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Been washing up for a year, need a new job. 16 years old.. Opinions please :D?

I have been working at a golf club washing up for just over a year now, and I am turning 16 in a months time. I have told my manager that I would like to leave, not only to get a new job, but because it was a sunday shift that got in the way with football, and school work. He agreed to give me a reference for a new job, and so did the chef, so I definitely have a good start their. I was just wondering, with this experience what kind of chance I would have getting a job at my local Morrisons, Sainsburys or CoOp, and roughly what wage would I start on (I was on £4.87..) ? I would ask about McDonalds but I would rather stay away from the catering side of things now.

Half of me is regretting leaving the job because they were friendly and it was good pay, but the other half is saying move on, because 1 year coming home smelling of chip fat and gravy really is allot to handle. What are your opinions on this too??

Thanks for reading and if you have any advice on how to apply and what to where that would be welcome aswell, thanks again :)

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1 day ago

I am getting a bit worried about people saying that I can't work until the end of year 11? Why should it make a difference.. but thanks for the answers much appreciated :D

21 hours ago

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Sainsbury's and Boots are both recruiting at the moment. Go to their respective websites and click the jobs/careers links. Starting wages would be just over National Minimum Wage i.e. £6.30 - £6.50 or thereabouts for store assistants/checkout operatives etc.

You should be proud of yourself for wanting to move on and improve your career prospects. However, I would recommend that you get your foot in, in terms of a new job, before you leave your exisiting job. Times are hard, jobs are hard to come by and prospective employees are highly competitive.

Wishing you all the very best for the future.

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• It's never a good idea to leave a job without one in hand.
  
  I realize you're in the UK, but that's true for everybody.
  
  There's no guarantee you'll find anything else.
• do you fancy grassing up that employer for me, as they shouldnt have under 16's working for them, and from what you said it might of been since you was 14, totally illegal, a paper round is ok but not what you was doing.
  
  Anyway you will do very well in any supermarket, you missed out tesco, Try them all, but its a wild world out there and your references will show you work hard, but on the other hand the interviewer will often wonder why you need a job at 14/15.
  
  Pay for your age you are looking at around 3/4 quid from a big high street supermarket, and they dont take school children on, you have to of left year 11 before they will take you on, otherwise they are breaking the law again.