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Can't find a summer job? Create your own!


 

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Finding a summer gig used to be as easy as walkin’ down to the local ice cream parlor and filling out an application. These days, however, applications are way up and the number of folks hiring teens seasonally isn’t what we’d call optimal. The result? A national teen unemployment rate of 24.2 percent, according to a recent study from the Employment Policies Institute. And that number almost doubles for black teens.


Washington, D.C., boasts the highest teen unemployment rate of 48.9 percent. Georgia, Washington State, Nevada, California and North Carolina are the top-five states with rates above 30 percent. Whoa!


So what’s a girl to do when she’s looking for a li’l dough? Try starting her own biz, of course! Check out GL’s babysitting 101 to get the goods on buffing up your summer sitting jobs. Wanna strike out on your own? Get some inspiration from our goal getters, check out our best tips from teen entrepreneurs and read our 15 ways to make major moolah this summer.


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BY BRITTANY TAYLOR ON 6/20/2011 9:00:00 AM

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by moosterm on 8/1/2011 1:53:39 PM

 
 

I babysitter but only for my family and such but at the stable I'm a paid intern for my instructor and also groom horses, clean tack, walk out horses, exercise horses, (practically any dirty work no one else wants to do but I'll do anything) for money and I'm earning some serious cash!

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by fudgemonkey on 7/10/2011 9:56:56 PM

 
 

MOD! i want t oget my babysitting licence in ca. but i cant find a class! i looked on the city website but they dont have any thing. they had some on the girl scouts of nor cal website even one in my city but my leader forgot to sign us up! where can i find a class!?




Hey girl, I'd ask your local rec center or ask your mom to call and see if the Red Cross is offering any certification courses. It may not be listed as obviously, but there should be one available nearby.

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Alyssa B.

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by May9 on 6/30/2011 10:47:19 PM

 
 

Mod I asked about some job ideas to see if they were good and you said that tutoring was also good. Well, I skipped a grade a couple of years ago and I have gotten offered to skip another a few times. I'm top of my writing, reading, science, im a awesome speller, im good with history, but okay at math. Do you think that I would make a good tutor?

Hey girly,
With grades and a history like that, I think you will be a totally awesome tutor!!


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by krazykotabug on 6/22/2011 2:22:03 PM

 
 

mod
what do you think of bake sales and small garage sales as a way to make money and babysitting and cleaning??




Hey girl, I think they're definitely great starts! Go for it! Tutoring is a great way to make a little money too along with pet- and housesitting.

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by krazykotabug on 6/21/2011 9:33:31 PM

 
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