Did you do part time work when you are student?

China
November 24, 2009 2:47am CST
When I was a student, I once did some part time work in a restaurant, I help to send the dishes for every table. I made a wrong when I did the part time work, I remembered I worked at first day, I don't have any experience do work in restaurant before, when I put the dishes on table, I dirty the customer's clothes, which I made a mistake, I fired by the restaurant. How about your experience when you are a student? Did you do part time work?
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
24 Nov 09
I worked in a nursing home when I was a nursing student. It was a nice part time job, I learned a lot of things that were useful for me as a nursing student, and at the same time I earned some money. In the summer holidays I worked there every day for two months, but when school started again I couldn't work every day any more, so I usually worked in the weekends. Sometimes I also worked in the evenings, but they were very nice to me, and if I was too busy because of exams or things like that I was always able take some time off. I sometimes miss my work, my co-corkers and the residents.
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• China
25 Nov 09
Yeah, part time job can increase our knowledge, the most important was it can accumulate our experience in our progressing career, it's a good way to do some part time job and earn some money. Have a nice day!
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
24 Nov 09
hello there! haha..what an unforgettable part time job for you! hehe well me, yes, i do some part time jobs when i was in college...actually when i was in highschool i already apply for a summer job..summer job only and i was assigned in the municipal hall... when i was in college, i do a part time job in malls as a cashier but the very first that i have is as a service crew in a video shop! my working experiences are all nice and really helps me a lot in terms of financial matters as well as experience...although its tiring, still i find it exciting and satisfying and fulfilling!
@ckyera (17332)
• Philippines
25 Nov 09
yeah, those memories makes my life even more colorful and helps me a lot to be a person i am now...
• China
25 Nov 09
Yeah, when we go back to miss those memory, which was unforgettable, interesting, exciting, meaningful, which made our life very colorful.so your life too.
@buldwgz (1489)
• United States
25 Nov 09
I worked both part time and full time as a student, in various areas. I worked selling shoes, at a video store, at a golf course, and several other areas.
• China
25 Nov 09
Wow, you accumulated so much expensive experience, so are these experience helpful for you to get your latter job?
• China
25 Nov 09
Of course,when I was a student,I did part time work such as sent paper,worked in KFC,teached the youger student,and so on.
• China
25 Nov 09
Your these part time work experience are meaningful than mine. Have a nice day!
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Nov 09
Yes , I have done a lot of partime jobs which make me have a lot of work experience . As far as I'm concerned, doing a part time job ,not only can pratise me, but also can earn a little extra money which can support my daily life. This may be a goodway. Happy mylot.
• China
25 Nov 09
Yeah, use our holiday time to do part time job, it's a good idea to earn extra money to support our daily life.
• Netherlands
24 Nov 09
I did parttime work as a student. I had to, otherwise there is no way I could have paid for my studies, living expenses or even been able to buy books to study in the first place. It is a great way to socialize and a great way of getting some extra experience. I think that it is recommendable for prospective students.
• China
25 Nov 09
You are right, when we are student, we are not mature, and the school is a pute community, only have naivete, sincerity,but if we do part time job, we get in touch with the society, which is a complexed group, when we do part time job, we learned much from societ, we can't learn it from our school. It said experience.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
25 Nov 09
I worked in a store and at a science centre. It was fun but it did feel like I was always busy.
@nangel78 (1454)
• United States
24 Nov 09
I worked part time all throughout college. I did office work for a few years because my boss was very good about my school schedule. Now I work full time and do school on my own time so I can become a teacher next year.
• China
25 Nov 09
Do some part time job will help us accumulate our experience, which is helpful our future career. It's so valuable experience.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
25 Nov 09
Hi bettydeng5! I have never worked while I was in high school or college. I did work a summer program when I was 17 I only worked there for two weeks. It gave me the experience that I needed. But, I just remembered, I did had a job about 12 years ago. It was a part time job. I was in school full-time. That is the only job that I can think of that I had.
@zhuhuifen46 (3483)
• China
24 Nov 09
At my age, we did not have the opportunity to do parttime job when in school, but I remember helping my mother do sewings and knitting during vacations, and the reward was substantial in my eyes. I believe doing parttime job during vacations is necessary for students. In addition to the financial benefits, students could learn from the hardship experience, which may help them for future challenges.
• China
25 Nov 09
I agree with you, do part time job will partake some financial problem, at the same time, we grow up with these expensive experience. We learned how to be a good man full of knowledge, how to communicate with people. This is most value.
@haiershen (1080)
• China
26 Nov 09
yes, i do. when i was student in college, i'm a office assistant of our teacher,this is an very easy working,doing working like cleaning room, typing some word in front of computer, and write some useful information from some book to help teacher to prepared classes. and so on. in here, i learn how to typing would be fast.in here, i know how tired our teacher are.and so on.good luck and have a nice day!
• China
26 Nov 09
i did part time work when i was a student in the university. but that was during my holidays. i took a train to another province to teaching when summer or winter holiday. in fact, they mostly were my relatives' children.
• China
24 Nov 09
hi ,bettydeng , i did different part-time jobs when i study untiversity ,such as a sales person ,making market reserch etc. it help me learn more experience and how to get along with other perosn ,how to commutiate with other person ,it's great ,doing part-time job not only can gain some money but also enrich your knowledge
• China
25 Nov 09
You are right, we can learn the knowledge different from school we learned,it's real experience. Especially you learned how to deal with the business with cusotmers. it's very expensive.
@happynin (87)
• United States
24 Nov 09
yup, at the age of 18 i was already separated with my parents, rent my own apartment and work while im in college, i support myself and pay the bills.. its tough though its the life i choose to be, live independently, my parents was againts it but that how life is, you just need to be ready coz life really is full of surprises, got married at the age of 28, avent got children of my own but i feel my life was fullfilled and ready for what ever life awaits for me. lol..
• China
25 Nov 09
Life is full of challenge, you are independent to win your challenge, it's life. Your life will be more meaningful, the most important is the processing when you do something, when you go back to those memories and experience, your life are so wonderful. Have a nice day!
• Malaysia
25 Nov 09
Hi bettydeng5, Yeah, it was fun remembering the old times when doing part time jobs. I bet you must laugh out loud or at least smile and feel so funny inside when remembering the incident while you were working first time in the restaurant. Everybody makes mistakes here and there, and that makes our lives colourful and full of event so we don't feel boring. As for myself, I did a part time job once when I was a student too. At that time I was studying in the International University but is situated in my country. Even though my father was a lecturer and he earned enough money, he didn't give me enough pocket money so I have to find my own money to support my living. My experience was rather memorable and somewhat romantic. I really like to recall this experience because it is one of the most fantastic experience which I wish could come over again and again in my life. At that time I went to the nearest town with my best friend to find for a part time job. We walked and walked along the shophouses but none of the shops wanted any worker. I walked past a chicken outlet without asking them whether there were any vacancy because I overlooked the store. Then my instinct told me to turn back and look. There it was, the chicken store and I decided to come in and ask. My friend didn't have any opinion herself, so I just dragged her along with me. Fortunately, it was our luck. There were vacancy for both of us. We could start work immediately and I was the happiest person ever. There, I met with my present husband, the one and only husband whom I love very much. It was the most romantic moment, and everybody in the store knew we were in love and they were the witness of our love story. There were faults and errors here and there while working there, but because I was in love nothing else matters.
• Philippines
25 Nov 09
Nope but I wished I did but then my mom didn't want me to because she wants me to focus more on my studies. I just think it would be a very nice experience.
@checkmail (2039)
• India
25 Nov 09
Hello bettydeng5 this is checkmail and me too have often done partime jobs as being an student.I wirked for some DTP assignments which tok atleast 1-2 months time to complete it.Yeah the work was good but the payrate is less than compared to earlier.Its mostly in between the academic gaps.Means gets some spare time to fo partime jobs apart from studies.
@Newpal (154)
• India
25 Nov 09
I never tried any part time job as a student.But I have seen many of my friends doing that during long summer holidays.It is really a great way to earn some extra money.They used to work in call centres and they used to collect a good amount during holidays.
@Prima641 (86)
• Indonesia
25 Nov 09
yes once when i was a student i share my time with working part time as a credit card marketing. Off course looking prospective customer is not an easy job, sometimes i must get off the streets by offering direct product which i sell, but it taught me a lot of important things that need to sacrifice to get some money.
• China
25 Nov 09
It's a pity taht when I was in university, I never went out for a part time job. I ever thougt that it would disturb my attention and affted study. I firmly believe that as long as I had a good knowledge , I needn't worry about the job apportunities after graduation. However, when I finally left the college and entered sociey, I realized how important the part-time working experience was,especially for the fresh graduates.Working experience ,in fact, has the same wight as the firm knowledge background.