Easy, well paying job

[sarcasticjoe]

Hi, im 16 years old and im looking for some advice.
Im currently at college studying A levels and im confident that i will pass with A's and B's.
I also had 2 jobs, with postive recommendations, as well as a good CV.
What I want to know is what kind of easy, well paying jobs I could get with this when im 18. I know Aldi pay around �8.80 after training but I was wondering what else I could do with my criteria.

[MrBounty]

Depends what kind of work you want to do or is available.

Is this a career job you are looking for, or just something to tide you over for a while?

Why not just have a look at the type of companies you'd like to work for and fire in your CV with covering letter?

[Ethel]

Why do you want an easy job? If you're bright enough to be doing A Levels you should be hoping to find a job that is challenging.

[MrBounty]

Was going to say something similar, Ethel, but didnt want to be too straight to the point! :)

[CheekyChops]

You could work in Aldi now if you really wanted to - why bother getting qualifications if you are going to do a job that doesn't need them?

[New Judge]

Yes, joe, Ethel has reflected by sentiments entirely.

A number of things puzzle me. If you are 16, presumably you have completed just one term of your �A� Level course. It�s great to be confident, but how can you be sure at this early stage that you will pass with high grades? Are they really that easy and predicable?

If you are looking for an �easy� job along the lines you suggest, why bother with �A� Levels at all? Why not start work now, get two year�s extra salary and experience. Surely the likes of Aldi do not insist on �A� Levels for all their staff.

It has intrigued me that youngsters seem to progress from GCSEs to �A� Levels to university without much thought for what they actually want to do when all that is finished. Many of them simply do not need further education beyond sixteen and you certainly seem to be one of them.

I�m not being sarcastic, I�m genuinely interested in your thoughts.

[Annna]

Bless.........

I guess this is not a serious post if we go by your name......

Superstar is the obvious answer.

[sarcasticjoe]

Firstly, thank you to all that have decided to be helpful and give constructive answers.

I am 100% sure of what path I want to go down careers wise and I want to go to university, so dropping my A-levels is not an option to me. I also dont want to be juggling work and university at the same time so I figure that I should work for 2 years or so to pay for my rent and tuition fee's instead of getting a loan etc.
This isn't me a permanent job im after, just something that will pay me quite good money so I can follow my goal of going to university.
So, if anyone can recommend a job that follows my previously mentioned criteria, I would be extremely grateful.

[Mrs Y]

What career path are you looking to follow? It would probably be a good idea to try and do something in some way relevent to the degree you're hoping to take, and the career you hope to achieve.

By undertaking some work experience prior to studying, it not only shows dedication but will also give you an insight into the types of jobs available and will also look good on your CV.

[Eve]

Why not consider other options as well such as studying part time or working while you are uni and in holidays or studying close to home. The whole uni experience is great though.

I did all kinds of jobs while studying, from cleaning, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Somerfield to working in an estate agents.

It depends what you are studying as to your timetable as some courses only have a few hours a week. I did law so had a pretty heavy timetable so most of my work was in holidays.

I'd stay at uni and rent somewhere really cheap (Landlord's have empty properties when students go and I used to get some extra money for doing some cleaning for them).

Always load of overtime going at Christmas in a supermarket and would often do multiple shifts in a day as cross trained round the store, up to 14 hours a day sometimes.

As also mentioned above, something connected to what you do can be good even if very junior and just getting to know people in that kind of business.