How to Find a Summer Job

School is mentally and physically taxing. Summers should be spent on the beach. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Most parents want their student children out of the house and earning some cash. And, when mom and dad pay the tuition, what they say goes. Here are some tips to make your summer job search efficient and successful.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Lots of resumes
• Walking shoes

1. Look at the classified section. The newspaper contains literally hundreds of job opportunities. Call around and see what kind of help the company is looking for. With this in mind, most businesses want their workers to stick around as long as possible. But if the company is ok knowing you’ll be gone in late August, then it’s a good sign they’ll hire a student.
2. Keep an open mind when applying. Your summer job isn’t going to be your career. If you can be open as to what types of jobs you’d be willing to do, you’ll increase the likelihood of getting hired in a timely manner.
3. Litter local businesses with respective copies of your resume. Walk up and down your neighborhood and drop off resume copies even to places that don’t have ‘now hiring’ signs. Doing so shows initiative. Who knows, you might get find an opening and get hired the same day.
4. Go online. Some newspapers publish additional job listings on their websites.

Tips & Warnings

• Whenever you drop off a resume, always say thank you. Your courtesy might be the deciding factor in whether or not you get hired.