<p>Any ideas?Past experiences. Not looking to work fast food. I am 16y/o</p>
<p>yeah, I'm interested about this one too. I'm also 16 years old, and a rising junior. I'm currently thinking of opening a Japanese tutoring probram by myself, and tutor kids who are taking Japanese class in a local college and/or kids who want to learn Japanese. I've never done tutoring so I'm thinking of charging only like $4 to $6 per hour. But I wonder this plan would ever work...</p>
<p>Oh, and I should've get a car lisence earlier...</p>
<p>Charge more than that! That's barely minimum wage. You're doing a job that involves knowledge! Charge at least $15!!</p>
<p>well, I'm going to charge more later on. But first, you gotta attract people with lower price, and then, raise the price later on. That's my business philosophy...</p>
<p>Well, I've never done anything businessy before, so I can't say anything. But should I charge more, even though I have no idea how to do stuffs? But yeah, 4-6 might be too low... at least, I think I should charge from $7.05 (Oregon's minimum wage... I'm not sure whether that's the exact amount or not).</p>
<p>People don't like the "bait and switch" tactic. People are also generally wary when something seems too cheap. "If it's too good to be true, it probably is." Even at $15 an hour you're charging a ton less than the big test prep companies. I think I calculated a private Kaplan tutor was like $90/hour or something.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks for an advice, ExRunner. Have you ever done tutoring before?</p>
<p>No but I think I'm going to try this coming school year. I used to pay attention and research a lot of business type stuff when i was younger though which is where most of that is coming from.</p>
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<p>Well I love my job, I work with a construction company, I get paid so much for moving ladders from one side of a house to the other, digging holes, putting up fences, cutting wood, etc. 10 dollars per hour, I made 70 bucks today!</p>
<p>don't short change yourself. 4-6 dollars is below minimum wage in most states. you want to build a relationship w/the person you are tutoring, you don't want to deceive them and charge a little upfront and then hike the price later...you'll end up losing people, after having made very little. $15 is extremely reasonable.</p>
<p>NWLover, the minimum wage is 7.25, I believe.</p>
<p>I've been trying to find a job, though I haven't found a place yet. The library sounds fun to work at, though. Perhaps that's mainly because I'm an organization and order freak, but whatev. =P</p>
<p>swgrad: alright, if I do, I'll go with somewhere around $15.</p>
<p>allypoo: Oh, library sounds a good place to work... except I wonder there are job openings in my public library... I know they hire a lot of volunteers though.</p>
<p>any other people who are doing summer job (yeah, I know, this isn't my thread but I'm curious)?</p>
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<p>Bagging groceries is fun...</p>
<p>the minimum wage is 7.25 in some states?!</p>
<p>that's still more than I make right now...</p>
<p>Reason #33 why I ♥ Oregon! =P</p>
<p>Except the library is going to only be open about 20 hours a week soon...grr!</p>