First job working as a secretary/assistant at a summer school

Second job-ish thing doing web design work for some dude

Third and current job doing graphic design and video production work at a small company in my town

I was a lazy fuck in high school and didn't have any summer jobs.

Then got into a co-op program, and after one term of uni got a job at RIM.

My mother shifted jobs a lot over her life, and before she became a tutor she worked in an accounting firm as a client manager. Basically, she'd do a lot of over-the-phone work and some meetings with clients to tell them what to expect when they talked to the boss man. I got a job for a week here and there since I was 11, sorting old client folders into alphabetical order and making sure the filing cabinets were updated and some menial jobs like shredding documents. I got about $100 every week I worked there.

Then I got a job at the sleepaway camp I was a camper at for a summer. I was too old for the camper "work program" by a year, but I was just old enough to come back as junior staff with some of my camp buddies. Did it for two summers before I aged out of junior staff. I was part of the office staff because of my previous experience, and I was put in charge of the "Teenside" office (a shack with some office furnishings on the side of camp for everyone above the age of 12) with one of the girls who also came back as jr. staff. I clocked in at 8 and left at 3 if I had morning shift, and evening shift was from 3 to 9. I had to talk to overprotective parents, sort camper packages and mail, take care of some injuries, mingle with the campers, and clean kitchen staff aprons for some reason, but I got to goof off most of the time except when one of the off-duty counselors was torrenting and everyone else who was off-duty came to me asking why the internet was fucked up. I got $300 for my first summer and $500 for my second.

Now I earn my keep at home by helping my mother with her tutoring business. I set up programs she needs help with, torrent textbooks she can't find, and review student homework. In July I should be starting a 9 to 3 job with my local Rabbi. He's already got counselors and I get paid by the city, so he told me he's gonna send me home with those hours for the day clocked if he can't find anything that needs some management or muscle. I think the worst part of this job is gonna be over before I start it - I had to stand in a line in front of the Jamaica, Queens YMCA for six hours to show my papers and get my ID. I still have to go for two four-hour orientation sessions.

OP: Find something that you think you might like that's within your grasp. You may or may not like it, and you might quit for a variety of reasons, but the experience is just as important as the paycheck. Experience + Personal Intelligence + Recommendations + Your Logic and Problem Solving skills = $$$$$$$

if you want to hate your life, develop/support a drug/alcohol abuse problem, and get paid shit for the amount/intensity of work you do, get a job in a kitchen.

forgot to mention, you'll get the added perk of learning spanish! it's gonna be stuff like "fuck your mother" and things of that variety.

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Farmhand. Pay lower than minimum wage. But believe me you'll feel like the manliest man of all time working on a farm. So worth it.

I was a cashier at a local breakfast diner. They gave free food during my break off the menu.

would recommend

First job was at a BJ's (wholesale club) pushing around carts and doing anything the people higher up than me didn't want to do. Trash runs, cleaning up empty boxes, reshops, mopping, helping customers with things they didn't want to put in the car by themselves (those humongous playground sets are the WORST), and whatever else they came up with that day. It was a pretty shit job, summers in North Carolina are awful so having to stay outside on busy days was really bad. But the people I worked with were pretty cool.
I've also worked as a stagehand at a theater for a few years. Got to meet Doug Benson and some other people. That was awesome.
And I've worked at a Sam's Club (another wholesale club) as an "event specialist" giving away free samples.

I started working as a soccer ref for house and travel leagues when I was 15. It was alright. First time I reffed a 7 and under house league game I accidentally close lined a little girl with my leg. Her father was some huge redneck guy and I thought I was going to die.

I have worked landscaping 2 summers ago and im doing it this summer as well.

good pay. easy to find a job. I spent literally 5 minutes looking for my current job, and the first one i applied to called me back within 10 minutes of me uploading my resume.

i worked at walmart and i was miserable and they told me to look less miserable so i quit

QFT

Tutoring is fun if you're good and enjoy the material and helping people; that's my first job.
Second job is being a TA at AwesomeMath UCSC.

Basically, find something that's vaguely related to your interests.

I work at subway. I don't get breaks but I get free food and drink and don't have to do shit. 9/10 job would recommend.

Thank you everyone for all of the amazing responses! As of now I think I may be leaning towards an architecture or film internship, but if I am unable to do either I am leaning towards a Subway or Restaurant, and if not, perhaps tutoring.

Now, what would the process be for applying for these jobs or jobs in general? Would you have to go on location and see if they are hiring or not, or would you find it online? Thanks again for all the great responses

I've made

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from TF2 Trading, and thats from 6 months of trading on and off.

That really helped me, thanks again stalin~

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I accidentally caught an 8 year old girl in the face with my elbow. Her parents were not happy, and they also heavily supported the club I was working for. I've had a lot less assignments since then.

I just got a landscaping job, work 9-9.5 hours a day, it's really hard on your body (when I get home I literally just want to sleep).

I make $15 an hour (based Canada) so my paycheques are pretty nice, but I had to quit TF2 since it's so demanding. :[

I clock 54-58 hours a week.

Can't tell if serious.

my first job was as a barista at a local coffee shop shit hole. basically i steamed a lot of milk and listened to the jazz fusion station on pandora.

currently 16 and I was a beach lifeguard last year and made about 25 an hour. You get really tan which is nice as well. This year I'm interning with my dad who is a really high ranking lawyer and partner at a lawfirm and then I'm interning with my uncle who is a rich investor. Each is 3 weeks and I still have plenty of time to do whatever I want with my summer

i waited tables as a 1st job, which is something i believe ev1 should dabble in for at least a short period of time.

local grocery stores are also a good start, they are generally good at working around student schedules when the summer comes to an end

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Administrative assistant at a financial firm.

It is surprisingly fun because my bosses are genuinely nice and funny people. I have learned a lot about finance as well as some interesting things about office politics.

Very fun, but hard to get without connections.

First job was supermarket cashier, worked there for 3.5 years and went fulltime in my gap year after high school. Solid job, easy work and good people, plus I learned how to deal with douchebags. Also good $$$ ($8/hr when i started, $20/hr by the time i quit as a store supervisor).
Next job was kitchenhand at a Rydges hotel (fairly high-brow place). Started out a lot of fun because the chefs were great dudes with some hilarious stories, but when they quit and the hotel came under new management it just started going to shit. Still made a lot of money though, $21/hr for dishwashing, some basic food prep (making sandwiches and the like) and cleaning floors. Currently got an interview lined up with an electronics store in their laptop/pc department, and hope to hell I get it.

Spent every summer of my youth as a deckhand on my old man's salmon boat. At 17 I moved out, and worked in a restaurant for a couple years.

Movie theaters are generally fun. Free movies on days that you're off is nice. :)

do _not_ go anywhere near any kind of telemarketing job like I did

the work is shit, everyone you meet hates you (on and off the phone), the pay is garbage (I got bullshitted by my employers and was paid under the table, so I got less than minimum wage and was unable to do anything about it) and it's by far the fastest way to make yourself clinically depressed.

you basically have zero job security too, not that anyone wants to KEEP being a telemarketer, but you'd be prone to getting fired at the drop of a hat because everyone in any kind of telemarketing firm is absolutely 100% expendable

edit: run on sentences aren't nice to look at

2 places to not work: any fast food restaurant or the movie theaters. In my experience, I have worked labour intensive jobs that required 12 hour shifts per day about 56 hours of work a week (i was working longer than my parents in one work day), and yet looking back at all the jobs ive had i would still say the difficulty and frustration that comes with any fast food job or a job at the theater (mainly due to popcorn, butter and all that greasy sticky crap) sucks more than any other job you will find. And mind you that when i was working at the theater or a fast food joint i only had 4-5 hour shifts and yet it felt longer than a full time job.

TL;DR DONT GO INTO FAST FOOD OR CONCESSIONS IN THE THEATER, TRY AND GET A JOB IN A SUPERMARKET FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

First part time job - when i was in highschool i was a bus runner at a local bar in town in walking distance from my house. The place was a complete shit hole, but they payed under the table and i worked with a really cool group of people. The owner payed all the health inspectors off pretty much on a yearly basis...everyone loved the food there but if they would have seen the kitchen or freezes like i did, they would literally never eat there again.

First real job (full time)- right out of college i worked for GNC's help desk for 2 years. This was hands down, out of any job, the worst place i ever worked at. For the 2 years i was there we went through 3 CEO's...closed 1500 stores, and was in constant fear of losing our jobs (therefore there was a lot of backstabbing from everyone). A month after i quit, 67 people on my floor were let go...good timing i guess.