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Your first job starts here.

Find legitimate jobs for teenagers, learn what careers are really like, and get the tools you need to take your first step into the working world.

Built for high-school students•Free to use•Teen-focused

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Social Media Intern

Marketing & Advertising

16+

Camp Counselor

Education & Childcare

15+

Veterinary Assistant

Animals & Veterinary

16+

Retail Associate

Fashion & Retail

15+

22 career fields

Career guides included

The problem

Finding your first job shouldn't be hard.

Most job sites aren't built for teenagers.

Many listings have age requirements or experience requirements that make them difficult for teenagers to navigate.

Applying for your first job is intimidating.

FirstStep provides resumes, interview tips, email templates, and other resources.

Recognizing a real opportunity takes practice.

FirstStep teaches you the warning signs of fraudulent postings before you ever apply.

Find jobs

Find jobs that actually work for you.

Every listing shows the age requirement up front — no guessing, no wasted applications.

What does verified mean?

FirstStep has confirmed that this opportunity is associated with a legitimate organization. Always apply through the employer's official website or verified contact information. A listing on FirstStep is not a guarantee that a job is safe.

Explore careers

What does this job ACTUALLY look like?

Job titles don't tell the whole story. Explore careers in a way that actually makes sense.

Get job-ready

Get ready before you apply.

Everything you need to go from "I've never had a job" to "I got the job."

Never had a job before?

That's okay. FirstStep is designed for people starting from zero.

For employers

Want to hire teenagers?

Reach motivated local students looking for their first opportunity.

Reach local students

Your listing is shown to students filtering by distance from their own neighborhood, not a national audience that will never walk through your door.

Clearly communicate age requirements

Minimum age is a required field and appears on the card itself, so students self-select before applying.

Connect with motivated first-time workers

Students who use FirstStep have read what the work actually involves and prepared a resume before reaching out.

Support the next generation of your workforce

First jobs shape careers. Listing an entry-level role often means a returning seasonal employee too.

Students arrive already knowing what the role involves and whether they meet the age requirement, so you spend less time on applications that were never a fit.

About us

Why FirstStep?

FirstStep was created around a simple idea: teenagers shouldn't have to figure out the working world alone. The platform combines job discovery with career education and application resources, so students have somewhere to start — and the tools to keep going.

ACCESS

Finding a first opportunity shouldn't be a privilege.

CLARITY

Teenagers deserve to understand what they're applying for.

SAFETY

Students should have tools to recognize suspicious or potentially fraudulent opportunities.

Built for students. Useful for employers. Free for everyone.

FirstStep does not guarantee employment. Always verify an opportunity and avoid sharing personal information until you're confident it's legitimate.

Contact

Send us a message

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Report a suspicious listing

If a posting asks you to pay a fee, requests ID documents or bank details before hiring, or moves the conversation to a personal messaging app, stop replying and tell us. Include the job title and employer name in your message.

Policies

Privacy, terms, and safety

Privacy

Students do not need an account to use FirstStep. You can browse every job listing, read every career guide, and use every application resource without giving us your name, your school, or your contact information.

We do not display student information publicly, and we do not sell information to employers or advertisers. When you apply for a job, you apply through the employer's own official process — your application does not pass through FirstStep.

If you contact us or an employer submits a listing, we use that information only to reply and to review the submission. Please do not send us documents that identify you, such as ID cards or bank details.

Terms of use

FirstStep is a free directory and education resource. We do not employ anyone listed on this site, we are not a party to any hiring decision, and we do not guarantee that you will be offered a job.

Listings are provided by employers and reviewed by our team before they appear. Details such as pay, schedule, and age requirements can change after a listing is published, so always confirm them directly with the employer.

Employers who submit an opportunity confirm that the role complies with the labor laws that apply to minors in their state, including hour limits and permit requirements.

Safety

A verified badge means we confirmed the opportunity is associated with a legitimate organization. It is not a promise that a job is safe or a substitute for your own judgment. Always verify an opportunity before sharing personal information.

Never pay to be hired, never send your Social Security number, bank details, or photos of identity documents before you have a genuine written offer, and be careful when a conversation moves to a personal messaging app.

Tell a parent, guardian, teacher, or counselor about any job offer that feels rushed or unusual, and report suspicious listings to us through the contact page so we can review and remove them.

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