i need a job, you guys should help me out?
 

what places would hire a 16 year old kid with mechanic skills, and computer skills? right now id go for anything that pays atleast 7 bucks an hour. so where should i apply? help me out.

Subway?

Good luck, most place won't hire under 18 unless it's like a fast food place, walmart, target, etc as far as I know.

for real thats garbage. what stores are you talkin about though? like the auto parts stores? im going to try those places first, except pepboys, they said you need a highskoo diploma so thats cancel. cuz i need money to get a dsm or a 240 or something. since i have a car now, i have to save on my own.

Apply at SEARS somewhere. Just make sure it's in sales. I average anywhere from $14-20/hr and I'm 17. Cashiers only make like $7.

Yeah, Job hunting isn't that easy.. Right now Subway sounds good for work. LOL

damn thats alot an hour, ill prolly hit up sears during thanksgiving break.

yill prolly get a job too if your resume looks like your posts

lol

comon stop picking on little guys... go pick on the duhluth boyz or somethin

I just got a job a Freightliner Trucks here in Portland. $12.50 an hour starting. Moving on up from janitorial, and i dont have a GED or anything :). but you do have to be 18.

We all have jobs.

Any of the major retail chains or fast food chains should be hiring as they always are.

Welfare?

Start practicing this line and you will go far.

"paper or plastic?"

And if that doesn't work, there is always:

"Would you like fries with that?"

Never done either myself, but my niece managed to do okay with it. When I was sixteen I worked at a small garage in effie MN as a mechanic. I doubt there are too many places like that now days that will hire a kid, but you could always try. Just talk to the smaller shops, maybe something will work out.

Make sure you get yourself some plaid pants and a short sleeve shirt and tie. It's suggested attire for salespeople at Sears.

Make the extra drive to Wayzata or Eden Prairie if you're going to work fast food, they always pay about $5/hr more than other McD's.

see if you can get a job at a jiffy lube or something. You might not be able to be a "lubrication technician" but they might hire you as a cashier or something, then when you get old enough, you work your way up the ladder.

Also, try checker or napa or something like that, they can pay pretty well, and the work isn't too demanding.

You guys are mean :) Ill give you a job at my shop.. might take a while for you to commute to Madison though. :) I hire 16 year old kids that are still in HighSchool. Most of them just Vacuum cars and drain oil and clean. One of them has been a good salesman (Got paid $9.50 an hour with a $500 bonus every month. Not too bad for 16 years old.

By the way, I manage a Jiffy Lube :)

If you really want my company owns all the ones in Minneapolis. If you want I could most likely get you a job if your interested (And yes, you would be trained to be a Lube Tech :) As long as your not an idiot).

Talk to Tom, you could move to Cali and he would hire you to be his "Lubrication Technician."

haha jk, I just had to.

Hahaha, you guys are ruthless!

Umm... no. Black/White shirt, Black/Khaki Pants. If your in sales, your shirts have to be collared. Thats it.

No ties.

I'd say an oil change place is your best bet. I worked @ Valvoline when i was in High school and it pretty much sucked, the perks were nice though. I suggest working somewhere w/flexable hours so in summer you can go full time and then go back to part time during school.

Ya I remember when you worked at Valvoline. I worked right down the street from you at Jiffy Lube. I really liked the job. You got nice little perks, like free oil changes, use the garage after hours if you wanted to do something to your car. Flexible hours. Great co-workers. You could also get A/C certified for free if you wanted, but I left too soon to be able to do it, I had to go to this thing called boot camp.

yeah you should hook me up. and lube tech thats all the basics right? if so its all good.

When I worked there, I was 17-18. I started out just vacuuming the cars, putting the lil sticker in the window, checking tire pressure. Then eventually you'd start working under the car, doing everything down there. Then eventually I was working under the hood, talking to the customer, trying to sell them new air filters and what not if theirs were bad. I enjoyed it a lot.

Just the mention of Valvoline lube places makes my skin crawl. The one in Buffalo actually tore my air filter in the corner and brought it to me and told me it was broken and I needed a new one then and there and they had one for $30 for me. I told them it was inpossible for an air filter to tear becase it is clamped in place and that the area that was torn would be dirty and not squeaky clean like it was. He told me it happened all of the time and showed me the one that was out of the car next to me with the same corner ripped in two.

Valvoline in Buffalo = people who make a bad name for the rest.

Now for something on topic. Mall retail does suck but can pay well. I did a gig selling womens shoes (insert joke here) at Robinsons-May in Scottsdale evenings part time. My hourly average was close to $18 with exceptional weeks coming in at close to $30. I had a commission rip and we sold alot of shoes. I went in with a buddy who was filling out app before we went to lunch. We both got hired on the spot, but he got stuck in mens wear and only pulled down 11 something.

ok well give my shop a call if you honestly want me to get ya a job and Ill see what I can do for ya in MN. The number here is 608-271-9776

Ask for Tim.

alright. ill call on monday after school. im guessing you are tim?