Written on Tuesday, April 06, 2010 by Oakland University Career Services
Courtney Zimmer
Oakland University Career Services
Intern
Ever have one of those day where you just feel like life is too busy? Do you sometimes not see the positives of balancing work (sometimes two jobs), school, then on top of that friends and family? Fellow blogger Kim Clark provides insight on how working a job and going to school can be beneficial in different ways, more than just the monetary aspect.
1. Earn bucks: Working just 10 hours a week typically generates at least $75 a week, which should be plenty to fund weekend entertainment and incidental costs. Frugal students working 15 hours a week or so can cover books and supplies as well. Those typically run about $500 a semester.
2. Learn to budget: Students who have to earn their own pocket and entertainment money learn budgeting and are less likely to overspend than those who can charge a Cancún spring break or pizza party to a parental credit card, counselors say.
3. Time-manage: Part-time jobs force students to learn time-management skills they'll need the rest of their lives.
4. Improve learning: Part-time jobs seem to improve academic performance. Research shows students who work no more than 20 hours a week have higher grades and are more likely to graduate college than both those who don't work at all and those who put in too many hours.
5. Career experiment: Part-time jobs give students chances to learn what kind of work they like and, perhaps more important, don't like. This can help them avoid costly mistakes such as majoring in something they later learn they hate.
6. Build résumé: Working during school helps students build their résumés , which gives advantages to graduates looking for career-oriented jobs.
7. Connect with professors and students: Some work-study jobs give students opportunities to do research or work with professors. But even those who don't get plum work-study assignments say on-campus jobs help them make friends with other students and network with university staff. Some studies show that those with on-campus jobs are more successful students, perhaps because of the connections they forget on the job.
Here is the link to the whole article for more information:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/college-cash-101/2009/10/09/7-reasons-to-work-your-way-through-college.html
Looking for a summer or new job? Be sure to check OUcareerlink.com for new job postings!!
If you need help with formatting a resume for a job, be sure to contact Career Services at 248.370.3250 to schedule an appointment with an adviser who has a specializes in your major.
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