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laconic1

That is tough. When I was in college the school I went to ended its year at the end of April. The school specifically stated the reason they ended the year so early was to give their students a jump on the other college students seeking summer work.

la petite moi

Take it from me, KEEP TRYING. I tried for TWO YEARS to get a job, and FINALLY I got one. Try at Starbucks. That's where I work, and they typically pay better than min. wage (if not more + tips).

zakool21

Starbucks just hired as well. I should go back and put in my application anyway.

la petite moi

Put together a resume! Also, try to talk to someone from Starbucks on an open-interview day.

PS: Try a different Starbucks (unless your town only has one Starbucks, which is rare.)

zakool21

I have a resume already put together, a rather impressive one at that (an 8 month job at the newspaper that paid fairly well, an IT job, and a web design job). We have 3 or 4 starbucks here in town (Eureka), so I'll have to try others.

la petite moi

Good man. Well, I wish you luck.

Cynthetiq

good that you are putting the pieces together.

A good lesson learned that really shows that the early bird does get the worm. You'll know for future summers to try to secure employment earlier rather than later.

good luck!

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Robaggio

This might not go over well here, but I'll let you in on a secret that kept me from being homeless for my first two years of college job seeking: Lie your ass off.

"I'm transferring to the college in this area, so I want to have a job that will last me for the next few years." *3 months later* "I have chosen not to transfer, goodbye."

I have no regrets. I'm an honest person otherwise, and a completely honest worker. I did it for two jobs- and for those two by the end of the 2nd week, I was the best employee in the entire building. Also, nothing was that blunt in execution. For both jobs, I was hired through a job fair or employment agency (hired by the company to get employees). When I actually showed up for the job, the managers assumed I'd be leaving in 3 months anyway. They had no control over who was hired. Corporate headquarters sent down new employees every once in a while...

If I didn't get those jobs I wouldn't be in college right now. It's a matter of survival.

*rant time* People ages 18-20something have ruined the job market for others in the age group. I'm not a loser. I will come to work on time, do my job, not slack off, and be nice to customers. I don't have neon colored hair or piercings (No offense to those who do. However, reality is that it does effect your chances of getting hired in some places). If I'm hired, you'll get a wonderful employee. The kids of yesteryear have ruined things for the kids of today. *end rant*

Siege

Jobs are hard to come by if you don't have connections or experience in related fields. At least that's what i've been noticing. All my friends who have jobs got them from people they know, or through their Universities, with the possible exception of one or two.

All of the jobs i've gotten were through people I knew. Or people I knew recommending me to the higher ups.

And as such, i've been tempted not to try to get a different job outside of what I do now, since my current job pays higher than minimum wage and has some other benefits. But i've sworn to myself that I will at least try to get a job on my own (as opposed to one just given to me) next summer. This will give me time to work on my resume, which hasn't been touched in 2-3 years.

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Cynthetiq

CONGRATS!!! pat yourself on the back!

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Kubz18

i have been in the same boat as you with jobs i come home from college in end may and every job is gone so i just go look around for restraunts like applebees or a decent restraunt or any job for that matter and maybe not lie but bent the truth

i used to say that i am probably going to transfer down here and that i wont be leaving....

every hiring manager(being a former one) looks to have workers that stay longer than 3 months but i found out as a manager that its almost a pipe dream, people quit all the time

i would just sell yourself and say that even if you go back to school tell them that you usually come back everyweekend(even if you dont) or that you have a schedule where you dont have classes on a monday(so you can almot work 4 days if you come back) just tell them what they want to hear and they will hire you

sure you might not leave on the best terms if you quit but most times you get sick of the job(especially min wage summer jobs) after 3 months and you dont want to come back next summer

OR another idea which i used one summer was get a job at a costco up at college and then transfered to the one by my parents house when i went home for the summer, this works well because(well costco anyway) loves keeping its employees in the company

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raeanna74

Do a good job and maybe they'll ask you back the next year. That happened to me at two different jobs. Glad you got something. For future reference: did you check with any temp agencies in town?? They are an excellent way to get temporary summer jobs. Another industry that hires BIG time just for summer labor is the construction industry. Home building and construction usually takes place in the summertime. Although it's hard work it pays quite well in most places.

Glad you found a place to good. Good luck there.

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Rodney

You solved your problem; great. What I was going to say was, take your photographic skills and try to make some cash off them. I'm going to say the "W" word -- weddings. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass but it pays. You wouldn't get the huge weddings, but if you advertised a package for 300/400, even with flyers at supermarkets, you'd get calls. The wedding industry is a huge ripoff, and somebody offering a reasonable job at a reasonable price would get some real interest among the folks with lower budgets; they're more fun to work with that the nouveau riche snobs anyway, trust me. My wife is a minister sans congregation who'll marry people who seem real about it, whether or not they're in her denomination. So I've seen the underbelly of a few weddings.

clavus

Summer jobs I had while attending UC Davis:

Clean up crew at what is now called "G street Pub"
Pizza Delivery for Woodstocks (simply the best damn job ever)
Landscaping, house painting, and home repair
Busser at Chevy's in Dixon

Usually, I'd had two or three jobs simultaneously. No time to party, but I had cash at the end of the Summers.

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FrellingSmeg

Also best pizza ever. Almost makes it worth living in Davis.

Suave

I hope you find it to your liking. The stint I worked at my local Safeway was terrible, but they were in the middle of a labour dispute and a ton of other crap.

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zakool21

During the school year, I work at the California Aggie, making pretty decent money (around $400/mo) being a photographer and asst. photo editor. If I don't get the assistant photo editor position again this year, I'll just transfer from this safeway (here in Eureka) to one of the safeways in Davis.

sapiens

Good advice. I worked for a temp agency after college upon moving to a new city. The securities company (stocks, not nightsticks) I worked in for the temp agency ended up hiring me full-time in a professional position.

I worked for an excavation and grading company one Summer during my college years. It was difficult and hot, but it paid well. At the end of the day, I really felt like I earned my pay.

tiltedbc

I worked for a landscape company and paid my way through college. I didn't have a car or photo equipment and I'm always suprised by how many "poor" people can't see why they're poor or even what the word poor means. I'd love to pull some of these kids away from the security of their familes and drop them into a 3rd world country for a month.

The time to get a summer job is in early spring before you finish school. One week after I finished school I was back landscaping working 12 hours a day almost 7 days a week. Other than my living expenses, everything I made went directly into a bank account for school. I ended up with money to invest after I graduated.

gnort

I agree that looking for a job early, even though you wont get out of school until later, is a major help. I applied for a job at the Post Office's Bulk Mail Center back in February. I got the job and didn't start working until the end of June. Even though I won't be working for that long this summer, I'm getting paid an insane wage for just a sumemr job. Plus there has been open overtime for the past two weeks resulting in even bigger paychecks. That should get me a nice amount of cash for school.

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Pip

Yeah, February is the big month. At my job (grocery store) they start making the holiday schedule in March, so any applications left after that is useless. It's amusing to see all the hopeful/desperate people that come in later with resumes, we'd get several a week in May/June.

The.Lunatic

Wow... i swear to god i've just got luck on my side

Like my dad always said i'd rather be lucky than good

I'm doing engineering at school and i just fell ass backwards into a sweet job with the state that requires 2 years of an engineering degree completes, i'd worked for the state the previous year too so my boss gave me a glowing recommendation and here i am makeing 120 dollars a day living expenses 7 days a week in addition to my 15.36 hourly rate where i work 60hrs a week sometimes more.

I used to be a poor college student, but i've overcame it w/ shear luck

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zakool21

And sometimes that's just how the world works. You can have the most talented person who just is in the wrong place at the wrong time and can't make a living worth a damn, and then you get people like you (self proclaimed lucky guy) who make it, and make it well for reasons unknown (not saying you're untalented).

The.Lunatic

Has to do with what you want to do and where the demand is for those type of jobs too, but yeah i'm luck. I think i make more a month in living expenses checks than i do in hourly wages lol and i usually work 60hrs a week

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