I need a job; what job did you work during college?

[PhoKingGuy]

Really? I wouldn't have expected the new Taurus' to be popular cop cars, although they do look pretty good. They've been out for a few months now, tons of them around here obviously.

My school also mostly uses Chargers currently.

I live in Irvine, CA. Safest city per capita crime in the USA. They aren't driven very hard outside of pulling people over for rolling stop signs. Its a fuel economy thing I believe.

Also, if your school IT dept has a helpdesk position you could try that. A friend of mine did that and all you had to do was sit in a little office and help people that came in or called. Very rarely did anyone did anyone ever come in so it was getting paid for nothing.

They do "dorm calls' at the beginning of the school year to help all the freshmen get their stuff working and apparently some girl was just sitting in her room in her underwear the whole time he was there.....so there might be the occasional perk if you're interested.

 

[alfa147x]

This

Shuttle driver was the best job to have on campus, the one I had was next.

Also try for parking attendant (Selling parking permits) its kinda shitty cause people hate you but its easy work. Library is good as well but they paid min wage at my university so it was lower on the pole.

Foodservice and bookstore were the worst, the bosses at our bookstore only hired hot white girls (ex gf worked there and boss hinted she was getting too fat to work on the floor, I think he was fired my senior year but I dont know).

The foodservice ones work the hardest for the same pay as parking attendants (8.00/hr) and have to put up with the most shit.

There were some other random odds and ends like the career center or random receptionists/clerk jobs but those vary. If you can find a lab assistant job its pretty cushy, make your own hours and menial work.

That sounds good but I did get in a accident last year :\ besides that I'm clean

Jeez. Frankly, I wouldn't work in your situation. Enjoy college and focus on your studies. Internships after your sophomore and junior years will probably make you back everything you spend.

Anyways, I also worked in food service, just for the first two years. I didn't have any expenses in college besides my own spending money, but I didn't come in with as much as you. Pretty fun, really.

Kuddos to people who work food service, for some reason it doesnt seem like something that i would like :hmm:

where did you work? family-owned businesses dont count

Freshman year -> sophomore year worked at CVS Pharmacy
Junior year -> senior year worked as a wedding photographer and then moved to commercial photography with some real estate mixed

Sucks that my parents don't own a subway and a couple gas stations 😉

Worked a semester or two for the IT department on campus for kicks (pay sucked). My undergrad degree was basically free thanks to scholarships.

I am a research assistant now working on my MS degree. No tuition and it pays the living expenses.

IT jobs here seem like hot stuff they never are listed for longer than a couple of days... I have applied to all the aplicable ones so far

 

[alfa147x]

Shrug. I worked for spare cash. Parents paid for it all otherwise. Sorry to sound spoiled but that's what coming from upper middle class equates to. But quite honestly most of my engineering friends were in the same situation I was. We studied our butts off, not worked. The people who did work that I know of weren't engineering majors and had much easier classes. Don't see how we could've gotten good grades with engineering and working.

I quit the library after a bit because maintaining 15 hrs a week is a little tough. Lucky guy who got to do 6 hrs a week. I could've maintained that easily 😀

Yeah some majors I can see a job not being feasible, but for me I graduated high school with a 3.5 and blame the -.5 on working. I think it was worth it though...

btw, you should try maknig photography pay: real estate photos, wedding photography...

Tried, but not having a car doesn't help... also this is a college town
that's really all that's here

I'v made some small cash doing head shots for some of the rich girls trying to model

I hear becoming a Bacha Bazi dancer makes decent money.

I'm too old @ 19

They do "dorm calls' at the beginning of the school year to help all the freshmen get their stuff working and apparently some girl was just sitting in her room in her underwear the whole time he was there.....so there might be the occasional perk if you're interested.

Yup on my list, also always interested just not looking 😉

 

[DanDaManJC]

later on id consider going into tutoring. some tutoring centers have a mix of student and full time tutors, where the student tutors really arent expected to work that hard --- ie it would be acceptable to study while on the job.

otherwise there are a lot of easy jobs on campus... another friend of mine worked in the lab store, so he sold electrical components... pretty chill job except around the times big labs were due (duh)

 

[amdhunter]

I worked my ass of through high school and saved up about $40,000, then sold my car (2004 Honda Civic) back to my parent who I bought it from ($10,000 = $50,000). Plus by not having a car means im not spending $70 a month on gas and then I would also have to pay for insurance.
So I had planned not working during college, I'm taking 18 - 20 hours of class per semester during the fall and spring. 12 hours of class during the summer. Current GPA 3.7

Tuition = Paid.(Scholarship)
Housing = Parents ($410 month) also don't know long I can keep this up 😉
Food = $2,800 a year
Other crap = $1,000 a year

but I HATE watching my saving drop. Now I guess I'm job searching. I just applied for 14 on campus jobs, ranging from cashier to Groundskeeper. I think if I don't get any of those I'll look into off campus jobs. But then i would have to bike to them, not too far but it gets HOT here.

So what jobs did you guys have during college?

~Alfa147x

Can you give me some money? Please? I wanna get a subwoofer and amp for my car.

 

[alfa147x]

Can you give me some money? Please? I wanna get a subwoofer and amp for my car.

You should give me some, I need a car for your subwoofer and amp

 

[apac]

Tried internships, no one really wants a college freshman :\
Also after graduation I hope ill be going into the the Marine Corps

Keep trying. Corporations will not want you, but research profs will.

 

[gar3555]

Did IT/Web/Audio Visual work for campus and the Architecture Dept. (Kansas State Univ.), worked for the library hauling books to and from the annex, and spent 1 summer working at The GAP in the mall. I always maintained at least 1 job if not two during the school year averaging 15 hrs each job/ week.

 

[alfa147x]

Did IT/Web/Audio Visual work for campus and the Architecture Dept. (Kansas State Univ.), worked for the library hauling books to and from the annex, and spent 1 summer working at The GAP in the mall. I always maintained at least 1 job if not two during the school year averaging 15 hrs each job/ week.

yeah 15 hours sounds feasible to me

 

[nageov3t]

freshman/sophomore year I worked for a temp agency, doing work as a receptionist, filer clerk, or data entry as needed.

junior and senior years I worked customer service at a phone bank... boring work, just answering phone calls all day and taking complaints or answering questions, but it was in a nice air conditioned office and it paid a lot better than my friends who were working retail or on-campus.

it's no specialized internship, but I've found customer service experience to be a decent addition to my resume for several jobs I've applied for. knowing how to interact with clients is a great skill to come aboard with even in a technical job, when you've got to work with high paying clients on the phone all day.

 

[DesiPower]

most enjoyable and decent pay job was delivering pizza. flexible hours, decent money and fun atmosphere...

 

[duragezic]

It doesn't sound like your strapped for cash, so I'd probably not even get a job. I love my savings too but if you have $40k at that age, you're totally well off. That's more than I had even when I had a job (I'm graduated).

With those kind of credit hours, working any decent amount of hours is going to be very difficult unless you don't care about free time, have really strong work ethic, and/or don't care if your grades suffer.

Keep your grades up, maybe pick up a summer job (I generally didn't work during school season but in the summer I took a few classes and also worked). Also by the end of sophmore or junior year, you can get an internship and make back all you've spent in the past year.

I worked in the library (very easy, and time to do homework), worked in a A/V dept (easy!), etc but I didn't have the savings like you did.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Just a bunch of different part-time jobs:
- Research Assistant
- Retail at Petco
- Tech support for local dialup ISP
- Line worker at a hardware distribution center
- Apartment maintenance

 

[Corporate Thug]

I worked at Best Buy 🙁

No Bueno.

 

[MDE]

I worked at the neighborhood liquor store.

 

[chipy]

Campus police giving escorts to people who didn't want to walk around at night, or library security working from 11PM to 3AM. For most of the time on both shifts I was able to either read or do my homework. I got paid 11.50/hr too with no tax because it was an on campus government job.

you didn't have to pay income tax? what's a campus government job? i'm not challenging/questioning your statement... i'm just ignorant or i'm misunderstanding. thanks.

 

[Crono]

Bookkeeper for a gas station company.

 

[KillerCharlie]

Tutor... don't get paid much but it's easy.

 

[Ballatician]

Tutor/Research

Tutor - good money, less hours

Research - the opposite

 

[oogabooga]

you didn't have to pay income tax? what's a campus government job? i'm not challenging/questioning your statement... i'm just ignorant or i'm misunderstanding. thanks.

I worked on campus at a computer lab. I think I even posted about it on ATOT way back when.

I didn't have to pay taxes either for my first year (nor did anyone else) but for my second year I did. I don't remember the exact situation but everything supposedly worked out the first year where I didn't have to and something had changed so I did my second.

I also worked as a painter. It was back breaking dull menial labor, but it paid decently.

 

[Meghan54]

Have you gone to the school's student employment service yet? Most uni's have something like this....on-campus and off-campus job postings specific for students. With your savings, you can essentially browse the listings until you find something that'll work for you and your schedule.

I worked as a "facilitator" for distance learning on campus while I was getting my second degree during the '90's. Operated the cameras, electronics, computers, etc. that were used to stream on-campus classes to off-site locations. Very easy work, but took some time to get into it...openings were few and far between. 4-5 hours each evening, as many or as few evenings as you wanted to work. Most of the classes were grad level classes, so very little BS during class.

 

[illusion88]

How the hell did you save 40grand in high school???

 

[herm0016]

i stocked shelves and helped customers at a local true value hardware store, and worked in the theater on campus, became the head of our carpentry dept. my senior year, and also did lighting design, rigging, and maintenance of our equipment. i lived on about 100 bucks a month for food, you spend too much, eat more raman / cook your own food, make your own lunches will save you a lot.

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Tutor... don't get paid much but it's easy.

Neither of these points are true. Tutoring typically pays pretty well, especially if you're doing it privately ($15-25). Secondly, tutoring is fairly difficult if you're teaching subjects you've been unfamiliar with for a while. It's also difficult because, to be a good tutor, you need to curtail learning to the student's needs. If you're dealing with normal students who are just having problems with the one class, that's fine; it's much more difficult when you're tutoring someone with a learning disability.

 

[brainhulk]

unpaid intern then promoted to research assistant (but still getting student wages). could I have went for a job that paid more? definitely, but I had parent support and was willing to sacrifice to look good for grad school/career.