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Online eyewear

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

The best thing about a service being online is that you can easily choose among the product that they are offering without exerting too much effort. You can find a lot of options as you shop for a various item online. Like when I bought my eyewear that I can use this summer I never thought that it would be that easy. I found the The #1 online Rx glasses store that I have read on the Eric’s Review of Zenni Optical and how much quality that their Lowest Price Progressive Glasses can offer you on their site.

Five part-time summer jobs teens may want to avoid

Thursday, April 16th, 2009


Let’s face it. Not all part-time summer jobs are good summer jobs - in fact, some are downright dangerous, especially for teens. Here are five summer jobs that teens may want to avoid this summer.

1. Agriculture fieldwork and processing jobs: Not only do you run the risk of losing a limb while working with heavy machinery, you can suffer heat stroke, pesticide poisoning or accidental suffocation in grain silos.

2. Traveling sales crew jobs: Traveling sales jobs pose a great danger to teens looking for work. These sales crews often force teens to work long hours selling magazines or other items, charge teen workers for expenses like rent and food and sometimes even rob them. Stay clear of this one.

3. Construction jobs: Construction is one of the most dangerous jobs in America, period. Falls, electric wires and falling objects are some of the most common causes of death and injury among construction workers. Don’t work for any construction company unless they give you the proper training and equipment to do the job safely.

4. Driver/operator of forklifts, tractors or ATVs: Operating this equipment may seem fun, but it’s not a safe job for teens. This heavy equipment has seriously hurt people by rolling forward or tipping over.

5. Landscaping, groundskeeping or lawn service jobs: Mowing lawns is a classic summer job, but lawnmowers, hedge trimmers and chainsaws can be dangerous. If you work a landscaping job, wear goggles, gloves and other protection when handling pesticides and power tools.

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What jobs are younger teens allowed to work?

Saturday, March 7th, 2009


Teenagers are often eager to get their first job. But what jobs are younger teens allowed to have?

At age 13, options for teen jobs are limited. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, you can deliver newspapers, babysit or work at a farm or business that’s owned or operated by your parents. You can work as an actor, model or performer too, if you’re that lucky!

More jobs for teens open up a year later. Fourteen-year-olds can work in offices, grocery stores, retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, baseball and amusement parks and gas stations. Once you turn 16, you can work pretty much any job as long as it’s not considered hazardous. Hazardous jobs include those dealing with explosives, radioactive materials, power-driven machines and saws, demolition operations, coal mining and other dangerous activities. Sorry, we know we just took away all the fun stuff. Employers may also have their own age guidelines for teen jobs.

Think these rules seem unfair? Count your blessings. A hundred years ago, it was common for teenagers - even preteens aged 10 or 11 - to work full-time in factories, mills and mines. Some photos from the early 1900s show 5-year-olds shucking oysters and 7-year-olds selling newspapers on the street. Suddenly your summer job selling lemonade doesn’t seem so bad, does it?

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