If you are a student and you are taking part-time jobs, the most difficult task would be balancing between study and work. Time management is essential when it comes to different responsibilities, and in this blog post we want to share with you some tips and guidelines on how to better manage your time.

First of all you want to check how much money you really need. Of course you always want to have more, but it’s not a good idea to sacrifice your time and your studies by juggling between two part-time jobs and your university life.

Choose Your Part-time Job Wisely  

Make sure your part-time job is relevant to your career path. You don’t want to graduate with three years of experience in retail. That’s not going to help you. Choose something that is related to your career and you enjoy doing it. That way it will not tire you as much and you can fit it into your schedule easier.

Establish Priorities 

Making sure some tasks have to be done first is essential. Prioritize on some tasks and make sure you do them first. Don’t procrastinate and get things done on time. This can be obtained through practice and over time. It will create a sense of accomplishment for you when you get things done on time, and will boost your self-esteem.

Cut Yourself Some Slack 

Make sure you have some time to relax and socialize with friends. This will give you the energy to work better. Don’t make your life about work, but practice how to get things done on time and enjoy the break, so you can have a breath and get back to work.

Have a Tight Schedule 

Schedule your time and make sure you follow closely. Put in enough time for both work and study as well as some time to relax to catch up with friends in your schedule.

Work Goal-oriented

The best investment you can make is in yourself, so try to work with intentions of becoming professional in a field. This will help you to find better opportunities as you work and progress. Try learning new skills that will help you in your job.

Don’t Miss Out On School 

Don’t fail your subjects because of work. Prioritize on university. Make sure you take an amount of work that you can handle, and only when you are really comfortable with it try to widen your range. Eventually you are looking at full-time jobs that require university degree, so don’t make your life about part-time jobs, but try to gain as much as you can from it.

Part-time jobs are excellent way of creating a career path for your future. Get on board and start working happy!

Making the right resume that showcases your best is crucial in a job search. A good resume should tell the employers what are your best assets are and what experiences have had.

As a student without any prior full-time job experience the task becomes more difficult. You need to show your abilities as well all the activities you have taken part in to prove that you are right for the job done.

Here are five tips on how to make a kick-ass resume for part-time jobs application:

1. Highlight Your Qualifications 

Show your abilities and skills on top of the resume. That is the most important thing the employers look into if you do not have any prior work experience. You can write them in point form to make it easier to read. This section will give the employer an idea of your personality and passion in life.

2. Give Education Priority 

Often education comes after work experienced and related activities, but if you are seeking part-time jobs make sure they know right away where you study. Make sure to include the name the of the current and previous institute that you have studied at. This will give the employer a better idea of your background.

3. Include Unrelated Jobs 

There are tons of work and activities that you take part in during your college that may be completely unrelated to the job that you are trying to apply for. Make sure you put everything in. They might not be related, but they will show the employer that you are active and know how to get things done. Include your volunteer activities. They are important. Any volunteer work that you have done in the past.

4. Skills 

Include a section with all your skills: soft skills, language skills, digital skills and other related skill you can think of. (Except maybe eating a whole pizza on your own!)

5. Contact Details 

Last, but not least make sure you put your contact details on the top of the resume which is the most important thing. You need to include your phone number, your address and your email address. At the bottom of the resume you may include some references if you want, but make sure you have informed those people about it and they will respond if contacted.

All the best!

So you just graduated and now you are looking for a job, but a career doesn’t look too good in your major. Let’s say you took a part-time job or an internship, and you didn’t have the same passion anymore, or the employment opportunities are scarce in your field.

Don’t panic.

Getting a job outside your major is nothing to be scared of. There are those jobs that require their specific degree. If you want to be a nurse or a doctor, you must have a medical degree, but most career fields today are more or less accessible with other degrees.

Your degree will never be irrelevant.

If you are looking for a job, what the employers are looking for is the skills and knowledge that you have gained in the past. They don’t care that much about what degree you hold. As long as you hold a degree and you are fit for the job, they will give you a chance.

What matters the most is YOU. You need to find the right path where you will have room to grow in order to use your potentials to the fullest. The knowledge you learn from you classes and assignments in university does not always determine your career field

Why your major doesn’t matter that much

Taking a job in a different field than your major isn’t a big deal. In fact in the future probably more people will be switching their industry than before. The marketplace is changing all the time and the employers are looking for skills not grades.

Here are some of the things that matter more than what major you have studied:

• Experience. Whatever job you get after your degree, employees look for the experience you have learned and the skills you have acquired in whatever undertakings you have had in the past. Skills can be learnt and transformed into new environments. In fact having a different major that the industry may give you the advantage of a fresh new perspective

• Skills.

          There are a bunch of skills that are necessary for working in any company.

          Just to name a few:

• Written and oral communication
• Research and analysis
• Problem-solving abilities
• Working in a team
• Decision making
• Innovation
• Emotional intelligence

By working at any company you will learn these skills, so when you are trying for a new job, or a job outside your major, the employer will want to know whether you have these skills. Then you need to be able to learn new skills which brings us to the next point.

• Adaptability. If your major is not same as the job you are applying, you need learn how to adapt to new things. Well, even if your major is the same as the job you are applying for, you will need to adapt to things. But if you are applying for a different major, then you need to be more adaptive. Learning new concepts may not be the hardest part. Unlearning what you were taught in your three years of degree will be.