It is only January of 2010 but, believe it or not, it is not too early to start looking for college student summer jobs. In fact, if you wait too much longer, it might already be too late!
Many of you have already spent time looking for jobs last summer or last year and it is likely you know how hard jobs are to find. The summer of 2010 is shaping up to be pretty much the same thing: a tough job environment for anyone who is looking for employment.
Summer jobs for college students are needed for many to save some money for the school year ahead. You don’t want to just sit around the house doing nothing and any job experience you get can be put on your resume as well.
This being said, right now is the time to be scouting out places you might like to work and making contacts and enquires at those places. You should also be searching online for all other alternatives. The more you do to get yourself noticed and the sooner you do it will increase your chance of landing that summer job.
It might be the middle of winter but those who start looking right now in January and February will have a leg up on all the rest. You might have to accept a job right now and try to keep it through the summer. This can easily be done if you stay around campus during the summer because any job you get now you can just keep.
If you leave campus and go live at home during the summer, it will not be possible to get a job right now for the summer. It doesn’t mean you can’t start looking online and maybe making some phone calls enquiring about possible summer job openings.
Students are having an especially hard time finding jobs because they usually don’t have too much experience and employers hire those that are best qualified. This raises the importance of giving yourself extra time to find a summer job and right now is when you should start looking!