Your career starts in college. You need to explore opportunities and professional options while you’re still in school. Linking your studies with real world work experience is highly recommended approach. If you need extra cash, don’t work at Blockbuster, try and find a gig that supports your academic endeavors.
Here are four ways to find a part time job within your major.
1. Tutor your fellow students
Get involved in the learning process by instructing others about what you already know. Tap into your desire to help others. Approach the education process from the view of another person. Learn how and what other people learn. Discover new things about the material that you’ve embraced. Link that deeper understanding with practical applications and subject-related solutions. If you learn how to apply your major practically, you’ll be able to visualize your career goals more clearly.
2. Go to the career center on campus.
Explore ways to apply your knowledge. Identify job skills you currently possess, and find a way to put them to use. Visit the career counselors. Ask questions about how you can find part-time job opportunities that’ll support your academic endeavors. Use the career center as a place to explore possible futures. The more you know about the opportunities that are available, the easier it’ll be to select one that you’ll love.
3. Look for an internship that’ll let you to apply what you’ve learned
Internships are interesting experiences. Some internship gives you a stipend or wage, while others offer school credit. Some internships offer you nothing but a glimpse, at a glimpse into your possible future career can be very valuable. Internships let you hover around and things out. Use them as opportunities to investigate. Rule out bad experiences, and try to find something that you like in every situation.
5. Work as an assistant
Shadow somebody. Take a part time job as an assistant to someone. Learn about the daily activities of a position that you covet. When you assist someone though, remember to stay true to your own sense of self-respect. A glimpse at the inner workings of one professional doesn’t mean that you have give up your dignity.
While you’re in college, if you can apply you educational goals in the real world, then do it. Get career answers in school; don’t wait until you graduate to think about what it is you really want to do with your life. Experience applying your new skills by getting a part time job within your major. Go to the career center, tutor people, and apply for all sorts of internships and assistantships.
Have a hungry desire to mold your own future. Steer your goals towards your interests, and you’ll carve out a happy life for yourself.
By: Chris Stout
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Women Who Are Going Places Start at Hollins University
December 18th, 2009Hollins University’s slogan, “Women Who Are Going Places Start at Hollins,” has endured because it best captures what this independent liberal arts institution means year in and year out to its students. Hollins has been a motivating force for women to go places creatively, intellectually, and even geographically since it was founded as Virginia’s first chartered women’s college more than 160 years ago. As Hollins graduate and Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard has said, Hollins is a place “where friendships thrive, minds catch fire, careers begin, and hearts open to a world of possibility.”
The university’s approach to education is simple yet effective: Teach students to think and encourage exploration and discovery. “The Hollins environment is especially conducive to learning and creativity,” commented one student. “The academic experience downplays competitiveness and stresses the benefits of discussion, interaction, and support from both professors and fellow students.”
Added a recent graduate, “I could personally experiment while learning, and I got a lot of different ideas and perspectives from the people who taught me. My professors were a constant source of encouragement, always assuring me, ‘You can do this, you can do this,’ and that made all the difference for me.” » Read more: Women Who Are Going Places Start at Hollins University
Earn Extra Cash at University
October 5th, 2009Every student dreams of having more cash at their disposal, unless they’ve saved up a hell of a lot or have very generous parents. In this article I have come up with some ideas on how the average student can make some extra cash whilst at university, all with none or very little investment costs.
Books, Books, Books
What do students have plenty of? What does every student need? Books of course! Some courses require their students to have a huge pile of books, such as law, some require less, but one thing is certain, every student needs study books. So why not sell your old books to your fellow students, especially is you’re in your second or third year and don’t require the books anymore, Amazon marketplace is also a great resource to sell your unwanted books. You could even try selling your old notes; I don’t really know what the university’s ethical policy would be on that subject though.
Tutoring
If you feel you’re a little bit of a wiz kid at a particular subject or even module, and feel you can pass on your knowledge to help other people, you could become a personal tutor to someone who might be struggling at a particular aspect of his/her subject. You could advertise yourself with posters or leaflets with descriptions of your services and your contact details around the campus. Then you need to decide how much to charge and weather you will be charging per session or per hour.
Leaflet Distribution
A lot of students get into this type of work a few hours a week. You could get a job delivering leaflets around campus or the city/town. In large towns and cities, businesses and night clubs are always looking for promotion to get them one step ahead of the competition, one way they do this is to hire people to distribute leaflets to the general public
EBay
One of the easiest methods and most popular with students, sell your old stuff or buy things in bulk or cheap and sell them on at eBay! Sound simple ei? Well it could be but only if you do it right. Over the next couple of days I will be writing a couple of articles on making extra money by selling on eBay, and hopefully teaching you how to do it right and maximise your profits, so stay tuned in the future for them coming very very soon!
Job
A great way to financing your way through university, already mentioned this though so take a look at the last post I did for a guide on finding a part-time job whilst at university.
There are many more ways out there, if you just think positive and go about it the right way, you should have no problems, many more articles on this matter coming soon.
By: Martin
