Comments on: Best Part Time Summer Jobs for College Students

By: Vidhya Ashram

Vidhya Ashram — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:53:56 +0000

I have done more internships than jobs, thats my short coming!!

By: twentysomethingmoney

twentysomethingmoney — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 03:59:14 +0000

I only had a couple summer jobs… one was to help set up a giant retail store, of about 1,000,000 items… tedious? yes. low paying? yes. air conditioned? no.

It was an experience, i’ll say that!

By: Pete @ PDL

Pete @ PDL — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 20:14:05 +0000

What Hank said. If you can get a summer job for a company that you might actually want to work for at a higher level one day, you can already start networking. I’ve known a lot of people who wound up in a career job with the companies they worked for as summer interns, or they met people there who helped them find a career job through a friend of a friend.

By: WendyD

WendyD — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:10:02 +0000

My college has a co-op program where we get credits for our “work terms”, so technically, I had my last summer off in first year. It’s essentially a more advanced internship where you get money, working experience, and school credit.

I found that my past office experience really helped to land me a co-op job. If you can, find work as an administrative assistant, IT tech, or similar is some sort of office. It’s not the funnest job in the world, but the pay is nice, and it gives you some much-needed experience in an office setting.

The experience will help to land internships or other similar jobs down the road.

By: Hank

Hank — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:41:22 +0000

The best summer jobs are the ones that either prepare you for the future job that you want after you graduate or a job in an industry you are considering to enter after college. I took a summer internship one year at my city’s weekly newspaper, and it helped me figure out that I wanted to be a professional writer when I grew up. It helped direct my energy in college for the day I graduated.

By: Jnifer

Jnifer — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:32:50 +0000

I was the camper presently there then proved helpful as a therapist, and I would be a lifeguard and waterside instructor, therefore it really mixed a couple of the actual jobs in your list. Plenty of fun!

By: Paul @ brokeforcollege

Paul @ brokeforcollege — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:44:46 +0000

While I was studying jazz, I made my money during the summer and otherwise as a lumber yard grunt, throwing around heavy building materials and driving a forklift. It wasn’t the most professionally satisfying work that I’ve ever done but I met some good people and created a knowledge base for myself that means that I won’t be flying blind if I ever need to do my own home repairs.

By: fairy dust

fairy dust — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 20:34:18 +0000

Summer camp counselor was da bomb job – I was a camper there then worked as a counselor, and I was a lifeguard and waterfront instructor, so it really combined a couple of the jobs on your list. Lots of fun!

By: Briana @ GBR

Briana @ GBR — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:46:33 +0000

I interned, interned, interned my butt off during the summer. It made my resume quite impressive, kept me busy, and built up my skill set. If you can intern and work part time, that’s even better.