Great Job Ideas That Pay For Teens and College Students
Submitted by wadeinni
In most cases, it's usually pretty difficult to make good money as high school teens, unless you get lucky somehow and find a cool teen job. But there are a few great job ideas that can pay you quite decent pocket change or even incredibly well into the thousands of dollars if you have the right computer skills, the motivation, or don't mind doing small physical labor. Here is a list of those great job ideas for high school teens and college students.
- Neighborhood Hand Car Wash
You can earn cash with your ownmobile hand car wash service in your neighborhood. Its very easy to get started. You basically need to have a reliable supply of car washing soap, a reliable bucket, washcloth, and outdoor waterpipe connection. This would be a mobile operation around your neighborhood and more suited homes than apartments, as family homes will generally have a car or van in their front yard or driveway. Most often the vehicle owner won't have time to wash their own automobile so it stays dirty for long periods of time. This is wear your services as a neighborhood car washer will benefit them. You can genarally charge $10 for each wash. The best time to do this type of work are weekends, when there's no work or school. You could aim to do at least 10 to 15 hand washes per weekend, which could earn you $100 to $150 per week. That's pretty good pocket change for a high school teen.
- Design Small Websites
Both teens and college students can earn money if they know how to design websites for small clients. Many people and home businesses need websites built but don't know how to do it themselves or can't afford an expensive website designer. If you have basic computer and graphic design skills, and HTML knowledge you can build small websites for individuals and charge anywhere from $400 to $600 for each website. You can start by creating flyers and business cards to promote your services. Hand them out in places like the front of supermarkets and coffee shops, or to teachers at your school or place of worship, you'll often find there are high school teachers or college professors who have side businesses that need a website.
- Get Paid to Make Viral Videos on Social Media Sites
The explosion of social video sites like youtube have made many young people more money than they could ever imagine. Many are even making six figure incomes, much more than they would even graduating from college. You can earn great pay if you make viral videos online. The simply need to make a few videos frequently, and you must be very creative and entertaining in those videos. You get paid through Revenue sharing program after you setup your account and produce videos that generate a lot of online views. Its also extremely fun, and you can become an internet star in the process. In fact many of the more popular video producers on the internet even gain small fame on television if their videos are extremely funny, popular, interesting, and viral. Go for it, and become your own video producer. You don't need a college degree to do it, heck you don't even need to finish high school to do it, just raw talent, and no fear.
- Neighborhood Yard Maintenance Person
Use word of mouth advertising by going from door to door in your neighborhood to let people know you do different types of yard maintenance such as trimming the bushes or raking the front lawn. This isn't as lucrative as a golf course attendant or a social media video producer, but it keeps you physically active and the work is always available, since yards always grow new shrubs and get dirty again.
If you do a great job at each yard maintenance job your neighbors will generally recommend you to other neighbors and use your services over and over. You can expect to get paid from $8 to $12, but some neighbors are very generous and will sometimes pay you even more.
- Work as a Golf Course Attendant
If your're lucky enough to live in an area with a nice golf club and golf court then one job thats very fitting for a high school teen is a golf course attendant. You could get your foot in the door as maintenance person and groundskeeper keeping the course clean and collecting stray golf balls. Though the task seem low and meanial you have a huge advantage that not even college graduates and many business people have; you get to talk upclose and network with many wealthy and influential people who love playing golf.An even better way to constantly network with those powerful people is to work as a golf caddie or hustle a job in the clubhouse. You can generally get paid from $10 to $14 an hour as a golf course attendant.
- Work as a Gym Attendant
Many states allow teens 15 and older to work in many places. One great job idea is working in a gym cleaning weight-lifting equipment and picking up light weights. You wouldn't be required to light any heavy weights, you simply clean benches and mats after each use to remove body sweat and bacteria to keep the workout area germ free.
- Start Your Own Business
Honestly the best piece of advice I could give any young person is to develop their hobby or idea into a business. You'll be surprised to know how many young millionaires there are out there now. It's largely due to the opportunities presented by the internet. Many teens now run successful online businesses doing nothing more than selling advertising space. Like web design this does require a little computer knowledge and familiarity with the internet. You won't make money right away with this method, but within a year to 2 years this could really pay off.
The key is patience and dedication. One major advantage you have on your side as a high school teen over older adults running an online business is your high school audience. You don't have to look far to promote your website. Just word of mouth from classmate to classmate can generate enormous interest in your online business and before you know it, you have thousands of loyal visitors using your website regularly. This is how many big named website like Facebook and Myyearbook started. High school students not only network with students from their own high school, but with other high school students. The possibilites to make thousands and millions of dollars from thousands of website visitors is staggering. But remember, it takes a little bit longer to make your money this way, unless you are a fearlessly promote your website everyday.
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