What jobs can a 14-year-old do?

What kind of jobs can a 14-year-old girl get in Alabama?

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  When You Turn 14 . . . You can work in an: office, grocery store, retail store, restaurant, movie theater, baseball park, amusement park, or gasoline service station. And don't forget the possibility of baby-sitting or pet-sitting or yardwork for people around the neighborhood You generally may not work in: communications or public utilities jobs, construction or repair jobs, driving a motor vehicle or helping a driver, manufacturing and mining occupations, power-driven machinery or hoisting apparatus other than typical office machines, processing occupations, public messenger jobs, transporting of persons or property, workrooms where products are manufactured, mined or processed, or warehousing and storage. In addition, you may not work any other job or occupation declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. Different rules apply to farms, and individual States may have stricter rules. http://www.youthrules.dol.gov/jobs.htm From other contributors: I'm 14 and there isn't many jobs you can get. I've tried ringing around lots of places but I have a paper route which is about it really. Some restaurants can take you on to wash up and also you can help out cleaning in a hair dressers but it is hard to find anywhere! None I know I am 14 & all the jobs we can get pay very little (Meaning you'd probably make more with allowance) Or the job ends up being something that you end up hating so much that you want to quit. I just turned 14 in May and I been trying to get jobs in kennels and waitress but it is so hard because I live in Pennsylvania and there is nothing near by me. My mom doesn't drive and her boyfriend don't wanna drive me to work that is more then 2 minutes away. It drives me insane. So I thought I could try to take a bus to Stroudsburg mall and seek a job there. It is so hard to get money and when you get it, it is never enough. I am trying to save up for a working car so when I'm 16 I will be set because my family right now is so broke and it is going to be difficult to do the things I need without a job! It's certainly not easy, but it is possible to get a job at 14. My advice would be to go to your neighborhood businesses (restaurants and stores), and see if they have any jobs. A lot of places won't hire 14 year olds because of the reputation of 14 year olds being immature, or because of the restrictive child labor laws (they vary by each state, do a Google search for "[your state] child labor laws" to see what the laws are for you). But, if you present yourself professionally, then you can certainly get something! If there's a Winn Dixie in your area, try it. I did and you have to be 14 and up. I work there now ~!*take my advice*!~ I'M 14 YRS OLD AND GOT A GOOD JOB ON THE OCEAN. I WENT AND TOLD THEM THAT I WANTED A JOB AND THEY ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO DO. I SAID THAT I WANTED TO WORK ON THE OCEAN AND THEY SAID OK. THE NEXT DAY I WENT ON THIS BOAT AND IT TOOK ME ALL THE WAY OUT AND THEY SAID I WAS HIRED. EVERY DAY MY DAD DRIVES ME TO WORK AND SITS THERE AND WAITS UNTIL I GET DONE. I MAKE 200 IN TIPS EVERY NIGHT AND 700 EVERY TWO WEEKS FOR MY CHECK. I LIVE IN FLORIDA AND I AM MAKING TWICE NOW, BUT I AM DOING GOOD AND GO TO SCHOOL WHICH IS GOOD. ALSO THEY ARE FLEXIBLE WITH HOURS, SO TAKE MY ADVICE AND GO TO. The best thing for your 14 year old girlfriend to do would be to excel in school, go to college and get a REALLY GOOD job. But at that age most children are too impatient to be "all grown up" and don't want to wait. Start searching at your local grocery stores, restaurants, etc. Or you can even go to the Work source near you. A couple of my 14 yr old friends found a job working in the snack bar at their pool (during summer) and some restaurants will allow you to waitress. all that you really have to do is ask around where u live. :) Washing cars, babysitting, mowing lawns ... that about sums it up You can babysit. Go around your neighborhood and tell peole your hours, how much you cost [per hour], tell them how much experience you have, and give them your phone number. Otherwise, I think due to child labor laws, you can't have a steady job that pays regularly until you're 15 or 16. Im 14 loads of my friends work in hairdressers, helping out its good pay. Or go around asking shops I now work in a small shop helping making the hand bags :P just ask your parents friends someone is bound to need some help with businesses or something good luck :) j