree with this. As crappy as the job is, I think there's lots of valuable things that can be learned working fast food when you're young. I still use skills I perfected on the job as a teen working fast food to this day.

    But to answer ExtraSlow's question, also look into seeing what sort of summer jobs are coming up. The animal shelter I volunteer at looks for young teens to help run summer camps and other jobs like that.

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    Anyone know what age you can work fast food?

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    One of the jobs I had working as a teen was at a truck/car wash either cleaning semi's or cleaning up the bays when people were done. I didn't have to do any maintenance or repair work, just keep things clean and swap soap barrels when needed. As much as I agree fast food is probably a great starting point, if I remember correctly your kid might have some issues with high stress/busy places like that so something more relaxed like a car wash could probably be a nice compromise.

    Also golf courses. I was super jealous of my friends who got to work on golf courses cleaning rental clubs and carts and general landscape maintenance work.
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    +1 for seasonal work at golf courses. I'm disappointed I didn't do it as a teen, it's very chill work, decent hours, get to spend time outside.

    re: fast food, I worked at DQ starting when I was 12 or 13. Pretty sure this isn't allowed anymore, but it was great. I will never forget the interview question that is a constant joke now, but they actually asked me "what is your greatest weakness?". I only wish I had the wherewithal to tell them it's a stupid fucking question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by schurchill39 View Post
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    Also golf courses. I was super jealous of my friends who got to work on golf courses cleaning rental clubs and carts and general landscape maintenance work.
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    My first job was coaching younger kids skijumping and cross country skiing when I was mid teens. Pretty good intro to herding cattle… I mean people management and skills.

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    Do they still let kids bag groceries?
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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Do they still let kids bag groceries?
    If the United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) let's them in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Do they still let kids bag groceries?
    A grocery store stocking shelves is a great idea too. There are lots of younger teenaged kids who work afterschool and on weekends at the grocery stores we go to. My sister in law did this at an IGA when she was younger and really enjoyed it.
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    +1 fast food

    I don’t know if this is possible today, but back in the day minimum age to work at A&W was 15, but I lied about my age when I applied (same date just 1 year off), and was able to work when I was 14.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bjstare View Post
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    +1 for seasonal work at golf courses. I'm disappointed I didn't do it as a teen, it's very chill work, decent hours, get to spend time outside.

    re: fast food, I worked at DQ starting when I was 12 or 13. Pretty sure this isn't allowed anymore, but it was great. I will never forget the interview question that is a constant joke now, but they actually asked me "what is your greatest weakness?". I only wish I had the wherewithal to tell them it's a stupid fucking question.
    https://www.alberta.ca/youth-employment-laws.aspx

    13 min age to work in ff joint.

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    Shit. I was just talking to my soon to be 12 year about getting a job to pay the bills this summer. Fucker gets another summer where I pay for everything.

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    I agree with Fast Food and think Starbucks would be the way to go these days. They have a good training program and it will teach your kid the importance of minor details (they will learn pretty quickly when the customer asks for some weird drink that is shaken, light foam, 4.25 pumps of sweetener etc). I worked at McDonalds in 1989 and it was great, but I got lots of scars from the hot oil at the fry station.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExtraSlow View Post
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    Anyone know what age you can work fast food?
    14. But guessing most aren't hiring that young. Seems most places these days prefer the foreign workers than hiring kids.

    On a side note my kid got hired at canadian tire in the shop when he was 16. Worked there for a while. It was perfect for him as he loved working on his car. Perk was the ability to use the shop and the tools anytime you were not working.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pacman View Post
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    I agree with Fast Food and think Starbucks would be the way to go these days. They have a good training program and it will teach your kid the importance of minor details (they will learn pretty quickly when the customer asks for some weird drink that is shaken, light foam, 4.25 pumps of sweetener etc). I worked at McDonalds in 1989 and it was great, but I got lots of scars from the hot oil at the fry station.
    +1. Same I worked at McDonalds too in the mid 90's. Thier training progam is pretty good if you take it seriously.
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