Summer vacation for students is an opportunity to earn extra money and gain the necessary experience. We tell you who you can get a job for a couple of months, where to look for vacancies and what to choose: a job, an internship or volunteering.
Why work in the summer
Summer jobs have a lot of perks:
It allows you to gain experience. In the future, when the time comes to look for permanent employment, the employer is more likely to give preference to a candidate who has already had time to work and prove himself from the good side.
Any job teaches discipline and responsibility. If you start to get used to “adult life” beforehand, then it will be much easier to adapt to the rhythm of work.
Having worked over the summer, you can test yourself and decide on the comfortable conditions. For example, some people are more comfortable working five days a week as a paper writer, while others prefer a flexible freelance schedule; some people are productive throughout the day, while others have their peak activity in the morning or evening.
If you choose a summer part-time job in your specialty, you can get a much better grasp of the nuances of your future profession. Or vice versa: after working in a different field, you will realize that you made a mistake with the profile and need to change something.
Finally, the most obvious advantage of summer work is earnings that can be spent on your own needs and not ask your parents for money.
Work or volunteer work
When choosing a summer job very much depends on your motivation and specific reasons, so it's important to answer the question beforehand: why work in the summer at all and is there such a need? If you start a summer job without a clear understanding of the goals and results, you may face a problem of unjustified expectations that will take away your desire to work for a long time ahead.
To prevent this from happening, you need to define your own intentions and think about what exactly you want to get out of summer work. If earning money is not your main goal, then it is worth paying attention to participation in volunteer projects. Although they do not guarantee a decent pay, but allow you to learn a lot of skills, learn to work in a team and make acquaintances that may come in handy in the future. In addition, volunteering is a great opportunity to do something useful and to participate in a common cause.
You can find volunteer positions on special resources.
What about an internship?
When choosing a summer job, a quite reasonable question may arise: wouldn't it be better to go for an internship? Many students use the summer vacations to gain experience in their specialty and to become part of a professional team for a while. During the internship you can gain useful connections and even get a permanent job if you perform at your best. Of course, this is not always the case, this chance usually falls only to the most successful interns.
Still, any internship is an advantage when hiring: most companies are trying to select employees with experience, and any record in the employment book (an intern who has worked in the company for more than five days must be recorded in the employment book*) can be decisive in hiring.
You can look for internships both on Internet portals and in special channels. If the summer job search is focused on the money, and not on experience and future prospects, the internship may not work for you: not all companies pay their interns. Neither will it work for those who just want to have a good time and earn extra money, which is better to look for other options.
What to work as a student in the summer
There are a lot of options: from a promoter and manager in the sales office to a waiter and a counselor at a children's camp. The main thing is to understand what exactly you are interested in.
Those who lead an active lifestyle, it is worth looking at jobs as couriers or billpickers. They are constantly in motion, and you can move around on your favorite vehicle: a bike, scooter or skateboard. It's also a great way to get to know your city and visit new places.
If you like working with your hands and know how to cook, you can try yourself as a pizza maker. Agree, the skill of cooking delicious pizza is never redundant. And if you are a housewife and good at working with his hands, you can look for work on special services, where people leave requests for solutions to domestic problems. In addition, warehouses and stores are always in need of packers and pickers.
Lovers of spending time on the Internet should pay attention to the vacancies SMM-manager, editor or manager for bloggers. Such work does not require special education, and you can find many free courses online to help you learn the basics of the profession. In addition, many bloggers prefer to train their assistants themselves.
If it is important for you to develop communication and stress-resistance skills, you can try yourself as a junior manager, administrator or assistant. And if you like to spend time with children, then the best option is to get a job as an animator or a counselor at a children's camp.
For creative people, you can get a job as a designer in online projects, a copywriter or a text writer in different formats. It's quite difficult to get such a job without experience, but it's worth a try: many employers respond to applications from enterprising applicants.
Where to look for summer work
Jobs for students are published in different sources, but the latest options can always be found in special channels. If you can't find anything, you can turn to traditional online recruiting services:
International job search site Jooble – jobs for students
Don't underestimate word of mouth: many people get summer jobs through friends or acquaintances. Ask around to your buddies, ask your parents for advice. They may know someone who just might need a summer job.
What you need to know before you apply for a job
Not all students are 18 years old after their freshman year, which means they can't work full time. Workers between the ages of 16 and 18 are limited to a maximum of 35 hours of work per week. Also, minors are not assigned a probationary period: it is forbidden for this category of workers.
