subject: Work for Students: Combining the Useful with the Pleasing [print this page] Looking for a part-time job Part time jobs enjoy wide popularity among students. Though combining one's work with studies might seem to be an overwhelming task, in reality, most young people manage to do it. At the same time students lacking time-management and self-organization skills, might even drop out due to inability to allot enough time to their college and career. Still, this argument is not an excuse for scrounging off one's parents for years. Making a contribution to one's income could be helpful for the process of personal maturation. Weighing all pros and cons and making a decision to combine work with studies, a student should consider all possible variants of part-time jobs. The fact is that students' salaries are not that high and financial aspect cannot become central for making a decision. For this reason, researching the labour market, one should consider one's personal abilities and interests. Certainly, it is almost impossible to find a part-time job which allows developing talents and improving one's living standards at the same time. It would be difficult to combine the useful with the pleasing. Still, a student should not fill just any vacancy and devote some time to making a choice. Step-by-step instructions for making a choice 1.A student should analyze one's motivation for juggling work and studies and enduring this enormous load. Setting the priorities could be helpful for making a conscious decision. 2.The next step is research of the labour market and critical analysis of one's abilities. A student should reach a compromise between improving professional skills and earning one's living. 3.It is important to sell one's carefully polished image during an interview with potential employers. At the same time a student should not color the truth and be realistic about one's strong and weak points.
Work for Students: Combining the Useful with the Pleasing
