Part Time Jobs

Okay. Try your local library. Go in, find out how/where to work there. Go in looking to be a clerk/page. It's usually part time work. It's a bit active...not TOO active and its basically always safe. You should go and get super familiar with Dewey. I'm not just saying this 'cause I got my A.S. with a certificate in Library Technology but because it can be REALLY interesting work. I used to come across books on Crohns and cooking and all sorts of stuff that I didn't read 'cause at the time, I didn't know I HAD this disease. Still, it's usually easy work with only a LITTLE bit of truly hard on the body work. If your library only uses clerks who volunteer then try to be a circulation clerk. Also easy work and library workers are usually very nice. It's just an idea.

My Daughter is in college and works at Starbucks. I know they are having some issues, but depending on the district some stores are hiring. You can tell them what your availablity is and they will work around it. Like, I can't do the morning open shift, but I am available to do the close shift, or I can never work on Fridays because that's the day I reserve for study groups. It can be a little physical but not too much. Believe me. My daughter is a bit of a princess, if it was really hard labor, she wouldn't have been there for 3 years.

If you go to one store and they aren't hiring, ask if any stores in their district or in other local districts are hiring. You would be surprised at how small and close together the districts are. Just within about 20 minutes driving its 4 districts or some such nonsense.

Also they pay well and you can get good raises if you are a good employee.

I made a lot of money part time waitressing in high school. But it is not always the easiest job to get to a bathroom. However, the hours were flexible. My coworkers knew when I had to go I had to go and they were great about covering my tables should food come up while I was "in dispose."

LMills, I don't live in America so don't have much knowledge of the situation there, but I wonder if you might have some success if you talk to your lecturers at uni. Some of them might have some grunt work that needs to be done - referencing, photocopying, things like that - and might be able to pay you out of research grants.

Would babysitting, dogwalking, cleaning, ironing etc each day give you enough money to live? I'm guessing that a lot of homemakers might be considering re-entering the workforce to help their families survive financially, and that means that there might be a lot of homely jobs that will need to be done by someone else...

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I can find jobs easily enough.. I'm willing to work at pretty much anything... Problem is the whole health thing; most of the jobs I find are jobs other people don't want to do... Had to quit my job being an outside campus maintenance worker (picking up trash, pulling weeds, etc.) because it was too hard on my body... All the constant bending over and everything... :(... Sucks...

If I could get something like a desk job, that would be awesome... (I type extremely fast)... Problem is... Jobs like that go pretty fast...

I have enough money saved up right now (from the time when I was working), so I don't need a job at this current point in time... Leaves me plenty of time to focus on my studies... and hey, maybe if I work on my stories enough, I can get published... have money coming in that way and not have to worry about finding a job while I'm in college... :)

:)... That's such an optimistic outlook Morph.

(Kidding, of course) //>.>\\'... So, uh... Do you have a college (vocational school, other postsecondary) education?

Of course, even with a college education, I hear its getting hard to find a job... I don't think everything is all screwed up, though.... Where there's a will, there's a way... Plus, I've chosen a major that isn't too common among people, yet it is still pretty needed... Sooo... I think I'll be all right... :)

is there a target near you? there always seems to be a need at the target store

i started back to work as a part time afternoon daycare teacher. i would come in at 2 and relieve the regular teacher and stay until 6 in the evening. nost of the kids would be winding down from their day. they would watch movies,i would take them outside or to the gym for awhile or do a craft with them,read a story,play music,etc.  if i needed to go to the bathroom, the teacher next door would open the partition between the rooms so she could watch them while i was gone.  after a few months, the school asked me about being a substitute teacher during the daytime too. that was in a private school. now both my kids are in public high school and i still substitute(credentials are 1 year of college or 1 year of daycare experience or recommendation from high school principal, though, i think it's changed a little since i first started). with the public schools system here, i can choose what days i'm available,what hours(half day morning or afternoon),half day or full day and when the computer calls and i don't feel like working that day,i either don't answer or i will turn down the job using the sick day code or previous appointment. at this moment, i've put myself on the inactive list until i after i have surgery for a hernia. but check with the local school system on substitute credentials. being able to work when i can and choose not to when i'm sick is ideal being a crohnnie.