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What is the best website for finding part time and temporary jobs?

I want to find a part time job in between my studies

Reply 1

Original post
by Bethany222
I want to find a part time job in between my studies

Online, I'd try all the jobsites: LinkedIn, Total Jobs, CV Library, Google Jobs, Reed, etc
Offline, I'd try local shops, and/or see if any of your parents' friends or family friends require tutoring and charge per hour, that way it supports your learning too.
Original post
by Bethany222
I want to find a part time job in between my studies

Indeed
Also try companies own websites. Some companies (e.g. mcdonalds, tesco etc etc) have their vacancies on the careers section of their websites.

Reply 3

Gumtree can be good for part time/temp roles with smaller local places like cafes. A lot of smaller employers don't use the bigger sites like Indeed or Reed.

Reply 4

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by StriderHort
Gumtree can be good for part time/temp roles with smaller local places like cafes. A lot of smaller employers don't use the bigger sites like Indeed or Reed.

That's true, I've noticed some job ads on facebook too. However, beware of scams! There are scams across all online sites these days, including Linkedin :frown:

Reply 5

Original post
by musclesheriff
Online, I'd try all the jobsites: LinkedIn, Total Jobs, CV Library, Google Jobs, Reed, etc
Offline, I'd try local shops, and/or see if any of your parents' friends or family friends require tutoring and charge per hour, that way it supports your learning too.

Thank you xxx

Reply 6

Original post
by StriderHort
Gumtree can be good for part time/temp roles with smaller local places like cafes. A lot of smaller employers don't use the bigger sites like Indeed or Reed.

Not heard of Gumtree before. Thank you! Xxx
Original post
by Bethany222
I want to find a part time job in between my studies

A few of the part time jobs I had when studying I found by looking on company websites so I agree with that advice. Can be a bit more time consuming but you know it's not a scam or anything applying that way. The first job I had in retail I took my CV in to a shop which had a sign in the window promoting its vacancies.

If you're still at school or college at the moment this might not help much - but if you're in further study then your uni might have a careers page or hire students on campus to work alongside their studies. Those vacancies are normally really flexible around your classes and other comittments 🙂

Caitlin 🎓️
Official University of Strathclyde Rep

Reply 8

Thanks Caitlin really appreciate this xxx

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