<p>Hello! I’m actually a High School Senior, but I was wondering if any of you knew about this. There’s a lot of online ads for telemarketing positions …, and I didn’t know if they were real jobs or not. Have any of you all tried these jobs before? The online site says that anyone 16 and over can apply, but I’m not sure about its legitimacy and its claims. I really want to find a job in my area that won’t take away any time from schoolwork. Do you have any suggestions based on your broad experiences? Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>gfefe, this “job”, and others like it are almost certainly scams. Anytime an entity tries to “sell” you on the job, run. Chances are you have to send them money to buy some cheap “kit”, etc. You don’t want a “work from home” or “work online” position anyway - even if you can find a legitimate one. You want a real, traditional job where you are interacting with other people, and where you can have an informal learning experience, both in terms of job responsibilities and in forming cooperative relationships with co-workers. </p>
<p>What kind of part-time work are you interested in, and how much time do you have to commit to it?</p>
<p>I’m really interested in all types of jobs (with the exception of restaurant jobs–I tried that already). I especially want to work in a bookstore or a bank (although I’m not sure they’ll hire high school kids). I probably won’t be able to put too much time into it–at most, I’ll work on weekends. Thanks for your answer, latetoschool!</p>
<p>So you really want a JOB?<br>
Isn’t a job is something that in exchange for your time and labor you get paid for but have no say in how much or how you will be paid? What is the difference between a manual laborer and an engineer-are they both working for wages and could get fired anytime? I knew a turnaround specialist who said that his “full-time engineers are short-timers. When the job they’re working on is done, They are done.”</p>
<p>Have respect for all work. Telemarketers really EARN their pay.</p>
<p>My older kids did telemarketing as seniors in h.s. at the same place.It’s a popular young person job.It was a popular job because it paid okay for a kid- more than anything retail and the hours were more palatable… The disadvantage was , all the regular staff smoked in the office. The nature of the telelmarketing was surveys- or surveys with an intension to influence someone toward a product. The nature of the surveys was specific- like directed toward painters or voters. What I saw was although my kids were willing to stick out the job 6 months, that was the limit. My daughter quit because of the smoking in the office and I told her to apply for unemployment comp., and she did and got it, although the amount was very small because her hours had been part time. THe kids in the office form a bond and get along well- but there is much smoking and the regular staff was hard to tolerate.</p>
<p>Work at a restaurant. You won’t make a single friend as a telemarketer. You might even be killed for it.</p>