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Yasmin A
What are the best paying jobs for a 16 year old with no working experience?
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chick-fil-a is a good place to work. i started working there when i was 16 and got paid $6.75 an hour. you get 30 min breaks and 50% food when your working. the hours are not bad and flexible. you get to basically make your own schedule and when you want to work the following week. highly recommend it!

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In a really nice restaurant.
Answered by Annie Knows Best

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work for the city or work at an eletronic store
Answered by Ray@yahoo

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Waitressing
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Waitressing or Retail that pays commission.
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cashier restocker
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Waiter. But you usually have to be an attractive female, and work at a higher scale restaurant.
Answered by Moo

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if anyone says "working the streets" i will punch them
Answered by Rhyno5000

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Restaurants, retail stores, almost anything in a mall.
Answered by steves95008

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Receptionist.
Answered by pinwheelbandit

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Mowing lawns, if you do that you can gain some really good money tax free :)
Answered by Doug Borrison

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no work experience, no connections....a mcjob all thats left...
Answered by wrathofkahn03

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Either a fast food place or retail store as a cashier.
Answered by josejr226

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not much. these days all 16 yr old will get is minimum wage. look around and talk to the manager about wages though..
Answered by mxmazn

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stripping?
Answered by Susan R

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Dunkin donuts, pharmacy, McDonald's
Answered by Joe B

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waiter/waitress probably. hmmm...then again I think you have to be 18 at least to serve drinks...might be a problem in TGIFs or something like that...then again try IHOP or something. That is the only one I can think of.
Answered by jane d

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Department stores usually hire above minimum wage, and anything else that has tips such as waitressing or washing cars.
Answered by caligrl

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In a grocery store. Baggers wanted.
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callcenters, if you have a great command of any language.
Answered by Krizia ^_^

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Try mowing some lawns this summer. Not just one or two I mean the more the better.It can't hurt.
Answered by CEO JasonP

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Large corporations pay better than locally owned stores, however, they tend to be more of a headache to work for. Do you want a job you enjoy or a job that pays more. You could work for Wal-Mart or Target and get paid more than working for a local store, but working for a local store might be more fun.
Answered by Tracker

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waiter/waitress
Answered by Goychie

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Brusters Icecream. anything but McDonalds, Burgerking, and other Fastfood.
Answered by Akasuna no Sasori

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honestly if you want the best possible money attempt to become a waitress and learn to be a good server. if you keep your custemers happy you can make upwords of 500 a week off paychecks and tips.
Answered by simple planing

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Food outlet like burger king or a grocery store. Could also ring around to local manufacturing companies as they like to pay minimum wage then adult wages.
Answered by Payment

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If jobs for teens are hard to come by in your area (we're talking the usual fast-food and retail jobs), try making your own gig. There are dozens of ways you can make money if you are creative. I know kids that make $6-$10 per week per yard, visiting a given yard twice a week, just picking up doggie-poo and bagging it up. We're talking a pooper-scooper and rubber gloves and a trash bag. The customer gets a poopie-free yard to entertain in, and you get income. Picture getting 20 such clients and how that will add up. You can also supplement that with dog-walking, dog-training, and either dog/cat sitting on vacations or babysitting. Then there is flower bed preparing for each season (the customer buys the mulch and stuff and you provide the labor). If you are on a PC, open up your Microsoft Office Suite and make a flyer for yourself listing your service offerings, print out a 1/2-page (8.5" x 5") flyer on some various colored paper and start knocking on doors in a likely local neighborhood.
Answered by revsuzanne

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waitress or cashier,
Answered by just me

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Really the only types of jobs yoiu probably will get are retail or in the restaurant business. They pay ok. for your age anyway
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streetwalker
Answered by red riter

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Best paying would be: 1. Restaurant waiter, one with tips 2. Mailroom worker in a bank 3. Janitorial duties, part time Depending on your grades you could also be an assistant/trainee at a business.
Answered by Blackbridge16

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in and out chefs and sears in electronics
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I know someone who is a waitress at Outback around the age of 16. She makes a lot of cash there and gets some free food too.
Answered by xw2904

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Lots of my friends work at a movie theater and seem to enjoy it and make good cash!
Answered by Nickky

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Yes a waitress or waiter can make 300+ per night in a nice place, but ya have to be good. Twirl a sign. It should cover any 16 year old expenses
Answered by Vince L

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says here that with your parents premission and a little help you could sell stuff online...Ebaying seems to be popular.
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retail, restaurant....janitorial (i used to work as a janitor and got paid 15 an hour cus no one wants the job)
Answered by lol!

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WINCO as a checker/stock clerk
Answered by chancey17

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Starbucks or Denny's. You could apply at the animal shelter...if you don't mind the smell.
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"$1 a kiss" stand
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Waitressing. If you're good and have a pleasing personality, you can clean up on tips.
Answered by Bryce

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fast food, pet stores ,a paper route,maybe the ymca,babysitting...good luck!
Answered by got football?

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Since you have no work experience concentrate on what kind of experience will get you a better paying job in the future not now. What talents do you have? Look for someone who can be a mentor to you. The pay may not be great now but you will be ahead of everyone else in years to come.
Answered by Jack S

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You can work at a grocery store, McDonalds, Walmart, Target, a restaurant as a seater, Best Buy or Circuit City. They all will train younger people and will be flexible with your hours as different things come up for school.
Answered by Mary B

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how about a movie theater.. i heard the pay is pretty good.
Answered by letsfallinlove22

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Everybody already gave you good answers so I can only add that a lot of fast food places now pay $10 per hour but it is hot tiring work as is all waitressing - but that is the best ways for good money for girls under 18.
Answered by NYkool

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country clubs, you get your hourly wage plus tips.. we all know those who belong to country clubs have $$ and will give awesome tips oh and dont forget about tops they hire at 15 -hope i helped
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Usually at a nice restaurant or a waitress.
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Work in a supermarket, blockbuster, arcade, country fair, gardening.
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My advice: don't work at Toys R Us. At least in my area (I don't know about others) the lack of communication made it horrible, stressful, and all-around hell to work there for the six weeks that I did. Also, if you ski or snowboard and live with a mountain within easy distance, you may still be able to find a job as an instructor. Many don't pay that well, but it'll give you experience that can get you higher wages working elsewhere.
Answered by Liz


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