ROCKLIN VS. DEL ORO - My High School Journalism

4 November 2006 rhs_flash@yahoo.com
get a job
FeaTures
or create your own
3 Steps to starting
a small business
Organize yOurSelf
• Set up a planning notebook to
keep track of appointments,
things to do, calls to make, errands
to run, shopping, etc.
gather infOrmatiOn
• Spend a few weeks researching
home-based businesses.
A library or bookstore can
provide numerous books on
business basics, and on the
specific type of business that
interest you.
write a buSineSS plan
• A good business plan should
include a description of what
you are selling, who the
prospective customers are,
how you plan to promote, and
how much money is need for
start-up costs
As holidays end, so do seasonal jobs
Caitlin reilly
Information from eqmoney.com
Staff writer
‘Tis the season’? With all
the holiday joy, employees
frantically wanted to control
the outrageous shoppers.
Many stores put up the last
resort for help, the “Now
Hiring” sign in their window.
Out of all the local stores,
Crate & Barrel and KB Toys
seem to have most interest
among high school students.
These seasonal jobs
typically begin around
Thanksgiving and finish
toward the end of January.
This is when the employee
is laid off, although it is
Cory ruth
Staff writer
Maybe it’s your best
friends’ birthday. Maybe it’s
a week before Christmas.
Or maybe it’s summer and
you just have nothing better
to do. No matter that time of
year or what the occasion is,
teenagers are always needing
extra cash.
While most invest their
time in mediocre desk jobs,
working retail, or waiting
tables, few rise to the occasion
of starting their own business.
Making a name for
yourself is tough, take it from
sophomores Chris Africa
and Matt Kilbourne, who
started their own business
“pimping people’s golf carts”
by lifting them, painting them,
putting bigger tires on them,
installing lights, stereos, and
backseats.
The carts usually take
rare if the employee is
not already informed that
their job will end once the
mob scene quiets down.
Junior Lona Iocano was
recently hired at Crate &
Barrel for the winter season.
One reason why many teens
are interested in this job
opportunity is the high pay.
Crate & Barrel pays $9 an hour
which is very high compared
to current minimum wage.
“Its fun working
there and plus I get
discounts,” said Iocan0o.
Stores will raise their
hourly pay to attract more
employees. Running a store
is difficult without enough
anywhere from three weeks to
two months to construct and
they sell at prices ranging from
$1000 to $2600. They maintain
their business through www.
placercountycustoms.com.
Chris Carstens and
Christian Savage, both
seniors, film about two plays
a month. They also do disk
duplication and tape to DVD
transfers. They mostly film
the plays at Rocklin but also
do many at Fin Hall and other
places. They have their own
website, where they have
coined themselves as the
Theatre Video Guys at www.
helpers, so a higher pay
solves the problem for some.
Iocano also said,
“Most get hired till the end
of January but you can
get hired on afterwards.”
For the most part, seasonal
jobs stop around January
or early February, but many
stores add in the possible
factor of keeping employees
after the season is over.
KB Toys, another popular
choice, interested one group
of friends in particular. Andrew
Garner, Rob Scherer, Janelle
Lenhard, Collin Chavez, and
many of their friends got
jobs there for the season.
“We get paid the regular
tvgtapes.com
While some businesses
boom such as Robbie
Wannamakers’ computer
building projects and Clifton
Dudley’s lawn mowing services
over the span of 6 years, some
are not so lucky out there in
the “corporate world.” Take
it from sophomore Zach Ray
who made an attempt to start
his own T-Shirt business. He
started by spray painting each
shirt and unfortunately no one
bought them. What did he do
with all the leftover memoirs of
his failed industry? He burned
them.
So take it from these
students at Rocklin High,
starting your own business
may be grueling and tough
work, but just look at the
benefits. One day, you too
could have your own website,
start making a name for
yourself (not to mention being
placed in the The Flash...) and
maybe make some money
along the way.
$7 an hour. And its fun
selling toys,” said Garner.
Junior Marissa Graves
holds a seasonal job at Target.
Graves says she works
because "it's my favorite."
No matter what the
store is, all stores need
extra help during this time
of the year. Customers are
coming and going like there
is no tomorrow in a rush
to return, exchange, buy.
20%
of students polled
held a seasonal job