Whats a good job for a college student?

I am currently a college student and was wondering what are some good places to work at while going to school? Also what companies are more prone to hiring the young?

THIS question is a good example of how helpless/lazy and lacking interpersonal skills the internet lets people become. You're in college, where you have access to real people, some of whom are PAID to give you career advice, but you're on a style internet site, asking a bunch of random people for help. Let that sink in, and then figure out if it makes sense.

Kid, talk to the actual people from your school. Don't be timid.



VinnyMac said:

THIS question is a good example of how helpless/lazy and lacking interpersonal skills the internet lets people become. You're in college, where you have access to real people, some of whom are PAID to give you career advice, but you're on a style internet site, asking a bunch of random people for help. Let that sink in, and then figure out if it makes sense.

Kid, talk to the actual people from your school. Don't be timid.

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The internet is a lot quicker than booking an appointment / queuing to see a career advisor.

My 2 cents:

What do you want to work for?

Are you trying to get experience that ties in with your studies and help with your career? Do you need the highest paying most flexible work you can get to help with fees and living expenses? Do you just want a bit of extra beer money and a fun job?

The answers to the above are 1: Internship with the best firm in your field you can get to take you. 2. Selling your body. 3. Working at a campus or student popular bar.

Try to do something that will help you get an entry-level job in your chosen field after graduation.

If you're already doing an unpaid internship and just need to pay the bills or are starting out and don't know what you want to do yet, I'd shoot for an on-campus job of some kind. I worked in my university's library when I first started school. It was convenient and pleasant, and I met a lot of people there.

Tangfastic said:

The internet is a lot quicker than booking an appointment / queuing to see a career advisor.

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Yes, that was exactly VinnyMac's point.

OP, it sounds like you don't really have any ideas, so your best bet is going to be working for your school. In general I think they will pay a decent hourly wage. Priority will be given to work-study students who qualify for financial aid, but you should be able to get something. I would explore all of your options carefully. I had the coolest job in college (helping produce a music/interview show now on NPR) but we had a hard time even staffing the positions.Like VinnyMac said, go to your work study office and ask them, if you can't find the info online.

Then to reiterate VinnyMac's advice, go talk to all of the people in your career office, and talk to them regularly. And go talk to all of the people in the department you are studying in. Network.

Tangfastic said:

The internet is a lot quicker than booking an appointment / queuing to see a career advisor.

My 2 cents:

What do you want to work for?

Are you trying to get experience that ties in with your studies and help with your career? Do you need the highest paying most flexible work you can get to help with fees and living expenses? Do you just want a bit of extra beer money and a fun job?

The answers to the above are 1: Internship with the best firm in your field you can get to take you. 2. Selling your body. 3. Working at a campus or student popular bar.

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It's quicker to start the thread, but it takes a lot longer to get meaningful info. It's just a quick cop-out for someone who's uncomfortable with talking to real people. The "quicker" argument is just a way of rationalizing it.

If OP is at a school that's worth the tuition, then he can call his advisor, a professor or the career center and talk to someone on any weekday, ESPECIALLY during the slow summer months. Starting a thread, waiting for helpful responses, asking follow-up questions and waiting for more helpful responses can take days. A phone call takes 30-60 minutes. He may be able to get a physical appointment for the same day. That's not "quicker." For someone who's uncomfortable talking to real people, it's EASIER.

OP, call someone at your school. Save yourself some time and do your interpersonal skills a favor. You'll get much more out of it.

Thanks for the help guys. Well yea I need money to pay the bills as well as I want to do something in my field of interest which I have been trying to look for, but I never end up hearing from places. I just want to know what places are more prone to hire college students as I. Health field places or like fitness base places is more ideal. As well I will look into working at my school.

I waited tables to pay for my college. At the right (nice) restaurant, you can make pretty good money, the hours are flexible, and the skills/experience are easily transferable to pretty much any restaurant.

I know people now that do programming and web design/tech to support themselves in school. Pays well, and also quite flexible.

Being a teaching assistant is also good work, and may be a nice resume boost and give you opportunities to interact with faculty.

I would not mind waiting, but a lot of restaurants I look at is looking for experience which I do not have. How would someone get their foot in the door for waiting? I applied to like dish washing jobs to just be able to work in a restaurant environment and maybe learn or something, but I have not even heard from them.



Simpleguy said:

I would not mind waiting, but a lot of restaurants I look at is looking for experience which I do not have. How would someone get their foot in the door for waiting?
 

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just lie on your application. Its a waiting job who give a ****?

I worked for my school. I made decent money for pocket money $8 an hour for 12 hours a week. Big bills like tuition, food, rent, cell phone were taken care of by loans or parents. I had friends that made a few hundred a week waiting tables, bouncing, bartending, being a valet at a fancy golf club. So depending on your interests you can definitely find a paying job on campus. Forget the office I worked with to arrange mine but they're out there. Checking with your career office as suggested before is a wise start.

thanks alot for the input, working on school seems good to I will check into that on campus. I as well looked at jobs in my field of interest, but bills are high so balancing a lot of hours of work and school can be hard to managed considering I do not get help from my parents so everything is out of my own pocket, Well thanks again.

I knew a guy that paid his way through college and owned two rice rocket cars he purchased himself. He worked a ton (I think waiting tables) while in school but graduated around the same time as me (forget if it was exactly on time or a semester or a so after me) and somehow made it work. He had a hell of a chip on his shoulder but it's certainly doable. Depending on your major summer internships could be quite lucrative (generally finance, consulting or tech company)

The best advice that I can give you is one from personal experience, try to get a job at your universities library working a desk, usually the pay is good and you can spend the majority of your time focusing on your own studies, occasionally helping people get books and such.



WilliamM said:

The best advice that I can give you is one from personal experience, try to get a job at your universities library working a desk, usually the pay is good and you can spend the majority of your time focusing on your own studies, occasionally helping people get books and such. 

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+1

Exactly the same thing I'm doing right now.