Why do Students Need to Work?
Many people can relate to the financial constraints experienced by students; and in today’s somewhat uncertain economic climate, students are facing an even tougher challenge in finding suitable part-time jobs to supplement their living expenses. In the same way that staying in has become the new going out for some, students are finding that their options for working from home are exceeding their options in finding a regular part-time job elsewhere. On the whole, home based jobs are becoming more attractive to many different people for very different reasons; and for students, a part-time job from home (and the flexibility it brings) could reduce any anxieties about trying to keep up with studies and hold down a regular job at the same time.
Getting Started
Preparing yourself for any job whether full or part-time, in or out of the home, requires a certain amount of organisation as well as structure and a degree of flexibility. Working from home is (for the most part) synonymous with flexibility and freedom, and it is these two things that are attractive to students wishing to work on a part-time basis as well as maintaining certain other freedoms. Perhaps one of the easiest ways to find jobs from home is to carry out a detailed search on the internet which will present a myriad of options to choose from and which will help to get the ball rolling. With little more than a computer, an internet connection, the desire to earn money and a certain amount of time to fill, students could be earning a reasonable income with a job from home.
Which Jobs from Home are Well Suited to Students?
Students who wish to take a part-time job from home face different challenges to others. Fitting in time for lectures, studying and exams, as well as maintaining an active social life, requires planning as well as focus and the drive to be disciplined in all areas. Working from home can take much of the pain out of trying to fit everything in to an already cluttered life of studies and social activities; and depending on the type of job undertaken, it can be a great aid to developing some of those valuable life-skills in preparation for independent living in post-education years.
One of the ways in which students could find jobs from home is to take online surveys. There are many different panels to sign up to, and most of them offer cash payments as well as high street vouchers, regular competitions, and cash prizes. Companies such as Paid Surveys UK can advise as to which are the best survey panels to sign up to, and they also offer regular email newsletters containing details of the latest panels recruiting at that time.
Many different groups of people in all walks of life are highly sought after by online survey companies to assist them in researching new products and services for all types of businesses; and students are well placed to be able to devote some time to this type of part-time job. Product testing at home is just one of the many tasks and projects available to take part in, and students whose abilities stretch to providing well constructed and coherent opinions on how a product performs (and what could be done to improve it) are providing some much needed feedback to manufacturers.
Being part of an online survey or product testing panel can lead to further opportunities for carrying out other online work such as data entry, reviewing websites, writing blog posts and even article writing, all of which can be easily fitted in around other daily duties and obligations. Students are ideal candidates for these types of jobs, and more and more opportunities present themselves regularly.
Enjoying Life whilst being a Student
Students are often told that their educational years are amongst the happiest years of their lives, and few students would disagree with that, in principle. However, financial niggles can increase anxiety levels even in the brightest and most promising of students; and ways of remedying these worries are often limited. The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ will only stretch so far, and what good is education if it doesn’t include preparation for independent adult life? In taking on a part-time job from home, students learn valuable skills which will help them to structure their working lives and be as successful as possible in their careers, as well as providing benefits such as saving time in travelling to and from work – more time for study and far fewer distractions!
