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So far as jobs go, I have been quite lucky this summer. I have managed to get something that not only is related to my course, but also pays more than minimum wage. I know that not everybody is so lucky and last year I was not either.
I ended up working for just over a fiver an hour in a post room scanning incoming mail onto a system in a law firm. Fun, fun, fun. Not only that, but I did not even manage to find that job until about seven weeks before the summer ended so I was really struggling to make ends meet.
Sites like www.e4s.co.uk and www.studentjobs4u.co.uk do offer a lot of jobs for students and these student orientated job search sites are the most tempting ones to log on to in your search for the perfect job, but they just weren't offering the kind of stuff that I was looking for.
For a start, a lot of jobs available on these sites pay no attention to which part of the country you want a job in- or even sometimes, which part of Europe. So for somebody who wants to work somewhere close to home, the results that some of these sites were bringing up just weren't for me.
And don't neglect your local agencies. It can be tempting to just search on the web because it is easy. But, don't be lazy. Do some leg work and ask around companies that you might like to work for- you never know, they may be looking for temporary staff.
But to be honest, I found my job on a local forum so don't forget that there are plenty of resources available locally- try your local newspaper and the ads in the post office window.
And if you can't find anything decent, then just get something that pays. And think to yourself, I'll be back at Uni soon, and hope that all this time and money we are spending doing a degree actually pays off.
I ended up working for just over a fiver an hour in a post room scanning incoming mail onto a system in a law firm. Fun, fun, fun. Not only that, but I did not even manage to find that job until about seven weeks before the summer ended so I was really struggling to make ends meet.
Sites like www.e4s.co.uk and www.studentjobs4u.co.uk do offer a lot of jobs for students and these student orientated job search sites are the most tempting ones to log on to in your search for the perfect job, but they just weren't offering the kind of stuff that I was looking for.
For a start, a lot of jobs available on these sites pay no attention to which part of the country you want a job in- or even sometimes, which part of Europe. So for somebody who wants to work somewhere close to home, the results that some of these sites were bringing up just weren't for me.
And don't neglect your local agencies. It can be tempting to just search on the web because it is easy. But, don't be lazy. Do some leg work and ask around companies that you might like to work for- you never know, they may be looking for temporary staff.
But to be honest, I found my job on a local forum so don't forget that there are plenty of resources available locally- try your local newspaper and the ads in the post office window.
And if you can't find anything decent, then just get something that pays. And think to yourself, I'll be back at Uni soon, and hope that all this time and money we are spending doing a degree actually pays off.
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