Whats the best way for a student to get a job?

Noni Juice · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:44

Hi there,

I really need a job, but Im struggling as to the best way to find one!

I would like to work on the weekends, as its the only time Im free. I have a decent CV.

Any good places to apply? Websites? Tips?

Thanks!

Kell_ee001 · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:45

Supermarkets and call centres.

me227 · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:46

Just go down to the High Street and ask.

Begbie · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:50

Jesmond said:
Supermarkets and call centres.

Tefal · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:52

street corner in a mini skirt.

marlos · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:53

STOP being a student & get a real job.

Kell_ee001 · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:55

marlos said:
STOP being a student & get a real job.

Could be worse, at least he plans to work as well

meghatronic · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:57

marlos said:
STOP being a student & get a real job.

You sound like my friends. It always makes me laugh as I'm a postgrad and earn more money than all of them put together.

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:58

Agencies. Dress up take a cv and have a talk. Do several in a day. And within a week you should have a job.

[TW]Fox · 4 Jan 2008 at 18:58

marlos said:
STOP being a student & get a real job.

What do you do?

4p · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:00

I find it really hard to find a job if your under 18

Although i've had a few jobs as soon as my mates turned 18 and applied for say Asda they got straight in

Nexus · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:01

Provided you are 18 (University Student?) you should easily be able to get a job anywhere on the high street, also maybe a bar job in a student union bar if you are lucky.

If you are under much younger though... Try a Supermarket.

Glaucus · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:03

easy ones are supermarkets, high street shops. Data entry/office admin and manual labour.

Apart from the shops the rest is agency work.

crowhorse · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:03

Semester 1 of each year I work for the IT department at the university - and that seems to set me up for the rest of the year.... this year i'm thinking of getting a job in semester 2 too.

If I needed to get another job... I'd either go to work in a bar, call centre or head down to my local agencies suited up and have multiple interviews.

marlos · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:05

[TW]Fox;10813761 said:
What do you do?

I'm a rotary letter press technician.

Noni Juice · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:13

AcidHell2 said:
Agencies. Dress up take a cv and have a talk. Do several in a day. And within a week you should have a job.

Agencies? And yes im 18!

PureAppleJuice · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:17

marlos said:
STOP being a student & get a real job.

Oh what and stay unqualified then spend the next 40 years of your life whinging about immigrants taking your unskilled job?

[TW]Fox · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:18

marlos said:
I'm a rotary letter press technician.

Perhaps thats why he hasn't quit Uni and got a proper job.

Mr Jones · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:22

Type a generic C.V, head down to town and give all store managers your CV, personally. If you see a store and really want a position there, butter up that generic C.V specifically for that job, hand it in personally to the manager.

You'll have a call from a good few if they're hiring or looking for temps.

Nursing homes / elderly day care centres often needs temp, I work there as a casual, good pay and good working hours, win win for me

Welshy · 4 Jan 2008 at 19:24

marlos said:
STOP being a student & get a real job.

That's a pretty suicidal thing to say seeing as there's a rather large number of students on this forum.

Does your university not have notice boards? I got a job that way. We also have a careers type fair at the start of the year.