retail for 15?

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 11:06 am Post subject: retail for 15?

I wanna get a job this summer and I really want to work in retail like at a clothing store or at Sears or The Bay or something.

OR at Starbucks, hehe.

I'm only 15 though so does anyone know of any retail places that would hire and does Starbucks?!
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SO_CHIC · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject:

AE, aritzia, i think theres a lot of places, you just gotta look =)

ladyh_ · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:53 pm Post subject:

I got a retail job at 15 .. actually I was BARELY 15, I had just turned 15 when they hired me. If you're only 15, it really helps if you've got some work experience already under your belt before applying for a retail job, so at least you can say you have some experience with people and have developed some decent customer service skills. I worked as a sales clerk/cashier in a drug store for 2 months and having that on my resume really helped when I wanted to get into retail. Plus a drug store is a lot busier than many clothing stores [or other "typical" places you think of when you think of retail] so I was prepared for anything =P haha.

Also, try supermarkets .. like Food Basics, A&P, No Frills, etc. .. even if you don't want to stay, get the experience dealing with customers, learning how to do cash, how stocking works, then apply to a place you really want to work.

Some places will specify, 16 and over ONLY .. and because I didn't put my age on my resume [bad idea, anyway] I still got hired at one of those places while I was still 15, but then they made me wait until I was 16 [only a month =P] and then they let me start working. And now I've been there for like a year and a half .. so yeah anything can happen!

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject:

Thanks so much guys! I've never had a job before but I've done lots of volunteering. I guess I should start at a grocery store or something first then right? Will grocery stores even hire if you don't have experience?
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ladyh_ · Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:

^ Yup, a lot of my friends were hired and they had zero work experience [maybe a bit of volunteering, like you].

melodramatica · Fashionista Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 55 Smiles: 0 119

It depends where you want to work because I know that around here (Ottawa area), most retail places won't hire you until you're 16. Most fast food places will hire at 14 or 15.. same with supermarkets and drugstores.

I would highly recommend working at the drugstore because some places will start you WAY above the student minimum wage. The drugstore across the street from where I work pays students $8.50/h weekdays and $10.10/h on weekends (student minimum wage is $7.25 here). Pretty sweet if you ask me. Then again I heard it's pretty hard to get in there..

china.doll · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 9:03 am Post subject:

What's the minimum age for supermarkets? fast food restaurants?
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ladyh_ · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:54 pm Post subject:

^ It depends what province you live in. Fast food in ON is 14, at least where I live. Some supermarkets hire at 16, some a little earlier than that, depending on their individual store policy. It's easiest just to call them first so you know who not to waste a resume on. And the drugstore where I worked hired me at 14 but technically they shouldn't have hired anybody under 16 .. but once I was hired they couldn't fire me for something like that.

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china.doll · Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:07 am Post subject:

^really? which restaurants?
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jackclean · Fashionista Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 33 Smiles: 0 0

^anywhere really..im 16 but i think the younger girls only got hired cuz the restaurant had just opened and they were gonna be trained anyway so age didnt really matter.
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Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:44 am Post subject:

Thanks guys!

What about working at Ontario Place?
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electricpearls · Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:50 pm Post subject:

I know you can work at fast food at around 14, because I started at 14.

I know some people who are 15 that work at American Eagle, but to work at Starbucks, you HAVE to be 16 or older. It even says that on the application.
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Sweet<3 · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject:

Chapters, Indigo, Coles!!!!!! <3 <3 they hire 15 year olds

treecow_ · Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject:

how about 14 year olds? :/
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electricpearls · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:29 pm Post subject:

^I started at Arby's at 14. So, probably fast food.
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treecow_ · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:57 pm Post subject:

Lil_PinkBunnie · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 1:27 pm Post subject:

Hmm Chapters sounds pretty good too.

I'm thinking about Superstore though.
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Chelsea · Fashionista Joined: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 40 Smiles: 0 20

Basically for fast food, age is pretty flexible. I mean- at least it is here.
My friend was hired at a fast food restaurant when she was only thirteen.
Lol, so yeah- and she just turned thirteen too. She might've even been
twelve actually. If she was twelve she was going to be thirteen in a couple
of days tho. Haha but yeah okay, I'm kindof rambling on about it..

pink · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:45 pm Post subject:

i know that in sherway mall you HAVE to be 16 to work in retail
but not in the food court