Undergrad jobs

[Apparition]

What are some of the jobs you guys have or have had while in college (medical or non-medical)?

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[Adcadet]

worked in a lab.

 

[dumbest premed]

I volunteered on and off in several hospital units including the er for the last 3 years or so, volunteered for 2 years as an emt, and will be starting to volunteer as a firefighter/emt this summer.

I also worked as a phlebotomist for 6 months, family practice doc's office for 6 months, lab for almost 2 years(which I plan to continue until med school), and I spent 2 months as a cashier/bagger. I have to admit that I truly suck at non-scientifically/medically related jobs...hopefully that trend won't continue when I'm a firefighter .

 

[HeWhoExists]

I worked as a nursing aide for over a year, some experience in wood turning, currently work as a waiter and cook part time, and I volunteer once a week.

 

[UTH2003]

Worked construction building houses two summers. Worked for a sub-contractor laying tile one summer. Did my own carpentry with a friend one summer. I was pretty surprised how many interviewers were interested in talking about the construction work I had done. Tutored and graded for professors during school year.

 

[peace_puff]

I worked as a cashier and manager at a natural foods store during high school and my first year of college. I then worked as a librarian in my university's Math Library (believe it or not--an entire library dedicated to math) for one school year. Then I got a job as a supplement and nutrition consultant at a natural health store (my only semi-medically related job...in the natural health field at least) for two years. I also worked as a part-time nanny for 4 summers as well as a temp worker in the testing and human resources departments of my local school district. All of my allopathic medical experience came from volunteering, doing clinical research, and shadowing docs.

 

[Wardens]

Do you mean during the school year? If so I washed athletic laundry and ran balls for the girls and guys soccer games. Summers were a little less interesting, what with research and directing patient transport/answering phones in a hospital. Running sidelines for soccer is surprisingly therapeutic. Oh, and I bartended briefly in england. That was cool.

 

[SouthernGirl]

I waited tables, worked in the library, and did office work for a law firm (at different times throughout college--not all at the same time). Plus I've been volunteering for the past four years. Oh yeah, I also babysit and tutor.

 

[Moskeeto]

I work at our library now. I've done a ton of construction work, worked in a grocery store and graded papers on campus. I think working on campus is by far the best way to go unless you can get a good job in research or something medically related.

 

[gwyn779]

year 1: herbarium assistant, programming
summer: selling vacuum cleaners door-to-door (2 weeks), computer/data entry
year 2: computer support tech.
summer: programming
year 3: computer support tech.
summer: research fellowship, waitress
year 4: research fellowship

I also worked for a medical software company during the sumer between 1st and 2nd year of med school.

 

[Sweet Tea]

oh lord...i usually had 2 or 3 jobs at a time!

i worked in my dorm's office (night shifts), worked as a housecleaner, did yardwork/minor construction, university reasearch lab (my undergrad during school, then another one durning the summer), and a private lab, and taught freshman biology lab. i've also been a volunteer emt/rescue squad member for 3 years (the volunteer emts respond to 911 calls in my county). while i was doing some post-bacc stuff after i graduated, i worked 30-40 hours a week at the clinical research center that i'm now full-time at. i was a busy girl, but i was also paying my own way. so it all worked out.

 

[loyen]

I was the queen of all TAs - I TA'ed a class every semester during school for the last three years(mostly engineering stuff). Getting paid for office hours when no one showed up was a nice job perk.

During the summers I was a nursing assistant, did some minor chemE research, etc. I've also just finished a year of full time volunteer work at a clinic - nothing like an extra year to pad the resume a bit!

 

[Poetess232]

I work at a day care center as a 'professonal staff sub' when the teachers are unavailable.

I also volunteer as a crisis counselor, and a a development coordinator for the crisis center (writing grants/managing grant team/budget work, etc).

 

[gwyn779]

oh yeah, forgot about the 2 yrs. volunteering as an emt. but that wasn't work, that was fun.

 

[lytesnsyrens]

i worked for 2 major department stores (i hate retail now), an optical store (family business), a summer at an antique store, in a deli (until i cut my fingers in the meat slicer, ouch!) and now work as an EMT in an ER where i have been the past year. i would have to say this current job is by far my favorite! and sweet tea, i am paying my own way too, keeps us busy doesn't it?

 

[Sweet Tea]

yup! i was a busy girl, but i graduated debt free and that was sooooo worth it!!

 

[PluckyDuk8]

My jobs...
1st year-substitute taught and tutored Hebrew
2nd and 3rd year- computer tech support at my University (also while doing summer school...that wasn't fun).

Now this year (I've graduated) I'm working as an EMT for a private ambulance company in Chicago.

 

[Thundrstorm]

So far: clerking at a law firm during summer and winter breaks, and then writing/English tutoring, writing for a website, grading chem homework, working in the alumni fundraising office, and lab work during the school year (but never more than 3 of those at a time). I currently only have 1 paying job (tutoring) because my lab job is awesome enough that I don't mind not getting paid for it.

 

[nrddct]

cashier, lab assistant, car detailing, orderly

 

[beatla19]

I wokred in the training room for stanford last summer. That was a lot of fun. I got to see carson palmer play!

 

[vixenell]

I'm a lab assistant in our environmental studies dept, a chemistry and calculus tutor (unpaid), and a resident assistant.


Plus, a being a BMB major should be a separate job in itself...

 

[ironey]

Year-round I taught a clarinet studio. During the summers I always picked up a job wherever I could find it - retail mostly. I also kept a volunteer committment at a hospital or school most of the time.

Most of the people I knew in college didn't have to have outside jobs - it's nice to see that I wasn't the only pre-med in the world that didn't get everything paid for!