<p>Why do college students get summer jobs at retail places and supermarkets?
Is it just because of pressure from their parents?
You're expending so much effort for only a fraction of what you'll make if you get a math/science related degree from a good school or a good MBA or JD.... or just about any degree for that matter! </p>
<p>My parents have told me to apply for these kind of jobs and I always laugh them off. I plan to intern during the summer next year at a law firm and I fail to see how working at Sears could benefit me in any way. I'd rather spend my summer with the AC on high cool playing video games in my living room.</p>
<p>You kind of sound like a tool. Planning to get an internship isn’t getting one. Holding down a “menial summer job” shows that you will actually show up and do your work and perhaps even some good customer service/interaction skills.</p>
<p>With an attitude like yours, I’m sure you’ll have a fun summer chasing ambulances, if that.</p>
<p>Good internships are hard to come by, especially if you don’t have any experience of having menial jobs.</p>
<p>You should feel lucky that you can sit at home in the AC playing video games. Some students actually have to work full-time in order to actually pay for college. </p>
<p>And, your major has nothing to do with it. People of every major get summer jobs, lol.</p>
<p>^ RoxSox, I never said that I wasn’t getting a summer job because of my major. A summer job would be a waste of time and energy for someone like me.</p>
<p>I know many people with M.A.'s who have to live off a menial job for a while before a real job comes along.
If your 20+ and you havn’t had a job yet the real world is going to shock you very very soon.</p>
<p>You have no plan…you probably will be unable to get a good internship with no work experience. It’s hard to even get hired at many retail stores without some work experience. Craigslist gigs ftw.</p>
<p>I don’t understand it either, i hate applying for those weak jobs i rather just have money already or have a professional internship, but my parents broke af so i can’t live off them like some rich kids can</p>
I think most college kids (/people in general) would agree, but you can’t have money without a job, and you aren’t likely to get a professional internship without prior work experience.</p>
<p>The basic thing you can gain from the responses is that you can’t have money without a job and as a college student money is a neccesity. Even if your parents have money no kid wants to have to ask there parents for money all the time, because then you might have to always explain what you’re going to spend it on. Also, nobody should be getting their first job when they get out of college. Thats just awful planning. You need to have some work experience to build up your resume. Working a job for 3 months straight for 4 years shows a lot of commitment and looks very good.</p>
<p>Marco, you’re wrong on so many levels there. There’s nothing wrong with asking your parents for money. I get money from my mom all the time and spend it on video games.</p>
<p>Getting a job, even if it is menial by anyone’s standards, is maybe the most important thing for a college-bound student. Students need the money for many reasons and they will not forsake an opportunity to get it. Colleges are not video games. It takes long-term planning to pay off the student debt, not to mention all those personal expenses that one encounters before, during and after college. I can see why you would consider it menial (maybe your lifestyle is different) but for some of us, it is ridiculous to even think this way as every penny is worth paying off a given amount of expense.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for the guys I know that end up getting a job as a bagger and then never get promoted. The neighborhood stores here are really awful about that practice, they’re lucky if they make it into the bakery or the deli.</p>
<p>@DreamingBig: well ■■■■■■■ sir. I continually find myself admiring your skills but you’ve been really stepping it up as of late. Just be careful not to let it slip too much more. The legal internship bit is pushing the ‘unrealistic expectations’ part a little too hard.</p>
The neighborhood stores here are really awful about that practice, they’re lucky if they make it into the bakery or the deli.</p>