SuperMikey Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 It's that time of the year again, and i'm on the lookout for a summer job so I can eat more than baked beans for the next 12 months! I've applied for a job with Home Fundraising, who canvass on behalf of half a dozen or so charities, and i've also applied to write some promotional material for a company in Winchester which ought to grub up a few pennies for me. Anyone got any tips for well-paid summer work aside from shops/bars etc? And to keep this thread going a bit longer, what was the best summer job you ever had? (Btw before anyone says, i've not finished for the summer yet, i've still got another 59 days before my term is over)
Dr Who? Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 Packing Christmas cakes on a production line... ok maybe not summer but a job. All sorts of production line jobs putting things in boxes back 20 years ago, but now they seem to have machines to do this sort of thing now. Was boring but easy money!
pap Posted 2 April, 2011 Posted 2 April, 2011 Summer job, eh? Never had that experience. Always worked all year round. Please note : not saying this to be a "I've worked harder than you" type of nob. I just happened to find working in term time to be an accidental wonder in terms of time management. When I was working, I literally couldn't study. When I wasn't working, all I wanted to do was study. Unwittingly, I introduced a massive pallet-cleanser to my student life. My advice? Get your summer job and earn a wee bit of cash. Have fun. When you go back to Uni, get a job in a bar - preferably in a Student Union.
SuperMikey Posted 2 April, 2011 Author Posted 2 April, 2011 I already have a job, in a student shop. However, it being a student shop it's only open during term-time. Going out looking for a job was one of the first things I did when I got to Uni, as I love working because it keeps me occupied. I will definitely be looking to get a job somewhere with the Student Union next year though, as the shop job doesn't pay well enough for me to justify keeping it on for another year.
Hatch Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 When I was at college, I had a bar job with an events company, wasn't a lot of work, but when I did it was at Wimbledon, F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone, Henley Regatta all that sort of social scene stuff. Was good fun and the fanny was amazing.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Do what I did (and still do), Supermikey - live off a handsome inheritance
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 Do what I did (and still do), Supermikey - live off a handsome inheritance Sounds good, how do I apply for that?
sperm_john Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 saw in varsity yesterday they were advertising for lots of staff! london road, not the portswood one
Trader Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 If you can get harvest work on a large farm it can be very lucrative. You'll have to work when required (can be 20 hour days) but it's really well paid. Accomodation usually provided.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 I thought mummy was buying you a house last week. My mummy bought me a house when I was 19.
Nexstar Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 I already have a job, in a student shop. However, it being a student shop it's only open during term-time. Going out looking for a job was one of the first things I did when I got to Uni, as I love working because it keeps me occupied. I will definitely be looking to get a job somewhere with the Student Union next year though, as the shop job doesn't pay well enough for me to justify keeping it on for another year. How much does it pay out of interest?
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 £5.40 an hour, not great. I work 8 hours every other week, we have around 15 members of staff because we have to fit in shifts around lectures etc as we're all students working at the shop. It's not an ideal job, but it's literally opposite from where I live and the opportunity is there often to cover shifts for people because of other commitments, so you can make a fair amount of money.
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 £5.40 an hour. I work 8 hours every other week. You can make a fair amount of money.
Saints11 Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 £40 is alot of money to a student, it does make a big difference!
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 £40 is alot of money to a student, it does make a big difference! It'd pay for a night out I suppose.
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 (edited) It pays for a month's food as well as a night out. And in context, I meant that by covering other people's shifts you can make a fair bit of money (for a student anyway). And what was that post about the house earlier? Edited 3 April, 2011 by SuperMikey
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 It pays for a month's food as well as a night out. £10 p/w for food including provision for a night out... Would you care to enlighten us on how the money would be spent to pay for all this.
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 And what was that post about the house earlier? So you made it up then.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 £5.40 an hour, not great. I work 8 hours every other week, we have around 15 members of staff because we have to fit in shifts around lectures etc as we're all students working at the shop. It's not an ideal job, but it's literally opposite from where I live and the opportunity is there often to cover shifts for people because of other commitments, so you can make a fair amount of money. Yeah! Supermikey is poor! Let's laugh at poor people! This is great isn't it Dune! Wouldn't it be brilliant if he told us he had some disease as well! Brilliant LOLs! :lol::lol:
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Yeah! Supermikey is poor! Let's laugh at poor people! This is great isn't it Dune! Wouldn't it be brilliant if he told us he had some disease as well! Brilliant LOLs! :lol::lol: I'm lolling at the naivity to consider £40 earnt partime per fortnight being "a fair amount of money". When i was a student over a decade ago I went out and earnt double that (and some) per week.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 This is dune's full time job: he works for the internet, interrogating 18-year-olds about how they spend their money.
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 This is dune's full time job: he works for the internet, interrogating 18-year-olds about how they spend their money. I see you're back to your sarcastic best.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 That is far from my sarcastic best, but I'm glad you rate it highly. Thank you for your kind words.
dune Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 That is far from my sarcastic best, but I'm glad you rate it highly. Thank you for your kind words. I don't rate it at all. Whilst you were banned this place was a lot better. It's a shame you haven't taken on board baj's advice because he's been more than fair with you.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 You said it was "best". That is a superlative. It's the highest you can get, so I'd say that is rating it very highly. Thank you again, dune. I'd like to repay you for your kindness by putting my fingers up your bum.
JustMike Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 I don't rate it at all. Whilst you were banned this place was a lot better. It's a shame you haven't taken on board baj's advice because he's been more than fair with you. ....and yet they still let you on here!
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 So you made it up then. Made what up!? I signed for a house and put a deposit down in January, are you referring to that? I paid the deposit myself on that and my student loan is covering 90% of the rent, with my wages covering the rest.
Deppo Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Born with a silver spoon in his mouth! Look at hie - his mother has bought him a house and pays him £5.40 an hour to be her son. Spolit little b*stard.
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 I'm lolling at the naivity to consider £40 earnt partime per fortnight being "a fair amount of money". When i was a student over a decade ago I went out and earnt double that (and some) per week. £40 for working 8 hours a fortnight isn't to be sniffed at. Obviously if you're on a full-time salary working 5 days a week then £40 is peanuts, but it can cover quite a lot if you're industrious. Plus my job is p!ss easy.
revolution saint Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Have you tried the temp bank at Southampton Uni? Normally got a fair bit of work available. Most of the time I did barwork all year round although one summer I combined it with working at Esso which was by far the best paid.
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 I didn't even know that existed - thanks revolution saint!
Jonnyboy Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 Made what up!? I signed for a house and put a deposit down in January, are you referring to that? I paid the deposit myself on that and my student loan is covering 90% of the rent, with my wages covering the rest. How did you save up your deposit out of interest?
SuperMikey Posted 3 April, 2011 Author Posted 3 April, 2011 How did you save up your deposit out of interest? The deposit was £300 (or a month's rent), the overdraft took care of that.
Jonnyboy Posted 3 April, 2011 Posted 3 April, 2011 The deposit was £300 (or a month's rent), the overdraft took care of that. ah, lol, sorry I should know to ignore Dune
hamster Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Mikey, if you can help me out with the Brentford away game I will buy you lunch and a beer to say thankyou. Let me know if you are interested
dune Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Made what up!? I signed for a house and put a deposit down in January, are you referring to that? I paid the deposit myself on that and my student loan is covering 90% of the rent, with my wages covering the rest. fair enough I apologise for getting that wrong. i assumed you were buying given the terminology.
norwaysaint Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 My main summer jobs as a student were: -working in a cinema, they hire a lot of extra staff for the summer, meaning plenty of hours, plus a good crowd of other people in a similar situation to hang out with. - care work. I used to get tons of hours doing this and as I was on an NHS temp "bank" I could choose when I did or didn't want to work. Overtime and "unsociable hours" were comparatively very well paid, so I used to volunteer for all of those. There were also "sleep-in" shifts, where you basically slept all night but had about a 10% chance of being woken up to help with something, but were paid for the night (50 quid for a night's sleep back in the early nineties). I used to go back to do sleep-ins and weekend shifts during term time too.
suewhistle Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Packing Christmas cakes on a production line... ok maybe not summer but a job. All sorts of production line jobs putting things in boxes back 20 years ago, but now they seem to have machines to do this sort of thing now. Was boring but easy money! One job even included taking things out of boxes: in this case cutting open tea packets and pouring the tea back into the chests! I also worked on a local building site, mainly making tea, bacon sarnies, fry-ups, sweeping up and helping in the site office. One day though a huge artic arrived full of bricks and it was everybody to help including me and the site agent. This was in the days before cranes so it helped me get nicely toned! Picking tobacco in Canada paid well too, but in my day we had grants !!, so I didn't bother working in term time. On the post at Christmas, of course..
eurosaint Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 My main student job was as a gravedigger (coupled with gardening etc..), not the best paid but I managed to rise to crematorium attendant (a cushy little number!) so it worked out ok ! More difficult to get into these days though as it is a 'dying trade' !!
SuperMikey Posted 4 April, 2011 Author Posted 4 April, 2011 fair enough I apologise for getting that wrong. i assumed you were buying given the terminology. That's fine, I just didn't know what you were talking about! Mikey, if you can help me out with the Brentford away game I will buy you lunch and a beer to say thankyou. Let me know if you are interested What in particular were you looking for me to help you out with? Getting a ticket?
hamster Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Mikey, assuming you have noone to go with and want to go I may be able to offer you transport, ticket, lunch, beer plus my company. In return you have to push a wheelchair into the ground. No prob if you're not interested I just thought it might look good on your CV and you might enjoy the day. Being a pizza eating, diet pepsi guzzling freeloading student I thought a free day out might I interest you? ;-) Of course I would have to vet you to match you to the right client.
Dimond Geezer Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 Not a summer job, but between August & October the electoral roll is updated, this involves delivering leaflets, then reminders & finally going around & chasing up those that fail to respond. My Mum does this and makes around £450 for what ammounts to about a weeks work spread out over about 8 weeks. If your interested you will need to contact the Electoral Registration Dept at Soton CC, probably worth doing it soon-ish to get on this years list.
Turkish Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 I'm lolling at the naivity to consider £40 earnt partime per fortnight being "a fair amount of money". When i was a student over a decade ago I went out and earnt double that (and some) per week. exactly mate, i had 3 jobs when i was a student. I used to work thursday nights and saturdays until 10-2pm in Debenhams, did a pools round and glass collecting in a pubGot me at least £40 a week and that was 15 years ago. A bit more effort i think Mikey, 8 hours a fornight FFS! Nothing wrong with bar and shop work somewhere like M&S would be ideal for you, stacking shelves or something, you can get cheap food and clothes as well. Although as you said apart from shop work maybe you think that is beneath you?
SuperMikey Posted 4 April, 2011 Author Posted 4 April, 2011 I don't think shop work is beneath me, it's just that i've been working in shops part-time for the last 3 years and want to try something a bit different. I could get a job with longer hours but i'm concentrating on my study first, work comes second. Besides, I need lots of 'me time'
Turkish Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 (edited) I don't think shop work is beneath me, it's just that i've been working in shops part-time for the last 3 years and want to try something a bit different. I could get a job with longer hours but i'm concentrating on my study first, work comes second. Besides, I need lots of 'me time' Your 3 hours of lectures a week mean you could easily work 20 hours a week rather than lazing around all day being self indulgent. How much time do you spend on here a week for example? That isn't going to help you put food onthe table and get your degree. P*ss taking apart you should try M&S They pay well and they do a staff shop on a saturday where you get loads of decent food at a fraction of the price and it's nice stuff as well. When you are a student Mikey what you do doesn';t matter, easiest job which pays the best. Although you might stuggle with the social side of bar or shop work, you might be better off repairing books in a library or something, where you dont have to speak to people Edited 4 April, 2011 by Turkish
SuperMikey Posted 4 April, 2011 Author Posted 4 April, 2011 I'm definitely not ruling out shop work, there's a fair bit of it about (although those jobs go very quickly in the summer) but I would like to try something different to see what other types of work are out there that are good for me. My aim is to earn as much money over the summer as possible, so i'll probably end up having more than one job on the go. If anyone works at/runs a bar/pub get in touch!
dune Posted 4 April, 2011 Posted 4 April, 2011 I'm definitely not ruling out shop work, there's a fair bit of it about (although those jobs go very quickly in the summer) but I would like to try something different to see what other types of work are out there that are good for me. My aim is to earn as much money over the summer as possible, so i'll probably end up having more than one job on the go. If anyone works at/runs a bar/pub get in touch! I think you'd be better off doing some waitering at a hotel. As Turkish points out bar work requires people skills wheras the requirements for waitering is to be seen and not heard. A better option for you imo.
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