FACEBOOK AND TWITTER CAN COST YOU A JOB

If you are 17 and looking for a job, you need to watch what you do and say on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Even if you think your account is password protected, word now is that some employers, government agencies, and colleges are asking for access to your accounts. You can read the story here.

The fact is that what you say online can put your education and job search in jeopardy. It is just plain stupid to write all sorts of personal information about yourself and get into arguments online in these accounts. Teenagers have to start realizing that when they go online and post things, what they say is there possibly forever. Even if there is a password guarding your account, there is no guarantee that what you say will be safe.

Employers are now VERY AWARE that they can find all sorts of dirt on potential employees by what they post on those sites. More and more of them are trying to find Facebook accounts of job applicants and so you have to realize this is a very real threat to you getting a job, if you are misbehaving online.

When you are young you don't often realize what can happen with the things you post on the Internet. Teenagers don't understand that what they do today REALLY CAN adversely affect what happens to them in the future.

Hunting for a job this summer will be a tough task for all 17 year olds and teens of all ages. The economy continues to be bad which means not enough companies are hiring to meed the demand. Be careful what you do online so that it doesn't come back to hurt you if you get an employer interested in hiring you!

LIFEGUARD JOBS ON THE EAST COAST

If you live in any of these states: Connecticut (CT), Delaware (DE), Georgia (GA), Maryland (MD), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Pennsylvania (PA), Virginia (VA)

http://www.guardforlife.com/ is a real company that will get you the training you need to become a lifeguard this summer. Once you qualify they can also help you get a job with their parent company American Pool.

You might think it is too early to be thinking about a summer job as a lifeguard but it isn't. Now is the time to train and become certified so that you will be ready when summer arrives. Additionally, there are indoor pools that hire lifeguards year round.

Being a lifeguard is one of the best jobs for 17 year olds because it is fun, it is something that pays well, and you can proudly include it on your resume. It sure beats flipping burgers in a restaurant and you get to learn what it is like to have a job that includes responsibilities.

Go to http://www.guardforlife.com/ to find out more information.

HOW TO SIFT THROUGH THE FLUFF TO FIND REAL JOBS FOR 17 YEAR OLDS

Looking for jobs for 17 year olds? If you have been looking through all the "jobs for teenagers" websites hoping to find some real job leads, you are probably very disappointed.

There is a lot of advice out there and a lot of useless fluff but very little REAL help finding jobs that are hiring. You don't need tons of advice, you need a place to go that has REAL companies that have REAL jobs that are open. Right?

By far the best free place online to find real jobs for 17 year olds is Snagajob. You can find a part time (or full time) job there in or close to your city by following these steps.

1) First put in your zip code. That will bring up a list of all the jobs in that zip code and probably a few in the neighboring zip codes.

2) Narrow down your search by clicking the city (in the right drop down box) where you live or want to work. This will then just show the jobs in those locations.

3) There is also a drop down box on the left where you can pull up all jobs for each company that has jobs in your location if you prefer to do it that way.

4) Now is the hard part. Since you are under 18 years old, you need to find the jobs that will take anyone older than 16 year olds. Most jobs will require you to be 18, so you have to manually find those that will take 17 year olds.

4) Look for job titles like cashier, team member, customer greeter, and merchandise support. These are often the ones that DON'T require you to be 18 and so those would be the jobs you would want to apply to. Jobs that have "manager" in the title are the ones that you will rarely qualify for.

5) You will need to click on each job you are interested in and read about the job. Somewhere in the description it should give the age requirements. Some of the companies that hire 17 year olds are Sears, Pizza Hut, KMart, T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and others.

6) Make sure you sign up to SnagAJob (it is 100% free) so that you can get more information about each job and apply right there online.

Snagajob is the best place online for teens who are serious about finding a job. You can find some good jobs in your city and the surrounding areas if you take the time to go through all the opportunities.

No longer is there a need for you to surf the Internet trying to locate some jobs that you might be able to get. Snagajob is all you need with all the part time and hourly jobs right in one place.

CHRISTMAS JOBS FOR 17 YEAR OLDS IN 2010

Every 17 year old should be aware of how hard it is to get jobs. Take a look at that unscientific poll on the right sidebar of this blog and you will see that more than half you have been looking more than 6 months for a job!

The Christmas shopping season will be here soon and now is the time to start looking for Christmas jobs in 2010. It may seem early being that it is only the beginning of October now, but you should have learned that you need to be one of the first ones out their hunting to get a better chance of finding employers that need help.

There will be lots of jobs for 17 year olds this Christmas and one of the best places to start looking is SnagAJob.com. They are the biggest online job site that specializes in exactly what you want: jobs that are part time and pay by the hour.

You should start your job search by looking through Snagajob to see what companies are hiring and what is available. However, you should also conduct your own job search by going from store to store, restaurant to restaurant, or where ever you want to work and personally asking about Christmas jobs. Start out by going to the places you want to work the most and ask for a manager. Ask him or her whether they are hiring or will be hiring for the Christmas season.

Going in person this early shows any manager that you are serious about finding a job and that you are thinking ahead. You should even have a resume with you to give them if you have one so that they don't forget you. While you might not be hired on your first visit, it is a great idea to go to as many places as you can and put "feelers" out. Find out whether they will be hiring, when they will be hiring, and what you need to do to apply and get accepted.

The more work you do now upfront before the job rush starts, the more chances you will have of getting hired somewhere. You know that there will be a lot of teens and adults out looking for jobs this holiday season. It is up to you to do your best to beat the crowd and get in early to secure your Christmas job in 2010.

BACK TO SCHOOL JOBS FOR 17 YEAR OLDS

Well, summer is pretty much over and it is back to school time for teens. This summer saw few jobs for 17 year olds and many kids failed to get a job. It was a discouraging and frustrating summer in that regard.

But guess what? NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO START LOOKING FOR A JOB!

That is because most teens are going to be heading back to school and quitting their jobs. All sorts of jobs that you couldn't get before will be opening up now!

If you are an older teen that can somehow manage a part time job and go to school at the same time, you should be able find a job easier now that school is starting. Most of your competition won't be looking anymore because they have to go to school and can't do both.

Now admittedly, this will only work if you have the time and the grades to handle BOTH school and a part time job. Not every teen can do that and not every parent will allow them to do that. So ask your parents first if you want to try to get a job after school or on the weekends before you go out hunting.

But if you can handle both school and a job, now is the time to really start looking. If you find a good job, you might even be able to hold onto it all school year and then next summer you will already have a job! Good luck.

Go to Snagajob to start your search online for the best hourly and part time jobs that are great for teens.

SUMMER JOBS: IT'S NOT WORTH EVEN TRYING!

So you've heard it from your friends and seen it on the news: jobs for 17 year olds and teens in general are impossible to find. You think that no one is hiring and there are no jobs out there.

Does that sound like you? Have you even tried to get a job? Right now too many teens are giving up before they even get started just because they have heard it's tough. IF YOU NEVER TRY, YOU HAVE A 100% CHANCE OF FAILING!

The way you get a job in this environment is by never giving up. If you have been turned down 50 times then you try another 50 times, if that is what it takes. You have to keep applying for jobs no matter how you feel. Right now, that's the only way: to work harder at getting a job than the next guy and never stop looking.

There are lots of places to get jobs and maybe you haven't thought of them all. You can try camps, lawn care businesses, movie theaters, old folks homes, amusement parks, resorts, restaurants, retail stores, and any other places you can think of. There are companies out their hiring 17 year olds and teenagers of all ages.

One thing that might be keeping you back is if you are not applying to every job that you can do. Maybe you have not applied to any fast food restaurants because you think that working at McDonalds is to low a job for you. You are worried that your friends will laugh at you or make fun of you for flipping burgers. Well, that is the exact attitude that will contribute to your going the whole summer without ever being hired anywhere. Is going jobless cool?

When you are looking for jobs for 17 years olds, you have to start somewhere in the job market and that is usually at the bottom of the heap. You probably have little to no experience so you can't be picky about what kind of job you take, especially not now. Any job you get now will look good on your resume and it will show that you are willing to do hard work.

Employers like to see that and if you take the job flipping burgers this summer, you might be able to get something better next year because you will have more experience. Besides, you can learn a lot of things at a fast food restaurant including how to cashier, customer service, cooking, teamwork, how to deal with a boss and other things that will benefit you later on in life.

So, don't be the one saying that it is not even worth trying to get a job because you know there are none out there. There are jobs available and you have to be prepared to keep looking until you finally find one. Good luck!

JOB REFERENCES FOR 17 YEAR OLDS

While you are looking for summer jobs for 17 year olds, one of the things that could help you is a good reference. When you apply online or in person, you might be asked for one or more references that can vouch for you and say that you are a hard worker, honest, show up on time, etc.

Important---> It is very important to note that before you use anyone as a reference, no matter who they are, you should ask them first if it is alright. That includes your teachers, parents, other family members, and past managers. You have to make sure they know that they could be getting a call from someone who will be asking about you so that they are not caught off guard.

Since you will be trying to get a job, the absolute best kind of reference is from a manager you have had in the past from another job. If you did well at that job and the manager is willing to speak highly of you, that will be the strongest kind of recommendation you can get.

If you have never had a job before, you will obviously not have a reference from a past employer so you will have to use someone else that can speak highly of you. This includes teachers, parents, Aunts or Uncles, and adult friends of the family. You should not use your personal friends as a reference and instead try to find the most important adult in your life.

Employers are looking for ways to figure out who you are and whether you will be a good match for the job. They want 17 year olds that are going to show up on time, take the job seriously, and add value to their company in exchange for the paycheck they will be giving you. Unless they know you personally, calling on references may be the only way a manager has of determining whether they should hire you or someone else. Getting a summer job can be quite competitive now and those teens that have the best credentials will have the best chance of scoring that job.

AFFILIATE MARKETING JOBS FOR 17 YEAR OLDS

Kids in high school today have pretty much grown up on computers and their level of knowledge exceeds that of many adults. If you are good with computers and the Internet, you might consider trying to make some money online by creating your own website(s).

Summer jobs for 17 year olds are going to be difficult to get this year and so you might start trying to make money on your own. Affiliate marketing is when you have a website about any topic and you put links on it to different vendors. If your readers go through your links and make a purchase, you get a small commission for sending them.

There are billions of websites on the Internet and there is a lot of money being made. With affiliate marketing you don't have to have your own product or deal with any shipping because you are selling someone else's product or getting paid to get people to sign up for things. It is something you can do in your spare time and although it probably won't replace a summer job, it can bring in some extra money.

Many high school students already have a website or might be thinking of creating one. You can buy your own domain (about $9.00) and pay for hosting (about $4 to $10 per month) or you can start out with a free Blogger blog. The advantage of paying for your own site is that you actually own the site while a Blogger blog can be shut down if you inadvertently violate their terms or they consider it spam.

Having your own website and building it up is a lot of work buy many consider it fun if you enjoy what it is about. You should make your website around a topic that interests you so that you can continue to write and add content. You might also consider making your website about something you can make money off of where there are people looking to buy.

Always a challenge will be trying to get people to your site. The best way to get targeted visitors is by getting your website or blog to the front page of Google for the search terms you desire. That way you continue to get free traffic to your blog day after day and you can then figure out how to make money off that traffic. Being only 17, you may need to have help from your parents signing up to some affiliate programs but not all of them.

One of the best affiliate programs out there is CashCrate. You have to be at least 13 to sign up so if you are seventeen you are fine. Money can be made by doing free surveys and offers but MORE money can be made by referring others to the site through your affiliate ID link. Many teens have blogs devoted to CashCrate and some are successful and some are not.

You need to know what you are doing to make money with affiliate marketing and a good place to learn is here at online surveys for money. That blog will teach you how to make money with your own blog and how to get visitors to it so they will sign up under you. Make sure you read that blog from the first post dated 3/3/2009 and read the posts in the order they were written.

JOBS FOR 17 YEAR OLD HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

One thing you should make sure of when you are choosing possible jobs is that it won't interfere with your school. Having a job is great, especially now when they are so hard to find, but all teenagers should remember that going to school should be their first priority.

It might seem that school isn't that fun or won't benefit you that much. It might seem that having a job and making money is a better alternative and it won't matter if your school grades or activities suffer. But remember, any job a 17 year old can get is one that doesn't pay well and probably doesn't have much of a future. For instance, do you want to spend the rest of your life mixing shake a an Orange Julius in the mall or waiting on people behind a counter?

Getting an education should almost always be your first priority. Right now that might be hard to understand with the economy being so bad and families experiencing hard times. Perhaps you need a job to help out your family and if that is the case then there is not much you can do other than try your hardest at both school and your job.

However, if you are working just because you want extra spending money, remember that your education is what will ultimately be the most valuable to you. You need to get good grades and try to get into college, whether it be a small local college or a bigger one away from home. You mustn't let your job hurt your chances later in life.

Jobs for 17 year old high school students should be ones that allow you to ample time to study and participate in school activities. Part time jobs with a lot of flexibility are what you might want to look into so that you get the best of both worlds: working and staying in school!