When young I did: glass collecting, waiting on, night portering, butcher, Sainsbury's. All equally dire, but very much a series of character building experiences. Nothing better for your work ethic than working alongside bitter 40 year old men who stack shelves or clean blood out of fridges.
How to get a 'decent' job at 16 and still in school
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There not to bad hours and I reckon I could cut it tbh.
As a glass collector did you get much abuse from the customers? Or anything like that. And I understand that none of the jobs will be exciting but it's something I'm prepared to put up with for a bit of cash.
Not sure where your going with this...
Learn to repair iPhones, then advertise on facebook and tell all your friends you can fix them.
The screens for say an iPhone 4 are currently around £20 and you can safely charge £35 for the repair and walk away with £15 profit.
if you Dont mind a risk then buy them in from china for as little as £14 each... But be prepared to find around 5 faulty in a batch of 50 screens.
If you become efficient at repairs then you can get 3 done in an hour and if you are booked up like i am most days you can make a lot of cash.
Be prepared to have people call you at any time of the day... Dont order parts before you have the phone as 50% of people will not call you again once you have ordered the part for them... Unless you can afford to buy in stock.
I have around 200 Screens left in stock and 1000's of other parts for all generations of iPhone in stock... But that amount of stock costs thousands.
Its Not to hard to make a modest amount doing this, but will require smart advertising and compromising time to suit a customer.
Doing the above since i started college and started with games consoles... Paid my way through college and uni off the back of it.
The screens for say an iPhone 4 are currently around £20 and you can safely charge £35 for the repair and walk away with £15 profit.
if you Dont mind a risk then buy them in from china for as little as £14 each... But be prepared to find around 5 faulty in a batch of 50 screens.
If you become efficient at repairs then you can get 3 done in an hour and if you are booked up like i am most days you can make a lot of cash.
Be prepared to have people call you at any time of the day... Dont order parts before you have the phone as 50% of people will not call you again once you have ordered the part for them... Unless you can afford to buy in stock.
I have around 200 Screens left in stock and 1000's of other parts for all generations of iPhone in stock... But that amount of stock costs thousands.
Its Not to hard to make a modest amount doing this, but will require smart advertising and compromising time to suit a customer.
Doing the above since i started college and started with games consoles... Paid my way through college and uni off the back of it.
Is it hard to repair screens on an iPhone? And Sounds like a reasonable thing to do. Might give it a punt.
How did you go about getting that job?
No its not that hard, There are some VERY good guides on youtube for it.
You just have to make sure you do Everything right each time, and make sure you make an order of where each and every screws place is.
They are all different sizes.
I can do an iPhone screen in under 20 mins now but it has taken me years to become that fast with no errors
You would probably be able to get your first done within a few hours or if you learn fast then under an hour.
You just need patiance
Something i have learnt though.. The people who work at the apple store and who are called Technitions actually have NO IDEA of how to fix an iphone, most useless buggers i have ever met.
I was turned down a Job as an iPhone tech due to lack of experience, even though my CV showed that i have been doing it for years -.-
No its not that hard, There are some VERY good guides on youtube for it.
You just have to make sure you do Everything right each time, and make sure you make an order of where each and every screws place is.
They are all different sizes.
I can do an iPhone screen in under 20 mins now but it has taken me years to become that fast with no errors
You would probably be able to get your first done within a few hours or if you learn fast then under an hour.
You just need patiance
Something i have learnt though.. The people who work at the apple store and who are called Technitions actually have NO IDEA of how to fix an iphone, most useless buggers i have ever met.
I was turned down a Job as an iPhone tech due to lack of experience, even though my CV showed that i have been doing it for years -.-
Ahh doesn't seem bad. Thanks for the tip mate will be something I seriously look into. And sorry to hear that, at.east you know yourself that you're better than them phoneys
Not at all really, small town so the banter was good. If you're working in a Yates's in a city centre I imagine it'd be pretty grim though..
Nah I'm not in a city so that not a problem but doesn't sound to bad. I'll have a run around and see what I can find.
EMA? No not even sure what it is.
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If your 16 and still in school,put all your spare time into preparing for exams!
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£50 a month is mad money!
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If youve got transport and get to a local parcel carrier, ask the depot manager about a loading job.
They are usually quite happy to pay £100 a week for lads to come in in the mornings and afternoons to help load vans and lorries.
You need to be asking at your local APC or Interlink depot ideally as they are franchised so the franchisee doesn't have to worry about corporate policy.
Far better off asking around the industrial estates and independent businesses as you have easier access to the decision maker and they will be more interested in cheap labour.
They are usually quite happy to pay £100 a week for lads to come in in the mornings and afternoons to help load vans and lorries.
You need to be asking at your local APC or Interlink depot ideally as they are franchised so the franchisee doesn't have to worry about corporate policy.
Far better off asking around the industrial estates and independent businesses as you have easier access to the decision maker and they will be more interested in cheap labour.