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I've Found The Best Summer Job

Why I am a strong believer that I have found the best summer job out there.

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I've Found The Best Summer Job
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The past three summers, I have worked at a local business in my town called Del's Lemonade which, as you could probably guess, sells frozen lemonade. I made my way up to driving the truck around to the local beaches, but this summer I knew I needed a change. I had to work alone most of the time, and the pay was not great.

I debated a bunch of the common summer employment options; there was life guarding, but I have never been the greatest swimmer, I looked into tutoring, but there was not enough hours, and there was also working at a catering company, but that only would have been hours on the weekends.

Through a family friend, I was connected to a family that needed help with their kids over the summer. Since then, I have been nannying for this family five days a week, and have around 30-40 hours each week. The pay is very good and I have company!

There are two kids that are ages 10 and 13, so it is more driving them around than actually watching them. I also get reimbursed for gas. I am not doing any hard labor, just driving kids to friends houses, sailing, and all of their summer activities. It is really the easiest and highest paying summer job I could think of.

I know that it can be hard to find families that are in need of this type of help, but if you are thinking that this might be the job for you, there are usually babysitting Facebook groups for different areas, and if not there are usually general town Facebook groups that you can post in. There are also different apps that can be used to assist with this, and there's always Care.com.

As the last summer before I sell my soul to an internship, I have found this to be a easy and actually fun way to make some money. I would definitely recommend looking for a nannying job over the summer, especially as a college student, because as the headline states it is the best job.

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