Include industry recognised and industry specific qualifications where relevant - especially if cheap, easy to do, and can be obtained over a few days

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Apply to temp agencies

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Be open to manual labour

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Go for small and medium companies and apply speculatively - ideally get word from your network before handing in your CV

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Don't necessarily go for highly regulated industries unless they're closely related to what you're studying/want to do later in life

I would also look into internships and insight days should you wish to work at large corporate companies upon graduation. As you are in your first year, you are in the prime time to apply for these opportunities, and the competition would be fierce.

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Emma:-)

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Original post by ak00007

Any advice for a first year student on finding a part-time job?

Look on indeed.com
Look on companies own websites (as some places such as tesco, mcdonalds etc etc have the vacancies on the careers section of their website and require you to apply online).
For smaller places, look in shop windows.