{"id":3703,"date":"2014-04-04T20:04:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/?p=3703"},"modified":"2014-04-28T17:06:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T17:06:07","slug":"celebrate-college-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/2014\/04\/04\/celebrate-college-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate College Jobs!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you had a summer job, or worked part-time during college? Maybe you’ve done temp work, held an internship, or volunteered regularly? If so, we salute you!\"SEM\"<\/a><\/p>\n

College jobs provide you with lots of perks<\/a>. From career exploration…to higher GPAs…to being more highly sought after by employers once you graduate.<\/p>\n

In celebration of Student Employment Month<\/a>, we invite you to consider your college jobs<\/a>. What did you like, dislike, and learn from each experience?<\/p>\n

At a recent CES Weekly Table<\/a>, some of you shared your thoughts about your work experience. Your observations are insightful and sometimes hilarious:<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Coaching Sports
\nLiked:<\/strong> Flexibility with summer time
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Dealing with small children\/teenagers!
\nLearned: <\/strong>Time management<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Information Center Assistant
\nLiked:<\/strong> Everything. My boss, my co-workers, the environment…
\nDisliked: <\/strong>That I’m graduating and can’t do it next year.
\nLearned: <\/strong>How to work in a team, communicate effectively, provide great customer service, and behave in a professional manner<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Church Pianist\/Organist
\nLiked:<\/strong> Student-friendly hours\u2014weekends and week nights
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Nothing!
\nLearned: <\/strong>It pays to practice your instrument!<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Campus Tour Guide
\nLiked:<\/strong> Meeting prospective students
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Sometimes there are no tours scheduled, so I don’t get paid.
\nLearned: <\/strong>Communication\/interview skills<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> OT\/PT Assistant
\nLiked:<\/strong> Working with kids
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Working with kids
\nLearned: <\/strong>On the balance, I don’t like working with kids.<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Library Circulation Desk
\nLiked:<\/strong> The people I work with
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Working early shifts
\nLearned: <\/strong>It’s my first job, so I’ve learned a lot, but mainly that I can succeed in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Caddy
\nLiked:<\/strong> It was chill.
\nDisliked: <\/strong>Nothing
\nLearned: <\/strong>How to caddy<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Catering
\nLiked:<\/strong> Co-workers and free food
\nDisliked: <\/strong>The outfits
\nLearned: <\/strong>Customer service<\/p>\n

Job:<\/strong> Farm Assistant
\nLiked: <\/strong>Working in the field
\nDisliked: <\/strong>It was really hot in Grandview Idaho last summer.
\nLearned: <\/strong>The importance of hard work<\/p>\n

So, what have you gained through your<\/em> work roles? If your knee-jerk response is “nothing,” pause to reconsider. Every job teaches you something, even if it’s “I never want to do that again!”<\/p>\n

Want help filtering and translating your part-time job duties into marketable skills<\/a> on your resume? CES can help you celebrate your college work experience!<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2014 Career and Employment Services, University of Puget Sound
\nPhotos of Puget Sound students at work: Ross Mulhausen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

College jobs provide you with lots of perks<\/a>. From career exploration…to higher GPAs…to being more highly sought after by employers once you graduate. Celebrate!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":3704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[43],"class_list":["post-3703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-post","tag-part-time-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3703"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3732,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3703\/revisions\/3732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/cesblogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}