Highest paid weekend job... (gap year)

hey, i am working 9-5 weekdays and just not making enough money to fund my travel plans anyway i have decided to look for a weekend job because that way i will be forced not to go out as much then thus save money and i will earn more obv.

i was wondering what the highest paid job is around central london that an undergrad could do in weekends, i dont really mind what it is, i hear waitering in some posh areas can be pretty gd with tips, anyone else have any ideas?

bar work seems pretty kl, the only problem is i have no experience at all in it

Try to go to a agency and see if you can get a job in hospitality even if its for 1 day. You can put this on your resume when you apply for a bar and they will be a lot more likely to hire you Thats what worked for me. Did waitering for an event for 1 day.

Ah sorry for the confusion. I didn't mean to imply you had no experience at all. I meant to get experience in the field of hospitality. If you get some experience that is in the same field but a bit easier than you can put that on your resume and theyll be more likely to hire you to do barwork. Like when I did that event I was in the kitchen cleaning glasses half of my shift. But I could put down event waitering as experience nonetheless. And I did serve drinks for a bit as well.

I hate the whole cycle of experience and work. It seems these days you need experience to even get experience...so how on earth are we supposed to get jobs in some areas when we're denied the experience?
I applied for some journalism work experience once. Got told to do a journalism degree then come back and ask. That would have been so pointless if I had wanted the work experience to see if I wanted to be a journalist and therefore do a journalism degree!

What's your day job? I don't even have one of those now

Hey icy would it be too private to ask what you get payed an hour? Just curious what I could expect when I try to get a job in London. I heard you could expect about 5-6 pound an hour?

Does anyone know what mcdonalds pays? probably minimum wage? Asking cause its what I do in Australia so it would be easy to get in in England as well I reckon and you meet a lot of new people as well.

lol i dont mind, i get paid about £8 right now for admin work

mcdonalds pays minimum wage, not sure exactly what that is buy i think £5.50

At my supermarket I got paid £6 an hour.


I tried Reed's online website but to no avail. I think I shall have to go in to my nearest office. Do you know if appointments are needed first?

yeah i tried online but it was hopeless, just walk in there, that is what i did and i got a job in a coupla mins, they make you take a really straightforward computer test on word, excel and typing and give you an informal interview, make sure you have ni number, refrences with you, and put your cv on their website before.

yeah i live in london, i went to the one in camden town just a coupla mins away from me, i think the smaller ones may not be able to let you take the test in the office so u have to go home and do an online one so go to one of the bigger ones.

yeah im on a gap year, i just told them the truth, that ill only be workin for a coupla months, and i told them that i had no experience at all. They were ok with it as long as you seem ok, have gd grades, refrence from school...
i dont think it matters to them because contracts are usually only for a month. gd luck