OC HIGH / STUDENT NEWS & VIEWS : Work Tips
After-school jobs offer valuable experience, but, says Careers & Colleges, a magazine for high school students, balancing a job and school takes discipline.
Among the magazine’s suggestions:
* Be sure you can “afford” to work. Make a time budget--include your class time, after-school commitments and homework time. Be sure to allow for family and social activities.
* Know the laws. By federal law, you must be at least 14 to work. If you are 14 or 15, there are restrictions on the number of hours you can work. Anyone under 18 cannot work at a job that involves hazardous situations or driving a vehicle.
* Limit the hours. Begin with 10 hours or less a week. Add more hours only if you can keep up with school and social commitments.
* Know when to quit. If your grades slip, you’re working too much.
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