I’m about to graduate college and go into the real world, and I’m trying to get a job right now. If I’m not able to get one in the next few months, I will need some source of income. What are good reliable ways that I can convert time to money before I get a full-time job?
EDIT: I’m a physics/chemistry undergraduate with a decent GPA, and I have some skills in coding if that helps. I’m applying for jobs in software development and data analysis, and I’ve applied to 25 so far and have only heard back from 1. I’m going to keep applying and am fairly confident I’ll get something, but in case everything fails I want to have a backup.
I feel like part-time work, and lightweight methods of converting time to money, have been chewed over in even more LW posts, but I can’t quickly dig them out.
Sending 25 resumes is one strategy, but there are others. I believe you should find a few companies you like, learn a lot about them, find someone who has a contact at them, and develop a relationship with that contact.
I’ve applied to 25 so far and have only heard back from 1.
I just went through the process of applying to software companies too. I get a strong impression that it’s a numbers game and low response rates are to be expected. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
If there’s a company that you really want to work for, then something like this seems like it’d be really hard to ignore.
What are good reliable ways that I can convert time to money before I get a full-time job?
Well there are a ton of low-skill jobs out there. And then there are higher skill jobs like tutoring that you may be able to pursue in the short term.
But why? I sense that right now, your time would be better spent on higher level actions like learning and thinking about what you want in life. This obviously depends on a lot of other things though. Like your goal and your financial situation.
I’m about to graduate college and go into the real world, and I’m trying to get a job right now. If I’m not able to get one in the next few months, I will need some source of income. What are good reliable ways that I can convert time to money before I get a full-time job?
EDIT: I’m a physics/chemistry undergraduate with a decent GPA, and I have some skills in coding if that helps. I’m applying for jobs in software development and data analysis, and I’ve applied to 25 so far and have only heard back from 1. I’m going to keep applying and am fairly confident I’ll get something, but in case everything fails I want to have a backup.
Potentially relevant stuff from brief Google site searches:
“Studying and Part-time work/supplementary income”
“Interesting (or semi-interesting) part time jobs?”
saving money by doing tasks in cheaper, time-consuming ways
bisserlis talking about joining a temp agency
“low stress employment/ munchkin income thread”
“Physics grad student: how to build employability in programming & finance”
I feel like part-time work, and lightweight methods of converting time to money, have been chewed over in even more LW posts, but I can’t quickly dig them out.
Sending 25 resumes is one strategy, but there are others. I believe you should find a few companies you like, learn a lot about them, find someone who has a contact at them, and develop a relationship with that contact.
This website has a lot of elements I agree with in terms of trying to get a job: http://corcodilos.com/blog/7633/how-to-tease-a-job-interview-out-of-a-manager
I just went through the process of applying to software companies too. I get a strong impression that it’s a numbers game and low response rates are to be expected. Feel free to PM me if you have any specific questions.
If there’s a company that you really want to work for, then something like this seems like it’d be really hard to ignore.
Well there are a ton of low-skill jobs out there. And then there are higher skill jobs like tutoring that you may be able to pursue in the short term.
But why? I sense that right now, your time would be better spent on higher level actions like learning and thinking about what you want in life. This obviously depends on a lot of other things though. Like your goal and your financial situation.