Summer job after finishing college.

DeadMoney

Hi, I am in my final year of college studying business & law and I am hoping to start some sort of a job as soon as I finish in June. I want to work for about 4 months until next October so that I can hopefully save enough money to go away to the US for a year on a graduate visa. I've plenty of work experience but most of this lies in hospitality & retail. I will be applying for any possible jobs I can and assume if I get anything it will be something in hospitality or retail. I am wondering however since I will be more or less a 3rd level graduate, is there anything a bit better I can apply for other than minimum wage jobs? I heard a friend mention office 'secretary type' jobs that are available in Dublin and that apparently pay decent enough. Anyone have any pointers or suggestions?

Thanks!!

TheRiddler

You could try contacting law firms looking for trainee/assistant roles or maybe a legal secretary type position? I'm not sure what qualifications are needed for that but I'm sure a degree in law would be looked upon favourably.

DeadMoney

TheRiddler wrote: »

You could try contacting law firms looking for trainee/assistant roles or maybe a legal secretary type position? I'm not sure what qualifications are needed for that but I'm sure a degree in law would be looked upon favourably.

Thanks, my degree will actually be in Business & Law as the law part was just my final year specialism but yes I will definitely look in to this.

Spacedog

look into temping agancies. as you are only going to be there 4 months, and have qualifications, temping contracts, pay more, more intresting work. and you have freedom to leave or stay on if the client likes you.

I worked for La Creme on a couple of contracts in between college, full time jobs, and was good exp.

DeadMoney

Spacedog wrote: »

look into temping agancies. as you are only going to be there 4 months, and have qualifications, temping contracts, pay more, more intresting work. and you have freedom to leave or stay on if the client likes you.

I worked for La Creme on a couple of contracts in between college, full time jobs, and was good exp.

Thanks, yeah I've heard about temping agencies before. I don't know how to approach them though, do you need to pay them to be put on their lists? Do you happen to know any names of agencies in Dublin?
Thanks!

shadowqueen

A legit, professional agency doesn't charge its workers - there are a lot of outfits out there that will claim to have lots of jobs lined up, and can place you as soon as you pay a "registration fee" - walk away from these outfits, as they are just scams.

Remember that a temping agency can never promise you work, so beware of any that do. I've temped a lot at this stage abut most of my experience has been in the UK. I can't give you any names but one thing I will say is that wherever you end up, you'll probably have more luck with a smaller, independent agency (provided they're legit) that will probably have started up with local contacts, than you will with a global chain. Another important thing, if you're planning to work for the summer, is to register early - maybe around Easter. Temping agencies usually take on a limited number of newbies in the summer when a lot of students are going to them looking for work, so get registered before the rush starts.

Approach them first with a simple email asking for appointment. Be clear about the type of agency it is - some "agencies" are in reality only websites, and "registering" just means you get newsletters. These are highly unlikely to provide you with work, what you need is an agency that will want to register and interview you in person before deciding whether or not to add you to their books.

Temping in Dublin really isn't great and if you were open to the idea, I'd strongly suggest going abroad, but you could get lucky. No harm in registering with more than one agency, as work is intermittent and decent agencies will offer contracts to their regulars first before considering anyone else for the job.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

DeadMoney

Thanks for that!