Rich Student, Poor Student - Post #2
Step 2: Get a job
Where should you work? If you know what you want to do in life then start doing it. This is easiest for people in professional programs, or in something like Accounting, Kinesiology or Finance, but you all have interests and skills and you are all capable of getting a job that you enjoy. This might not happen right away, if you’ve never worked before you might need some work or volunteer experience in order to get the job you want. If you can’t get the job you want then don’t be picky, you need to work now in order to be of value to future employers. If you think that your degree is a guaranteed job then you are fooling yourself. Employers like a person disciplined enough to take a job that might not be ideal, and they will rarely hire someone with no work experience. One of the best places to get a job is with the DSU. It’s on campus, your working with students, the work schedule is flexible so you can get to your classes, and there are lots of jobs available. There are also a good number of jobs with the university.
How do you get a good job? You need a good resume and good references, but most important is that you need to be persistent. There are lots of excellent resources at Dal to help you out with this. There is Career Services on the 4th floor of the SUB, the Student Employment Center (also on the 4th floor of the SUB), and some programs have their own career centers. These services are there to help you in every stage of your job search, and your paying for them, so use them. The one thing that you need to remember in a job search is that it is a lot like dating, some people will get action right away but others will have to beg to get what they want, don’t be ashamed to beg.
What if you don’t have time for a job? Hahahahaha. Okay, there are some people that are taking the six hardest courses and getting straight A’s, but they don’t need a job because they have a full scholarship. There are also some people that have to study a lot more than average in order to get decent grades, the rest of you are lying. I have been in three different programs at Dalhousie, and although I will admit that I did really bad in Engineering, I always had time to work a few hours a week. I understand that some people may only be able to work a little bit and that won’t pay the bills, that’s what the summer is for. If you aren’t able to hold a job and get good grades then that is fine, but you should be working hard during the summer to make up for that, and as I said before you should do your best to get a job during the summer that is relevant experience for what you want to do in the future.
Where should you work? If you know what you want to do in life then start doing it. This is easiest for people in professional programs, or in something like Accounting, Kinesiology or Finance, but you all have interests and skills and you are all capable of getting a job that you enjoy. This might not happen right away, if you’ve never worked before you might need some work or volunteer experience in order to get the job you want. If you can’t get the job you want then don’t be picky, you need to work now in order to be of value to future employers. If you think that your degree is a guaranteed job then you are fooling yourself. Employers like a person disciplined enough to take a job that might not be ideal, and they will rarely hire someone with no work experience. One of the best places to get a job is with the DSU. It’s on campus, your working with students, the work schedule is flexible so you can get to your classes, and there are lots of jobs available. There are also a good number of jobs with the university.
How do you get a good job? You need a good resume and good references, but most important is that you need to be persistent. There are lots of excellent resources at Dal to help you out with this. There is Career Services on the 4th floor of the SUB, the Student Employment Center (also on the 4th floor of the SUB), and some programs have their own career centers. These services are there to help you in every stage of your job search, and your paying for them, so use them. The one thing that you need to remember in a job search is that it is a lot like dating, some people will get action right away but others will have to beg to get what they want, don’t be ashamed to beg.
What if you don’t have time for a job? Hahahahaha. Okay, there are some people that are taking the six hardest courses and getting straight A’s, but they don’t need a job because they have a full scholarship. There are also some people that have to study a lot more than average in order to get decent grades, the rest of you are lying. I have been in three different programs at Dalhousie, and although I will admit that I did really bad in Engineering, I always had time to work a few hours a week. I understand that some people may only be able to work a little bit and that won’t pay the bills, that’s what the summer is for. If you aren’t able to hold a job and get good grades then that is fine, but you should be working hard during the summer to make up for that, and as I said before you should do your best to get a job during the summer that is relevant experience for what you want to do in the future.
posted by Chad LeClair at 10:56 a.m.
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