Finding the right part time jobs
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by: Sarah Maple
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Sometimes it can be hard to find part time jobs that can offer you flexibility in partnership with money. Of course you have to discount pole dancing (in which case you may have to provide flexibility yourself) where you can earn above the average if you want to bend a few limbs and maybe a few morals along with it! Not many people fancy that route though and I don’t blame them, I’m a socks and coats kinda girl myself.
A dilemma that part time workers often face is how enough money can be made to enjoy something you may like to call ‘a life’ whilst also fitting in time for the reason you're looking for part time work in the first place. You may be at university or college and be looking for a little something on the side to help pay the bills or you may have some family commitments. Perhaps your partner has suffered a wage cut and you need to take a job to supplement your income.
Since the arrival of the internet and improvements to technology it is much easier to find a job than it was only ten years ago. Checking the internet has become an alternative to looking in the windows of the Post Office or at the adverts posted in the back of the paper. It is not finding a part time or full time job that is the problem; finding a job that you want to do is the hard part.
There is no reason why you can’t expect to get a part time job that interests you as well as paying the bills so to speak. Of course if bar or hotel work does not bother you - and there is no reason why it should – then there are plenty of opportunities if you live in a city or rural tourist area. If however you want something that will compliment your course or interests then you may be in for a longer wait if you don’t look properly.
The world of part time work can be a hostile place. If you want something challenging and exciting then chances are there will be lots of people competing alongside you to nab that coveted title. More generic work such as bar and restaurant work may not pay enough and with the customers crunching credit along with their meals, tips are drying up pretty fast.
I remember one of my first jobs as a waitress in a restaurant called the Meadery. The tips were so terrible we used to wait a month each time before we shared them out! If I lived somewhere in the South of France I would hire myself out as a freelance yacht waitress for private parties. Unfortunately I don’t think that the dinghies in Cornwall require that kind of service.
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