Good student job while in college?(ready for training if needed)

[zhenka11230]

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I cannot stand the jobs most students do. Making sandwiches, serving coffee, answering the phone all the time, i go nuts on these jobs. I feel way overqualified and i feel like my brain is decaying when i do the same motion all day.

Not to mention minimal wage is possibly only enough for teenagers whose only expense is a cool t shirt. I need more, way more. I am willing for relatively short time of training if i must to get a better pay, respect and fun in my jobs.

For some reason until a short while ago i was not aware of short term training programs that can do that for me. I was stuck in the waiting till i am out of college mindset to get a better job.

Any suggestions? Recommendations?

Thanks😍

 

[MilkmanAl]

Pharmacy tech! Really, anything sciency with "tech" in it is likely to be a good job that gives you useful experience.

 

[silverhorse84]

I know people who made good money tutoring. Most tutors at my school charge 20/hr, and once you get a couple of "regulars" they'll refer you to friends/classmates/etc. Plus, tutoring for things like gen chem, ochem, physics helps you study for the MCAT (if you haven't already taken it). It's not a job where you have guaranteed hours/week, however, I have a friend who, once he got started and had people referring friends to him, was tutoring 25+ hrs a week (multiply that by 20...)

 

[hopefuldoc87]

security officer.


most sites are plush...and you just sit there (allowed to study at my site) monitoring whatever you need to.



pays REALLY well.

 

[zhenka11230]

security officer.


most sites are plush...and you just sit there (allowed to study at my site) monitoring whatever you need to.



pays REALLY well.

I have security guard license. I hate it. Its a brainless job that lacks and valuable expirience. Of course in your case its fine since you can study and that is awesome.

 

[hopefuldoc87]

i mean i have lots of EC's, volunteer, and clinical experience.

unfortunately, like the OP, i need to financially support myself, so i need to get the highest paying/easiest job i can get. i'd love to be sacrifice pay for experience when it comes to getting a medically-related job, but unfortunately i dont have choice of doing that. hopefully adcom's will understand when they see i have no medically related work (although i've been an active EMT for over a year and have shadowed three docs - no pay...so not considered work)

 

[pewing33ny]

i would list some sort of research/social work but you said you have it covered.

i worked a full-time commission-based job for 2 years until i transferred. i sold guitars/amps/etc. and since they're all luxury items with a lot of local and internet competition it made the job so much harder.

i learned more from that job than anything i've learned in school. i learned how to turn every potentially negative answer into a positive one and how to deal with all sorts of people. it was like going on 50 practice interviews a day and having to separate people from their money.

the job wasn't easy and it didn't have the most stable of incomes but during the months leading up to the holidays i made huge amounts of money (well, about $10k for november/december).

i'm sure at places like circuit city (more traffic) where they're on commission you can make tons of money for a student, especially if you know how to talk to people.

 

[Tourterm]

Tutoring is a good option. You can make some decent money if you run things yourself and charge whatever rate you feel is appropriate. If you don't want to be bothered with finding clients (and you want a more predictable work schedule/income), a lot of colleges have tutoring programs for their students you could consider working for. The more established universities may also have educational programs for pre-college students, or other members of the community, that hire college students as tutors / teachers as well. There is also a good range of private companies that hire tutors and teachers as well, such as the various MCAT test prep companies, to cite one example. Craigslist may not be a bad spot to start after you check out your college and nearby schools first. They usually have job postings for various tutors.

 

[DocM13]

Get trained to be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Trained Medication Administrator (TMA). My advisor told me that it is one of the best things that you can do to strengthen your med school application, and after doing it I can see why! You will get loads of hands-on experience, plus you get paid...

 

[MILK07]

Get trained to be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Trained Medication Administrator (TMA). My advisor told me that it is one of the best things that you can do to strengthen your med school application, and after doing it I can see why! You will get loads of hands-on experience, plus you get paid...

I don't know where you worked, but we *barely* got paid as CNAs. Not enough to pay for school and living expenses. I waited tables in college. Great job and you leave each night with cash. I was making between $18-30 per hour, especially on weekends. It is flexible, too, as you can work around your class schedule. Maybe do some research during the day part time, and wait tables at a nicer restaurant in the evenings.

 

[cubssox2000]

Undergraduate TA. Depending on the class it can be very worthwhile. Make sure you know how they will pay you. Some schools will pay cash, others will just give you credit. If its in cash, its generally between 9-12 dollars an hour.

 

[JDOC13]

Be a tutor at tutor.com. You can schedule your own hours (usually a few days in advance but sometimes just hours in advance - very flexible) or you can log on and start tutoring wheneve your feel like it (don't need to be "scheduled"). And you can do other things while you tutor - I usually tutor while I cook dinner.

 

[guitarsolostogo]

try becoming an EEG tech. i did it with very little training. it's good money and it's valuable experience working with patients, doctors, medical technology, etc..

 

[DocM13]

I don't know where you worked, but we *barely* got paid as CNAs. Not enough to pay for school and living expenses. I waited tables in college. Great job and you leave each night with cash. I was making between $18-30 per hour, especially on weekends. It is flexible, too, as you can work around your class schedule. Maybe do some research during the day part time, and wait tables at a nicer restaurant in the evenings.

I barely get paid as a CNA as well, but where I live is rural and the cost of living isn't very high. It was more about the experience for me, then the money, however, and I think that medical schools would rather see that you are looking for experience and reaching out to other people rather than the dollar aspect. But one can't be foolish about it, and the financial aspect most certainly cannot be totally overlooked either.