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Trying to find your first job as a young teen is never easy and now with the economy being so bad it is even harder. When you are a teenager you are sometimes treated as a young adult and sometimes as a child and this make for a confusing time for some. Getting your first job is something that is an adult type activity and will require you to show responsibility.
Young teens have many abilities and it is a good idea to try to find a job where you can use some of those abilities. If you have any special talents such as singing, painting, or writing you might be able to get a job that involves those skills. For your first job you will want something that is not too demanding, you can enjoy (at least somewhat), and pays a reasonable amount. You may also want it to be something you can do part time so that you can go to school or do other things as well.
If you start looking for your first job by contacting people you know, you might be able to find someone that is willing to help you out. Friends of your parents and friends of friends are always a good way to make contacts and you could be lucky to get a job that way. You might also start looking for jobs in you immediate area like pizza restaurants and so forth.
If you are a teen that is good with children you might be able to get a job helping out in a day car or as a part time tutor. If you are good at school you might be able to find other students whose parents are willing to pay you for tutoring their children.
Some teens have skills they might be able to market to others on their own and make money that way. They can charge for things like weeding gardens, babysitting, pet sitting and walking, and mowing lawns to earn some extra money. An enterprising teen might be able to line up enough clients to even earn enough money to make it equal to or better than a real job. The more things a teen can do and the more people they can find who might want their services would mean the more money they could make.
The Internet actually has a lot of opportunities for budding journalists out there as well. There are quite a few young teens that have made a fortune online designing avatars, graphics, and layouts for the likes of MySpace, Plurk, and other networking sites. You could search Facebook and other reliable online sources for freelance writing jobs. You could even do further research on how to earn through blogging.
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