https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 16:50:16 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486501 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:50:55 +0000 psw27 2486501@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked at the Gap once I turned 16 - mostly for the discount. Man, I was so proud when I got a job for $5.25 an hour! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486418 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 14:09:16 +0000 KT326 2486418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first job was working in a department store. I was hired for the Christmas season and was lucky to be kept on after. I worked weekends and one to two nights during the week until I graduated. After that I switched to full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486381 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:51:30 +0000 MediaNaranja 2486381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I babysat all throughout middle and high school. I also grew up in a ski resort town, and worked seasonally in food service at one of the resorts during my freshman &amp; sophomore years (my first 'real' job). Junior year I was a tutor in an after-school program at my high school, and senior year I worked at the public library. I did all of those after school/weekends/during school breaks. I feel like I *must* have worked over the summers but I can't for the life of me remember what I did!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486375 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:45:06 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 2486375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I started working at a Subway/gas station/bait shop the summer after I turned 16 and worked there and then a pizza place/movie rental shop until I graduated HS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486361 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:38:09 +0000 MaryM 2486361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did a few babysitting gigs until I was old enough for a work permit (15). </p> <p>Then I worked a fruit market for a little over a year, and then worked retail at a camera store/one hour photo. I kept that job through college and still did it part time after I got my first career-related job.</p> <p>ETA: I also picked up odd jobs. My mom's cousin was building a house next door to us one summer, so I worked for him. He payed better than minimum wage, and sometimes all I had to do was help him unpack (but other times, I was shoveling pea gravel and raking it in tiny spaces under his deck) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486341 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:19:30 +0000 JoJoGirl 2486341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: Yep that's what my parents said too - my job was to do well in school and they didn't want me distracted by anything else. I did babysit all through high school, though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486330 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:09:25 +0000 Adira 2486330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Year round my senior year, but just on the weekends. And full time during the summer once I turned 16. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486329 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 13:05:59 +0000 Chillybear 2486329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 10 I started as a mother's helper for neighbors<br /> By 12 I was babysitting<br /> At 14 I started working at a summer camp M-F 9am-12:30pm for elementary age kids for 5 weeks I worked there until I graduated<br /> At 15 I started as after school camp counsler M-F 3pm-6pm for elementary school kids<br /> At 17 I got my first retail job at HomeGoods and continued working there into college on my breaks and weekends </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486321 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:59:57 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 2486321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I babysat starting at 12 and then worked about 9 hours a week at a call center during the school year and full-time one summer. My family was very middle class (which I think existed back then). I didn't have to work, but I wanted to and at least half of my friends had jobs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486319 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:58:27 +0000 dagret 2486319@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a hostess at Red lobster from 16-18 and then when I turned 18 I started waitressing there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486303 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:45:30 +0000 cat620 2486303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked part of my junior year as a waitress at a pizza restaurant, and I worked my senior year at a movie theater. I thought working at the movie theater was fun! We got to see free movies, eat unlimited popcorn and hang out with our friends. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2486126 Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:45:57 +0000 snowjewelz 2486126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first jobs were babysitting and dog walking.</p> <p>Then I worked at a french bakery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485712 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:30:29 +0000 Applesandbananas 2485712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was a camp counselor in the summer, but that was only for a couple weeks per summer and more of a volunteer thing. We got paid like $25/week as a stipend, not a legit paycheck lol</p> <p>Other than that, no. I took a ton of very challenging courses that I earned college credit for (I only had two years of college left after I graduated high school!) and my parents felt like that was more valuable than me having a part time job. I also earned a ton of scholarships based on grades, more than what working would've contributed to my college bills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485709 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:25:10 +0000 looch 2485709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the summers, and eventually during the school year. I was a lifeguard (got certified for free as part of gym class, woot!!) and I either taught swimming lessons (also was water safety instructor certified) or guarded from when I was 15 through freshman summer of college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485573 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 11:21:28 +0000 Boogs 2485573@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Office work year around starting at 14. Part time during school, full time in summer and during breaks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485536 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 09:14:23 +0000 Charm54 2485536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: It was only open in the summers, it is right on the waterfront so pretty much the perfect location. We opened it in high school and ran it all through university to pay our tuition. We sold it a few years ago when my youngest sister graduated. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun. ( And I ate my weight in ice cream every year haha). 🍦 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485535 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 09:10:08 +0000 farawayyama 2485535@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I started with regular babysitting gigs as soon as I was able (14/15). But my two proper jobs were cleaning a postnatal maternity ward, then working in a high end homewares store. Outside of using it to buy things like nicer jeans and movie tickets etc, my high school offered a trip to Thailand for a month that my parents agreed to allow me to go on, so long as I paid for it. It took me two years to save and I went two days after my final exam. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485489 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 06:10:46 +0000 hellobeeboston 2485489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@autumnlove: funnnnn. Remember the daiquiri ice flavor??? I still miss it. Also loved World class chocolate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485475 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 02:32:14 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2485475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I wasn't allowed to. I was supposed to focus on school, but also helped around the family business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485470 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 02:08:02 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2485470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. I got my first job at 15. I worked at Sylvan Learning Center. At 17 I got a retail job and worked it through college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485452 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:38:43 +0000 Anagram 2485452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked at Outback Steakhouse as a hostess after I turned 16. It was a fun job. Before that, I babysat occasionally but nothing on the regular. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485447 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:25:10 +0000 autumnlove 2485447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I got my first job a few months before I graduated. Ice cream scooper at Baskin Robbins. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485444 Sun, 06 Mar 2016 00:18:46 +0000 blackbird 2485444@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just summers and the last 4 months of high school. I played 3 sports and my job was to do well in school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485417 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 23:13:06 +0000 erinpye 2485417@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I babysat, nothing regularly scheduled, from the time I was 9. In high school, I worked my senior year of high school, after school every day: I worked the switchboard at a law firm. And then that Summer I started working retail to start saving for college. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485410 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:49:05 +0000 littlebug 2485410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. I babysat in middle school. In high school I worked at Claire's. I was 16 and piercing people's ears - my youngest customer was 9 months old! My manager used to have me close, by myself, which meant I was carrying the cash bag down through the mall to the bank deposit box at 10pm. Crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485397 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 22:05:56 +0000 PawPrints 2485397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not during the school year, my parents felt really strongly about focusing on academics. I had summer office internships after junior and senior year, and saved up that money and eventually spent it on a summer study-abroad in college in Kenya. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485368 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 21:20:12 +0000 autumn865 2485368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a job as soon as I could legally work! (Age 14). Through the years I was a library Paige, a bagel shop employee, breakfast restaurant waitress, diner waitress, water park lifeguard, JC Penny retail worker, Marriott front desk clerk, banquet server, bank teller, caterer, Italian restaurant waitress and substitute teacher. Whew! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485360 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 20:54:06 +0000 BananaPancakes 2485360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked for my parents before I could drive, and then as soon as got my license, I started working at a surf shop and worked there until I graduated. It was the most fun I've ever had at a job. I always thought I'd open my own one day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485332 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 19:53:21 +0000 LilSprinkles 2485332@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked at an eye doctor's office. I did all the pretests before you saw the doctor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-you-have-a-job-in-high-school/page/2#post-2485300 Sat, 05 Mar 2016 19:03:56 +0000 Miss Ariel 2485300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All my jobs were pretty much camp counsellors or working after school care. </p>