<p>I'm going for an interview at Potbelly's Sandwich Works later this week. I think it's a nice combination- not too fast-foody or labor intensive, attracts a more upscale crowd (well, this one's in a high class area) (i.e. mcdonalds, popeyes, burger king), really chill environment, healthyish food, cool people (well, at least where I live). And I wouldn't be embarrased to say that I work there. Try places like Starbucks (in more rural areas, they hire teens, in cities, not so much), Cold Stone, restaurants (although I hear waitressing can be a b--tch).</p>
<p>i'm "smart" but i work at a grocery store as a bagger.</p>
<p>a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do for money.</p>
<p>plus: grocery store workers are unionized, which = paid breaks every 2 hours...something none of my friends get =)</p>
<p>I took a loan out for 5,000, marginized (approx. 50%), invested in money market funds and 2 low-caps (extremely risky..) and came out with 10 at the end of 3 months (another extremely risky move...I sold everything on stock X when I learned its insiders sold the majority of their stocks, came out alive <em>thank you SEC</em>). Luckily for me, I didn't lose and in 3 months, I made ~3k.</p>
<p>I went back to my home country and taught English for 20 dollars an hour at a renowned learning center.</p>
<p>...but I got help landing the job to be honest.</p>
<p>If you are smart with decent SAT scores (2360+), tutor SATs. I earn a bit like that. Roughly 25~ an hour.</p>
<p>Depends on whether you want legal money or not. </p>
<p>-Drug trading seems to be on a new high especially in formerly unreachable suburban areas. However, FBI and Homeland security surveillance technology is at perfection levels. </p>
<p>-Drug smuggling is a separate branch from trading, and seems to be profiting from high domestic demand. Production remains high, especially in South American countries where it is more profitable for farmers to cultivate such cash crops as opposed to traditional farming produces. The Gulf of Mexico remains under strict surveillance however by elements of the coast guard and federal law enforcement. </p>
<p>-Political espionage seems to be a great option, especially with the unprecedentedly expensive presidential elections coming up. Any information that could damage a potential candidate is worth upwards to millions of dollars.</p>
<p>-International arms dealing is on a slump currently due to the influx of legal arms sales and end of many regional conflicts but many markets are still available. Demand for high damage, low-moderately complicated weapons remain high. (RPG-7s, stinger missiles, various anti-tanks)</p>
<p>Or... you can decide the consequences are not worth it(or not have enough initial funds) like me, and tutor little elementary school kids that barely listen to you and your grammar lessons.</p>
<p>Internships are always good. If you have a relative at the managing level in an established company, this can be a pretty easy job to get.</p>
<p>N.B.: try to find a relative with a different last name than yours; this makes the nepotism much more difficult for resume readers to check.</p>
<p>with jobs, unfortunately, who you know is often more important than what you know. if you're looking for an internship, try to recall people you have met who might put in a good word for you or hire you.</p>
<p>I'm a counselor at a YMCA camp (campfires, arts and crafts, the whole nine yards), and although the pay is about $0.67 an hour, its a super fun experience where you can get some leadership and act like a complete idiot without anyone caring. But those are hard to come by if you weren't in a CIT (Counselor in Training) program. Fun times though.</p>
<p>I'm trying to get a job at a grocery store. I need money for my student contribution at Yale next year. :)</p>
<p>work at a library and read all the books on becoming smarter while you're there :)</p>
<p>telemarketing-- almost always hiring and pay around 10-12 an hour plus commission. </p>
<p>also working for a lawn mowing/ landscaping company, they also pay like 10 an hour but they pay in cash usually so its really like 12 but the work is really tiring</p>
<p>tutoring is also really good. if your good you can charge 20 an hour</p>
<p>work for a catering company. they also pay around 10 in cash but you have to work late hours. and when i say they pay in cash, this is coming from a person who lives in nyc, not sure about other cities.</p>
<p>um, yeah, "smart" students may know when it's time to swallow their pride and go work for some place like McDonalds</p>
<p>I'm going by there today to sign my application, and I'm going to a pretty elite school in the fall (it would be my second job, I'm already a barista)</p>
<p>Work as an SAT prep tutor lol</p>
<p>Ok, so your a ''good student'' who wants a ''good'' job... Well to have a ''good'' job you need experience. And that can come from, yes, Mcdonalds, YAY!! Man i ate a number 2 last week, and it tasted like ****.. I don't know i used to love Mcdonalds. Go burgerKING!!!</p>
<p>Research or tutoring I suppose.</p>
<p>your best bet is apply to many retailers and restaurants. I applied to 10 places 2 weeks ago, and I still haven't gotten replies. </p>
<p>internships are next to impossible to find without a high school diploma. Outsourcing is primary to blame for the lack of white collar jobs.</p>
<p>I'm a pretty good student in school too but I work at a state park selling cookies. A job is a job and when you are only 15/16/17, many places aren't going to hire you anyway so you have to take what you can get.</p>
<p>If you're good at scamming people and have no soul, you can work for Vector Marketing selling knives. Most teenagers who work for them end up getting scammed themselves, but a few of the brighter ones find ways to make it work in their favor, and make a ton of cash.</p>
<p>I myself work at Meijers (a discount store chain in the mid-west). I'm a "utility worker" so my job is to push carts, mop floors, occasionally stock shelves etc. The work is mind-numbingly boring and the pay is terrible, but the up-side is that I only do about 15 minutes of real work each day. The store is so big you can just disappear anywhere and not be seen for hours, not that my supervisors care, their pay is just as bad.</p>
<p>What is this Vector Marketing? I've gotten like 2 letters from them. What do you do and do they pay well?</p>