[crazygirl09]

Hi I am 15 I am looking for a job and I live in Oklahoma and I would like to know if there are any jobs that will take me and I live around macalster area

[ChihuahuaMomma]

1. You need to obtain a work permit as you are a 15 yr old minor in Oklahoma.

2. Learn the child labor laws in your state. How many hours you can work during the school week, weekends, summer, holidays, etc.

3. Start asking for applications at restaurants, stores, the mall, and other places that seem to have young staff. Fill it out, turn it in (wear something nice when you do as they might interview you on the spot).

4. Getting involved in extra curricular activities in school will spruce up an application.

5. Start searching sites such as craigslist classifieds: jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, events, forums, Find Jobs. Build a Better Career. Find Your Calling. | Monster.com, Jobs & Employment | Full & Part Time Job Search | Seasonal Jobs | SnagAJob.com and one especially for teen jobs/summer jobs: Summer Jobs, Part Time Jobs, Teen Jobs, Student Jobs: Groove Job

Good luck on your search.

[sprtrmpcnsltng]

Honestly I would find people you know and ask them for work. Farmers, small business etc. can get around the rules easier. OR you could get a paper route, or even better, start your own business. My first business was a shoe shine stand when I was 7.

Networking is the number one way to get a job. SO instead of asking strangers here, ask people you know around home.

[Clough]

Hi, crazygirl09!

Do you live in a neighborhood where there are a lot of people, please?

Thanks!

[ChihuahuaMomma]

Honestly I would find people you know and ask them for work. Farmers, small business etc. can get around the rules easier.

In leui of a reddie, I thought I'd actually reply. "Getting around the rules" isn't really the best advice to be giving a 15-year-old. They need to learn responsibility, honesty, work ethic and dependabilty. Those rules are set for a reason. Would you let your 15 year old kid work 40 hours on a school week, or get unreasonably low pay for hard work or get someone in trouble for not reporting an employee on taxes? I'm sorry but this is not good advice.

[Clough]

Originally Posted by sprtrmpcnsltng
Honestly I would find people you know and ask them for work. Farmers, small business etc. can get around the rules easier.

In leui of a reddie, I thought I'd actually reply. "Getting around the rules" isn't really the best advice to be giving a 15-year-old. They need to learn responsibility, honesty, work ethic and dependabilty. Those rules are set for a reason. Would you let your 15 year old kid work 40 hours on a school week, or get unreasonably low pay for hard work or get someone in trouble for not reporting an employee on taxes? I'm sorry but this is not good advice.

Very sound advice there, Momma! Very sound advice...

Thanks!

[sprtrmpcnsltng]

Sound advice if the advice is not getting a job. She asked how to get a job. Not how to get a job while maintaining a moral decorum dictated by others. If she wants moral advice I'll give it to her. But I'll take the comments as good indicators of factors to consider when helping others in the future.

[ChihuahuaMomma]

moral decorum dictated by others.

Actually they're laws.