Summer Jobs

h_thealogian
Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:29:46 +0000

What is your job?
What is your salary?
How did you get your job? Through a parent? A friend? Your school’s career counseling office? etc.
Lifeguard at Childcare Network
$10/hr (I’ve been working there for three summers now)
I went onto my state employment website. I believe nearly every state in the US has it. In North Carolina, it’s www.ncesc.org. Once I registered and stuff, I clicked “Find a Job” and applied for up to three jobs a day (the maximum I could). I got several emails back, showing interest, but the lifeguarding job caught my attention because they were REALLY in need of a guard. I was already certified, so I simply renewed my Red Cross CPR and First Aid certificates, went in, filled out W-2 and W-4 forms, and started in early June. They didn’t even give me an interview, and the hours are fantastic.


They asked me back the next summer, and then they asked me back this summer as well. I work about 5 hours a day, with at least an hour break. It’s an outdoor pool, and the hours are broken up into the groups of children who come. I never have more than twenty in the pool at a time, and I’ve gotten an excellent tan, plus all the sunlight helps with my bipolar disorder.

The only drawback is the extreme humidity, although it does help me drop weight.

My parents and I have an agreement. While I was at community college, I paid for my own tuition, bought my own books, cover charges to clubs, food, clothing, all of it. The only thing I didn’t pay was rent or insurance.

My job this summer is to earn as much cash for spending money as I can, now that I’m headed to uni. I’m only going to make about $500, because my hours keep getting cut, due to the extreme humidity (it’s not safe for kids to be outside in 100 degree index weather).

Still…depending on your state…run a google search and put in your state’s name and the words “employment agency” and see what you get.