Quit part-time job and go full-time school?

BCEagle91
Wed, 29 May 2013 09:15:52 +0000

Congratulations on the acceptance!

I went to school a long time ago at BC and worked a part-time job at about 18 hours a week off campus. This was a second-shift clerical position where I was busy for about two hours and then had a lot of time at a desk answering phones and doing charts - basically not very busy and I had plenty of time to study. My current manager worked a lot of hours when she was in college and she had a security job. She did rounds and then went back to the lobby where she could study.

Our son worked 8-9 hours a week in an on-campus job at the tutoring center. There were times when it was quiet and he could study and times when it was busy. The on-campus job had a lot of advantages. The holiday and break schedule was the same as that of the school and his manager understood things like career fair days. The big benefit was logistics - he could just walk from his apartment to the tutoring center.

So I think that it depends on the type of job and the location of the job. If the job is one where you can study a lot of the time (working at the library, security, doing the reception desk in the apartments or dorms, tutoring, second-shift where you’re not busy all the time), then the number of hours may be far less of a problem. It also helps if the job is close to where you live or go to school - ideally where you live would be close to your school and your job.

The jobs will also look good on your resume as it is impressive (at least to me), when a college graduate has a continuous job record, even if it is not in the major area as it shows that the candidate understands the work environment.