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Part Time Jobs UK
November 29th, 2009 | 
Author: Whether you’re looking for a trip abroad, or a chance to work locally, the UK is a great place for part time jobs.
When looking for part time jobs uk, it is important to be properly prepared – this will ensure that you’ll get your job and not lose out on a technicality.
If you’re coming from abroad, if there are any international standards that are commonly recognized for your the type of part time job uk you’re looking for, then it’s important to get the designation beforehand. This will ensure that when you arrive, you’ll be properly prepared so that you’ll be ahead of other candidates for a position.
Keep Written Records for Part Time Jobs UK
Having the right kind of written records will ensure that you’re properly positioned to win the job that you want. This way, you’ll find that part time jobs are not far from reach – you’ll have the right information at hand when employers are asking for it.
Spread your search net wide
This will ensure that you’re covering as many employers as possible. Often, employers toss a bunch of resumes together and a few from a pile for interviews. This means that the interview determines the position more than the actual resume. Keep this in mind and you’ll be able to better understand the requirements of different employers.
I recommend submitting your resume online to networks, and consider using a resume submission service – these services will help get you in front of many more companies, and increase you chances of finding part time jobs uk.
Also, work with job search companies – these often have a good handle on potential employers in a region, and can refer you to the right place. They will also do the initial “entry level” screening that can determine the top candidates and narrow down the options down for you.
Part Time Careers All Year Round!
Looking to turn part time careers into a full time series of occupations?
It
can be done – never returning to the full time grind of the same office
- working hard for two months, followed by a month of a “working
vacation” somewhere else.
Here’s some great ways to keep the part time life going all year:
- Know your demonstrable skills
Sports Pro? Tax Expert? Sales Shark?
Having a demonstrable set of skills will make it easier to pick up different jobs at different times.
It
will also show potential employers that they will not have to invest
too much in training you – if you’re already up to speed on a these
techniques, you’ll be able to teach a class or do people’s taxes with
little adjustment.
Keep your credentials together and up to date
so that you’ll appear as qualified as possible to an employer. Also
keep in touch with ones in your local area, so that they know you’re
available when the season comes around again.
- Focus on having the variety to cover most of the year
Sales
skills can help with selling calendars November-January, while being
able to do people’s taxes can help from January through until April.
Different sports seasons also go the same way.
- Use web based jobs to cover the holes
It
helps to be able to have an outlet of work on the internet as well -
often this work is not seasonal, and can be picked up or dropped off at
any time.
This way, you can still travel and pick up income from part time careers at the same time.
With a little bit of work, you can be an expert freelancer or designer, or even simply do data entry or fill out surveys.
I know some people who, through available programs on the internet, have turned a few part time careers into full time jobs through programs on the internet.
The
advantage of this type of revenue stream is that they can turn it on or
off whenever they want – once they’ve found the best data entry and
survey companies, it’s a matter of just putting the time in when
necessary, and filling the remaining income with “real world” jobs.
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What to look for in a a reference
When looking for part time careers, its important to have references in place.
Even
if you have no prior work experience, references from teachers,
professors, people you’ve worked with on non-profit boards, and people
you know in general can be a help when looking for part time careers.
It is helpful to consider references early on in the career search.
- Know who you want to ask
What type of position are you looking for, and who can give you the best references for it?
A reference is 50% what your reference says, 50% who they are.
If
you’re looking for a restaurant waiting job, chances are that a
recommendation from a restaurant manager from another place will be
more helpful than a recommendation from a landscaping company.
If this is the case, keep a list of possible references and focus on
presenting the ones that work best for the career you’re trying to
obtain.
It goes without saying, that it is helpful to have references from people you are on good terms with.
I have seen too many times that people put forward references that either don’t know them or were not favorable relationships.
While not all employers will check references, many will.
- Inform your potential references they may be getting a call
Reference letters are helpful, however many references still happen over the phone.
Be prepared to give your potential reference a background on the
companies you’re focusing on trying to work for. This will help them
get their “reference” talk in their mind.
Having a good reference on your side can be irreplaceable – and the
better prepared your references are to ask a potential employer’s
questions can only help your chances.
- Be open about your intentions with current employers
Many people balance more than one part time careers at at time. While
this involves a bit of scheduling, with proper clarification it can
lead to mutual time sharing between employers.
Keeping your current place of work in the conversation can help you
with scheduling, and the sooner there is an overall understanding, the
better for everyone involved.
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Quick cash with part time careers
Making cash revolves around two things: bringing money in, and reducing the amount of money going out.
Here’s some quick ways to do both with part time careers
- Sell your english skills
With the increase in immigration in most english countries, tutoring english as a second language is a great way to make additional income (it’s also a great way to meet interesting people you might not have and later have a chance to travel!)
Tutoring also helps you understand your own language. By going back to basics, it helps you understand a lot of the way people speak.
If you’re not an english expert, there’s ways to also tutor to high school or entry level university students in your field.
- Work nearby
Finding part time careers near home or your campus is the best way to keep costs down – saving a half hour of travel time each way saves transport costs and means you can work an extra hour a day!
Consider the “total value” when you’re looking at part time careers.
- Sell, sell, sell!
Sales and marketing companies are always looking for people. I know one individual who paid his whole tuition selling kitchen knives door to door! (he got so well known people just phoned in referrals after a while!)
Marketing companies often run short promotions, focusing on getting a new product advertised. Being available for these projects can be very lucrative for short time income in your part time careers.
- Walk down the street
The best part time careers aren’t always advertised – in fact they hardly never are.
Ask around at local shops, in pubs and restaurants, and with people you know.
Great places to work hardly ever have to post their jobs, as they’re already filled by the time word of mouth gets around.
Make a career change by focusing on part time careers
A friend of mine’s sister went through about 6 years of university education to get a degree in engineering.
She slaved away for that time, went heavily into debt, and was an A student.
During that time she held a number of part time careers, from waitressing to teaching sports, always focused on the objective.
She was hired by a top engineering company 6 months before she graduated, at the top of her class.
On the first day of her job, she was given her office (very sizable) and her workstation (top of the line), and left her to it.
As her new boss closed the door to her office, it hit her:
She would spend the next 40 years of her life, in front of a work station, working on CAD.
No change, this office, while fantastic, would be her prison.
She quit and walked out that afternoon.
Imagine the time and money put towards this venture. All too often, I’ve seen people spend years of their lives, working towards a goal in their career, only to realize that it’s not what they really wanted.
While I have all the respect in the world for her, imagine if she had taken 3 months over a summer, and offered to work for an engineering company as one of her part time careers.
Or, imagine if while in university, she had focused her part time work on areas that she thought she might like.
By getting your feet wet in an industry, you have a ton of benefits
- You get to know people
Industries move in small circles, and usually everybody knows each other. A reputation can be built on knowing people in an industry, and communicating with them.
- You get to see your future
Look at the people who have spent their life in a career – if you follow this path, you most likely will end up similar to their situation when you reach their age.
Looking at their life down the road lets you see your future life through a window – from here you can make an informed choice as to whether or not it’s “for you.”
- It’s an easier transition
The easiest transitions in the career world come from the one-step transitions.
That is, if you’re a computer engineer for a railway company, and would like to become a salesperson for a telephone company, there’s two good ways and one bad way to make a transition.
The two good ways to make a transition are to go from computer engineer to salesperson at the railway company – this is a relatively easy transition, as you likely already understand the ins and outs of your industry. From here, the transition to salesperson a telephone company is much easier – you already understand sales, and learning telephones is a relatively easy process as the activity is similar, just a different product
The other good way to transition is to go from being a computer engineer at a railway company to a computer engineer at a telephone company – this way you can learn the industry and then the transition to sales is easier.
Moving directly from one to the other, however, can be very difficult – it presents a much bigger learning curve, and often a larger drop in income, due to making a number of switches at once.
In this case, part time careers can help, as they can expose you to different experience based on where you want to go.
If you can’t find part time work in the field you’d like to be in, focus on similar activities.
For example, if you’re in an introverted or administrative position, and want to be in a people focus your part time careers on work that involves people – working in a restaurant, tourist bureau, or teaching a sport.
If you’re in a people based career and need to improve your organization skills, try focusing your part time careers on data entry or paperwork based skills.
These careers may not be the most lucrative at the moment, however the ability to gain extra skills to round out your portfolio can be very helpful.
