Comments on: What are the Best Jobs for College Students?

By: kayla

kayla — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:15:35 +0000

my boyfriend applied for vector as a joke and put “smoking weed” as a hobby and guess what they called they next day for an interview. i applied and got an interview the same time. we went to make fun of it. i wore cowboy boots and he wore jeans an a tshirt.. we both got hired and never went back.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:29:57 +0000

@Matt and Emilie M: I agree.

Vector Marketing is a complete hoax! I tried for it this July and it was horrible…They want you to leech off of your friends and family to buy expensive knives and don’t pay you what they say you will earn. Scumbags.

By: Emilie M

Emilie M — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:18:44 +0000

@Matt– Very True.

Vector is definitely a hoax, I tried it for a couple of weeks and it ended badly. I do not recommend.
The only people who seemed to be making any money were the secretaries and the guy who was the “manager”.

By: Evan Johnson

Evan Johnson — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:37:07 +0000

I started interning at a commercial real estate brokerage during the school year. Following the internship, I stayed as an assistant, receiving a percentage of our commission. Now that it is summer, I am getting my real estate license so I can work in property management and leasing for the rest of the summer while continuing part time during the school year.

You really don’t have to settle for low paying, retail type jobs, or jobs on campus that provide no real experience for your future career. If you can find a paid internship that is your best bet, they just seem to have gone extinct during this recession.

If you know what area you want to develop a career in, try to find a position in that industry just to get a foot in the door. This is very valuable, and even if you don’t like a particular industry after experiencing it, you are sure to have developed valuable networking contacts who will be able to help you find positions in other areas. This is VITAL as you will not have to compete with other job applicants like you would if you applied using the typical ‘front-door approach’

By: Jennifer Wills

Jennifer Wills — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:31:20 +0000

I work with a sales and management internship program in the summers. I am using Varsity earn the money I need for grad school. It’s long, hard work but the training is unequaled and the opportunity to earn a lot of money is there for a highly-motivated, disciplined student with an extra dose of courage and judgment. Varsity provides Professional Training to develop these practical skills:
a. Prospecting/Canvassing – Our students are taught how to map out their assigned communities, going house-to-house on a referral basis, tying the community together through the use of Pre-Approach information.
b. Approaching – How to make a good first impression and gain an audience.
c. Establishing Rapport – How to help the prospect trust and like you.
d. Defining of the Need – How to ask appropriate questions to get needs/wants identified and agreed to.
e. Demonstrating – How to present features/benefits of the products that can fulfill the prospects needs.
f. Closing –How to understand the emotions of the buying decision and bring the prospect to a point of decision.
g. Managing Time– How to use crystallized goal periods.
h. Bookkeeping – How to run a business, including keeping expense reports, managing cash flow, and maintaining inventory.
i. Goal Setting – How to set, crystallize, and achieve realistic goals.
j. Team Building – How to screen, interview, recruit, train, manage, and motivate a team.
k. Organization Building – How to train several teams to work together to accomplish the organizational mission and goals.
If you know someone who fits the bill, send them to our website. They can request an interview.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:15:50 +0000

That Vector Marketing one is definetely a hoax, that’s just someone from that company trying to trick more college students into joining their scam. Vector marketing is a MLM scheme in which you sell low quality knives to friends and family, there’s no way you can make $40,000 in a fall.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:19:39 +0000

The highest paying jobs were my accounting internships where I’d make anywhere from 15 per hour to $25 per hour my junior and senior years. If you can find an internship in the field you’re interested in that also pays well, your resume and your wallet will both benefit.

Also, a lot of my friends were servers in nice restaurants and made some very good money. Or the TA thing is also great.

When you are looking for a job, definitely keep your long-term goals in mind and pick something that you can be proud of on your resume.

By: MES

MES — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:16:30 +0000

I am a resident assistant and recommend the job to all college students I meet. I get free housing and it looks great on resumes later down the road because it gives you leadership experience.

I also tutor athletes on the side. Aside from getting autographs, this job pays very well and is extremely flexible in terms of schedule and hours because I set up sessions directly with my students at times that are convenient for me.

By: cj

cj — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:24:09 +0000

I had a few IT related Jobs in College. I did Tech Support for the School of Education, and then was offered a better paying position at the Journalism school as the Sr. Student IT Manager. I made about $13 an hour and taxes were almost nothing since it was a student job at a Public University, which is a nice paycheck for an on campus job! As time went on I was given more and more responsibilities, and it really started effecting my studies. I started working too much and missing some classes because I had to help some professor I had or helping the dean of the school. Finally I quit after it encroached too much on my studies and got a great job on campus interning for Apple.

Bottom line; You’re at school to succeed and do well in your courses. If you need to pick up a job to pay for expenses at School, make sure you don’t bite off more than you can chew. Looking back at my experience I would have saved myself alot of stress if I had chosen a job that had a smaller paycheck and less responsibility.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:55:58 +0000

The best college job I had was being an usher. It was nice because I was working on campus and after the first hour of helping people find their seats I was able to sit outside the auditorium and do homework for two to three hours during the concerts.