Getting a job at 16

[Anonymous10]

im obviously building skills and going to probably major in marketing or buisiness in college, and im an ap student in hs rn, but the issue is that it builds money for the long term, but Im trying to ascend this summer and get gh, and i have enough money for about two months, but thats it. I tried wageslaving but not even mcdonalds took my application. its literally impossible to get a job with no work experience and at 16. anyone have any advice or could help me out?

 

[Zarnoxian]

Job market's in the shitter right now. Only real advice I have is to look for local shops (pubs/bars, family owned shit, no franchises, etc.) and local establishments. Anything that's a major corp isn't going to give you a second look when pajeet with a college degree's willing to work for the same wage.

 

[Anonymous10]

Job market's in the shitter right now. Only real advice I have is to look for local shops (pubs/bars, family owned shit, no franchises, etc.) and local establishments. Anything that's a major corp isn't going to give you a second look when pajeet with a college degree's willing to work for the same wage.

yeah that makes a lot of sense. Best option for me would probably be to do freelance gigs like lawn mowing, babysitting and dog walking since i live in a really rich neighborhood. The only people i know who have jobs at my age just have them from connections

 

[Zarnoxian]

yeah that makes a lot of sense. Best option for me would probably be to do freelance gigs like lawn mowing, babysitting and dog walking since i live in a really rich neighborhood. The only people i know who have jobs at my age just have them from connections

Realistically the best option for you. Try and do that. If you can't find that, just keep on applying. Nowadays, it takes hundreds of applications to find jobs, so just do that in the background.

 

[Zarnoxian]

Realistically the best option for you. Try and do that. If you can't find that, just keep on applying. Nowadays, it takes hundreds of applications to find jobs, so just do that in the background.

Also, don't be afraid to lie on your resume. Find any way to stretch anything that you did into something that sounds professional. Depending on employment laws, you can have a friend pretend to be a "manager" and put down their phone number on your resume. They probably won't call the number, but it's still nice to have.

 

[hybobu]

just hunt, if you are 16 it will tend to be small or family owned businesses that take you in, but you said yourself that not even mcdonalds took your resume and so after all of this school u still have no experience, do you magically think it will somehow get better?

 

[Anonymous10]

just hunt, if you are 16 it will tend to be small or family owned businesses that take you in, but you said yourself that not even mcdonalds took your resume and so after all of this school u still have no experience, do you magically think it will somehow get better?

No, I dont, thats why im trying to get a job. If jobs dont take you because you have no work experience, its hard to get experience. Its a shitty cycle to be in

 

[Zeekie]

im obviously building skills and going to probably major in marketing or buisiness in college, and im an ap student in hs rn, but the issue is that it builds money for the long term, but Im trying to ascend this summer and get gh, and i have enough money for about two months, but thats it. I tried wageslaving but not even mcdonalds took my application. its literally impossible to get a job with no work experience and at 16. anyone have any advice or could help me out?

Honestly it's not impossible but very hard, keep applying to fast food chains honestly, you'll get a job eventually. However, there's an even easier method: Ask your parents. That kinda what I did, I'm sure your parents must know of a place where they're hiring and could help you out, when I was 17 and needed money I just asked my mom if she knew anyone hiring for anything, and she talked to my aunt, who talked to a friend of hers and I got hired to work as a waiter in a restaurant.

If your parents don't help much, then again, keep trying, the more applications you send out the higher the chances of getting a job.

Side note, don't major in marketing. If the choice is really between business or marketing, then go for business.

 

[Tigermoggerlol]

im obviously building skills and going to probably major in marketing or buisiness in college, and im an ap student in hs rn, but the issue is that it builds money for the long term, but Im trying to ascend this summer and get gh, and i have enough money for about two months, but thats it. I tried wageslaving but not even mcdonalds took my application. its literally impossible to get a job with no work experience and at 16. anyone have any advice or could help me out?

What country do you live in

 

[slaters]

Lmao u have to lie ab past work experience and talk to the manager directly instead of just submitting an application

 

[Anonymous10]

Honestly it's not impossible but very hard, keep applying to fast food chains honestly, you'll get a job eventually. However, there's an even easier method: Ask your parents. That kinda what I did, I'm sure your parents must know of a place where they're hiring and could help you out, when I was 17 and needed money I just asked my mom if she knew anyone hiring for anything, and she talked to my aunt, who talked to a friend of hers and I got hired to work as a waiter in a restaurant.

If your parents don't help much, then again, keep trying, the more applications you send out the higher the chances of getting a job.

Side note, don't major in marketing. If the choice is really between business or marketing, then go for business.

why not major in marketing? what would you suggest? I obviously want to start a company and Im willing to work hard and Ive got pretty good grades.

 

[Anonymous10]

What country do you live in

the US

 

[Anonymous10]

Lmao u have to lie ab past work experience and talk to the manager directly instead of just submitting an application

yeah thats probably the method. Lying about work experience and talking to the manager directly

 

[key]

I can give you a job right now, I'm literally hiring worldwide as we speak

 

[Zeekie]

why not major in marketing? what would you suggest? I obviously want to start a company and Im willing to work hard and Ive got pretty good grades.

If you want to start a company and have good work ethic, then 100% get into the STEMS.

Marketing just doesn't have many career opportunities, specially if you plan to start a company, a marketing agency is significantly less scalable than a tech company for example. If your goal is high wealth, you should be looking at career options with high scalability potential, thriving markets and low unemployment rates (just in case, but really you're going to have to work under an employer at least in the first years of your career).

Ideally, go for engineering or computer science. In 99.99% of cares, your best bets are always going to be engineering or technology. Math and sciences suffer from the same issue as marketing, but it's even worse, because you're either forced into research or teaching, if you want to be an entrepreneur, you're likely going to have to develop those technical skills either way.

I'm a software engineer (not a real engineering tbh), but if I were you and if I hadn't had a background in programming, I would have picked electrical/mechanical/chemical engineering. You can later get an MBA if your goal is to truly become a successful entrepreneur or business owner, but you'll likely need to wait a couple of years to develop your career and to be able to afford an MBA from a top college, because if the MBA isn't Ivy League, don't even bother getting it.

 

[Zeekie]

If you want to start a company and have good work ethic, then 100% get into the STEMS.

Marketing just doesn't have many career opportunities, specially if you plan to start a company, a marketing agency is significantly less scalable than a tech company for example. If your goal is high wealth, you should be looking at career options with high scalability potential, thriving markets and low unemployment rates (just in case, but really you're going to have to work under an employer at least in the first years of your career).

Ideally, go for engineering or computer science. In 99.99% of cares, your best bets are always going to be engineering or technology. Math and sciences suffer from the same issue as marketing, but it's even worse, because you're either forced into research or teaching, if you want to be an entrepreneur, you're likely going to have to develop those technical skills either way.

I'm a software engineer (not a real engineering tbh), but if I were you and if I hadn't had a background in programming, I would have picked electrical/mechanical/chemical engineering. You can later get an MBA if your goal is to truly become a successful entrepreneur or business owner, but you'll likely need to wait a couple of years to develop your career and to be able to afford an MBA from a top college, because if the MBA isn't Ivy League, don't even bother getting it.

I'm kinda morally forced to say this: Blah, blah, if you have a passion for certain career or degree go for it, you can find success in any field as long as you're innovative and have passion, blah blah, all that motivational bullshit. But if you're only into this for the money, always go for what's statistically more likely to guarantee success.

Most Fortune 500 CEOs and self-made multi-millionaires are engineers, and it's the career with the lowest unemployment rates. All odds are stacked in your favor if you study engineering in a half-decent college, are skilled, intelligent, know how to innovate, get good contacts, get good career reputation, and you know how to scale the corporate ladder OR have good entrepreneurial skills, and later consider getting into an MBA program.

Again, if you're in for the money and success, go this route, the best odds of success, and even if you fail as an entrepreneur at least you have a solid career background to land a good job that pays well and maybe perhaps get into a good position in a established company or a startup.

**Forgot to say it too but business is equally a bad idea, technical skills skills have more leverage and less market saturation than business degrees, a lot of rich people have business degrees, but 9 times out 10 they have business degrees because they managed to get into top collages and mommy or daddy are already pretty damn rich, so their kids are just getting prepared to inherit and manage the business, they don't have to create one from scratch, hence their choice

 

[Anonymous10]

I'm kinda morally forced to say this: Blah, blah, if you have a passion for certain career or degree go for it, you can find success in any field as long as you're innovative and have passion, blah blah, all that motivational bullshit. But if you're only into this for the money, always go for what's statistically more likely to guarantee success.

Most Fortune 500 CEOs and self-made multi-millionaires are engineers, and it's the career with the lowest unemployment rates. All odds are stacked in your favor if you study engineering in a half-decent college, are skilled, intelligent, know how to innovate, get good contacts, get good career reputation, and you know how to scale the corporate ladder OR have good entrepreneurial skills, and later consider getting into an MBA program.

Again, if you're in for the money and success, go this route, the best odds of success, and even if you fail as an entrepreneur at least you have a solid career background to land a good job that pays well and maybe perhaps get into a good position in a established company or a startup.

**Forgot to say it too but business is equally a bad idea, technical skills skills have more leverage and less market saturation than business degrees, a lot of rich people have business degrees, but 9 times out 10 they have business degrees because they managed to get into top collages and mommy or daddy are already pretty damn rich, so their kids are just getting prepared to inherit and manage the business, they don't have to create one from scratch, hence their choice

Great advice. I’ll definitely go into that then. My Dad majored in astronomy and works for top colleges and makes shit tons of money but your right, he cant really sell anything, at most he can run a research company. My sister is a successful computer science major at Yale so I definitely have a lot of opportunities and support if i major in that. Im pretty passionate about technology and ive always enjoyed coding so ill definitely go down that path. Or ill go into engineering, since I’ve always done really well in physics. Thanks!

 

[Zeekie]

Great advice. I’ll definitely go into that then. My Dad majored in astronomy and works for top colleges and makes shit tons of money but your right, he cant really sell anything, at most he can run a research company. My sister is a successful computer science major at Yale so I definitely have a lot of opportunities and support if i major in that. Im pretty passionate about technology and ive always enjoyed coding so ill definitely go down that path. Or ill go into engineering, since I’ve always done really well in physics. Thanks!

I mean good luck kid, seems like you have all odds stacked in your favor.

Start working on a business/internships, your brand and soft skills as early as possible, all while you develop your career through college and future jobs. Best case scenario is that you start a huge business that actually has scalability either in your early 20s-30s, worst case scenario is that you have a very good career, have to be employed but at least you're making very good money and still have the option of pursuing entrepreneurial later in life (most people create successful businesses and top CEOs are in their 40-50s anyway)

Also, seems like your family has a good history of getting into great colleges, but if you don't get into a top college for your bachelor's don't be bugged by it too much, if you really plan to go the entrepreneurial route or get into a top position for an established company, the place you get your Master's of Business Administration matters much more.

 

[Anonymous10]

Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it. Its good to have something to fall back on if a business doesnt work. What skills do you reccomend I build up? Ive built some decent skills in web design, entrepreneurship, photography, marketing, copywriting, and social media, but not much past that.

 

[Tigermoggerlol]

Apply to lil Caesar’s or Walmart they hire

the US

anyone

 

[Zarnoxian]

im obviously building skills and going to probably major in marketing or buisiness in college, and im an ap student in hs rn, but the issue is that it builds money for the long term, but Im trying to ascend this summer and get gh, and i have enough money for about two months, but thats it. I tried wageslaving but not even mcdonalds took my application. its literally impossible to get a job with no work experience and at 16. anyone have any advice or could help me out?

One last thing before this thread properly dies out, a lot of businesses are posting job postings for SEASONAL jobs. Try and apply for those before someone else can snatch them. A high amount of them are probably fake, but a good few are probably genuine. You might get lucky with an application.

Don't be afraid to lie on your application, just keep on applying and you'll eventually get a job.