For Students: How to get a summer job (almost) guaranteed

Obviously, for summer, tip #1 APPLY EARLY.

 

Background: Last summer I applied late, I kept applied to about probably 40-50 places. I heard back from 1 and never heard from them again. That was quite disappointing..  But I applied late.. By Late I mean pretty much in MAY.  So basically:

Apply late= 1 possible job interview

Apply early=10 job interviews  (obviously some you turn down..)

 

Some companies are more desperate and if you are able to start earlier it may be a deciding factor.

 

Well for Seneca students

http://www.senecacareerlink.com is a great site…. It contains job offers, that you can apply directly from that site by attaching your resume and cover letter. 

 

I got like 6-7 companies calling me in for an interview (in fact I got so many job offers / people asking me to come in for an interview that I had to cancel some..  And the deciding factors are mostly

• the hourly rate of pay obviously… (I am hoping for $15-20 ..)
• The type of job(i.e. Related to my career goals..) [ex: MacDonald's job versus a computer programming job...]

)

 

 thanks to that site…well and my hard work in submitting a relevant resume and cover letter for each job and having my resume professionally reviewed for free by some companies.

 

tip #2: be sure to submit a cover letter with your resume.

WHY?

 Some companies might just see your resume, but professional companies will need to see your ability to use the English language, and also to confirm that you know what job you are applying for, and give a convincing argument that shows that you are the BEST CANDIDATE FOR THE JOB!

 

 

The first questions to ask yourself is :

• What kind of job do I want? (IT job? Retail job?)
• What frequency of job do I want? (part-time, full-time) ?
• How often am I free, and able to do this job
• Would you go for a commission based job? (Most people don’t like that so chances are you can easily get a job… But would you really like the desperation of such a job… I’ll save that for another post I guess — “the desperation of telemarketing and commission based jobs”)

My situation for those questions was:

I wanted a full-time job PLUS a part-time job(I got a good one where I could work from home!)

I want an IT job, but money is money, and if I get paid enough another job would be okay.. NOT commission based, (if I was desperate I could go for a commission based if they gave an hourly rate+commision)

I applied to about 20-40 companies.. Some had silly offers, like asking me to work for free…  So I declined those..

So, those are some quick tips to get a job in the summer.

Good luck..and SKILL! Let me know if this helped anyone in the comments.

 

 

 

 

~ by pdna on April 24, 2008.