Tips to Help You Find a Student Job This Summer

It is not easy to find a job for the summer but you need to get one. That is especially so if you have not arranged for it in advance. Whatever the case, you should have a plan on how to go about it and be organised about it. Like in essay writing, not waiting up to the last minute makes the best difference. It could mean the best results.

Do not put to chance what experience you will get from your summer job. Worse, the lack of effort in finding the best job for you could mean you may not get a job this time and wait for the next university or school break.

Start your student summer job search now. Here are tips to help you find the one, especially the one that you love most. So, prepare your cover letter and CV resume and head off with these strategies.

Internal Referrals and the Hidden Market

Some employers use the internal referral style of looking for candidates for job hiring. Instead of advertising in public, they tell their employees that the company is looking for applicants and encourage them to help spread the word or actually invite people they know to apply. This is also called the hidden market.

So, ask people you know and do not know if by chance their employer is looking for applicants. Further, you can go to small, medium or large companies to do prospecting job hunt. You can also email them.

Own Business and Self-Employment

Landing a student summer job is a big concern itself, but what if you are not exactly keen on actually being in a job and on the work in it. Here is the tip: do an alternative, yes, start your own business or be like a self-employed freelance “professional.”

You can sell products, perform or provide services. You can even be a dealer for distributor of products or broker for services. You can be a coach or a tutor. You can be a freelance blog writer, photographer, videographer, et cetera. Use the internet to get clients or customers.

Having your own business, being self-employed, or even just starting in them can help you develop your skills and connections. It can be considered a job itself. The experience, expertise and networks you derive from them are great help in finding student jobs, especially those that you really like – those which are more of a business or self-employment.

Technology and Online Reputation

Use information technology and communication technology in your job search. Put up a portfolio website where you feature your CV resume, works and updates about your academic and career advancement. Upload computer file copies of documents of your achievements. They can be certificates, photos or images and work samples like writings, for example.

If you still do not have an online portfolio, start it now. Do not worry that you still have few items to put in. Instead, grab it as an opportunity to really develop it from scratch – a very natural portfolio. It would follow that updating it with new entries will be easy.

Develop and Advertise Yourself!

Finding a student job for the summer is difficult but you can make it easier. Start your search now by telling everyone that you are looking for an employer. Assemble your CV resume, write your cover letter, and begin developing your online portfolio. Walk in to apply at companies including those who are not publicly advertising any job vacancy. Email your letter of intent to apply and resume to employers you can visit and those you cannot.