I need a summer job that pays pretty well, dont care too much about what i am doing... want to buy a new car and need some money over the summer... any good ideas anyone?!?!

Check with your placement department/office at your school. I've gotten all of my internships and jobs through there.

Otherwise do factory work, construction, home depot, etc.
Landscaping, bartending... there's so many things out there.

I need a summer job that pays pretty well, dont care too much about what i am doing... want to buy a new car and need some money over the summer... any good ideas anyone?!?!

If you want something that pays well - look for the more obscure stuff like working in a volume warehouse at night.

Summer specific stuff pays the best (as they figure in not having to pay you all winter) - I used to make $13 an hour driving a forklift at night in a warehouse that shipped supplies for convience stores because they needed extra help shipping stuff all summer to beach stores.

Used to work 11pm to 7am - course - you're sleeping your summer daytimes away - but you'll make money.

They paid us so well because they knew come mid-August - you walked away happy and thats usually when their volume started dropping off again.

Wait tables. It's a great job that everybody should have at least once in his/her life. I recommend it for a summer gig while in college, provided you're old enough to serve alcohol, which you probably are while you're in college (18 at least in NJ). The great thing about that is that it's easy to pick up shifts during breaks if you need extra cash while you're at home. And if you're not doing anything, it's better than sitting at home.

This applies to tending bar, too, but sometimes those jobs take a little training, and it's a bit tougher to get your foot in the door.

I was always a summer camp counselor. I did this from ages 16 until 21. Fairly decent wages considering the also took care of room and board (and this camp was in a great city.)

During all 4 summers I worked as a door-to-door salesman and made an unbelievable load of cash each summer. If you think you'd fare well at these things, let me know and I'll refer you to someone:

1. Working 12 hour days, 6 days a week
2. Moving away from where you live for 4 months at your own expense
3. Knocking on peoples doors that hate you at first and convincing them to like you / buy your product
4. Only commision - no sale, no money

Like I said, let me know if you think you'd do well and I can get you in easy - I made an average of $45,000 each summer (4 months) and it served as a launching pad for my sales career.

During all 4 summers I worked as a door-to-door salesman and made an unbelievable load of cash each summer. If you think you'd fare well at these things, let me know and I'll refer you to someone:

1. Working 12 hour days, 6 days a week
2. Moving away from where you live for 4 months at your own expense
3. Knocking on peoples doors that hate you at first and convincing them to like you / buy your product
4. Only commision - no sale, no money

Like I said, let me know if you think you'd do well and I can get you in easy - I made an average of $45,000 each summer (4 months) and it served as a launching pad for my sales career.

$45,000 in 4 months!!!!

Heck, now I'm thinking of quitting my after college job to do this!

I was always a summer camp counselor. I did this from ages 16 until 21. Fairly decent wages considering the also took care of room and board (and this camp was in a great city.)

I am not sure how much it pays but there is a program called 'Camp Adventure' that is looking for summer camp counselors. Students spend their summer in Europe (Military Communities) going on trips, planning activities, teaching swimming lessons (just to name a few) with all expenses paid. You would have to some research, I just know my son had lots of great counselors the last few years.

What could be better then spending your summer on the Med??

Good Luck

Last year I worked at a state park for just over $8 on the nightshift. I found it to be quite easy the easy job, but I'm thinking that you're wanting a bit more coin than what this offers you.

(Of course, I'm looking for to not have a job, but still have income... I haven't quite figured this one out yet.)

I worked in a bar all through University 2 or 3 nights per weekend. Best job I ever had.

1 The odd free pint
2 Tips
3 Totty
4 Since you're not out in the evening at the weekend, you save a stack.
5 Still get the odd pint bought for me there, even though I haven't worked there for 8 years.

Andrew.

hmm thanks for the suggestions guys... Im thinkin i might end up in either a factory or at a computer store... This is for 2 reasons. 1) I want a daytime job so I can still have my nights free for either time with my gf / family / friends or another job if i really need it. and 2) I want a well paying job, and I dont really mind physical labor, so a factory or something would pay me very well, and although i would have to work hard for it, it would be worth it to me... plus its like a free workout haha! With the computer thing, i have a lot of computer certifications and things, but i still need to drop off my application / resume to the place i want to work at. Im not sure if that would be full time though... hmm...

other options:
Gym
Landscaping

This is not the best suggestion for earning money but I think its something you should consider in the future.

It would be an excellent experience to do some volunteer work overseas. Go for a period of a couple of months, you should only have to pay for airfares and the rest is taken care of. You can work in developing and developed countries on all kinds of projects. Sure, you dont get paid (unless you're a professional) but you'll get to travel, experience other cultures and help some other people (or animals) while you're at it.

Its the kind of adventure that would change your life in innumerable ways and enhance your personal anthropology (the way we see the world). Plus it looks good on your resume. Its good to do while your still young, without any responsibilities so you can afford to just take off for a couple of months.

Give it some thought. In this globalised world its now so easy to travel to places far away and experience different cultures that I think its a shame most people dont take advantage of this only recent opportunity.

During all 4 summers I worked as a door-to-door salesman and made an unbelievable load of cash each summer. If you think you'd fare well at these things, let me know and I'll refer you to someone:

1. Working 12 hour days, 6 days a week
2. Moving away from where you live for 4 months at your own expense
3. Knocking on peoples doors that hate you at first and convincing them to like you / buy your product
4. Only commision - no sale, no money

Like I said, let me know if you think you'd do well and I can get you in easy - I made an average of $45,000 each summer (4 months) and it served as a launching pad for my sales career.


Are you kidding??? If not, what area of sales do you do NOW? What was it you were selling then?

http://www.cybercamps.com/cybercamps/index.asp

I worked at a computer camp for two summers- once in Miami/Orlando, once in Vegas. It was one of the best experiences of my life. I was paid approximately 450 dollars a week, tax-free. They put us up in dorm rooms and all of our meals were free as well. I don't know if this camp is the same, but it's great fun and you get to interact with a lot of funny little kids during the day.

I worked at a Summer Day Camp -- it was great!
$15-20 an hour
45 hours a week
4 days a week we played soccer for 7 of the 9 hours and went on a lame field trip
The 5th day we went to one of the local water parks for the entire day.

If you received a good score on any sort of standardized test, try teaching for kaplan/the princeton review or some other such company. I teach for The Princeton Review and it's the most flexible/best paying job ever for the amount of work you do. Roughly 20 bucks an hour and you can work as few or as many hours a week as you want. Great job to have during the school year too. Check it out (assuming one of these companies operates in your area).

Are you kidding??? If not, what area of sales do you do NOW? What was it you were selling then?

Lol - it was door to door pest control. Basically I would walk around neighborhoods all summer selling people pest control - but not just one pest control session -- a year long contract -- 7 services at 73 bucks a pop - a total of $511 dollars.

And I got 30% of that.

My first summer I made around $30,000, last summer $60-70g (with slacking the last month) - The years between I made right around $45,000.

But don't be fooled, there were TONS of people that would go out and spend 2 months knocking doors and make about $100 bucks total. I have always had a knack at the WOW principle (winning others over in a VERY short time) My last summer I got so good I could easily sell 1 in every 3 homeowners that opened the door.

It may sound dumb why anyone would buy pest control, but if you own a $200,000+ house and you open the door to me there, your going to get pest control, and you're going to thank me on my way out!

My occupation now: Pharmaceutical Rep - I love it. Sure, I don't make nearly as much per month but it's less strenuous, more long-term customers, more flexibility, and you don't have to rely on manipulating peoples reactions to get them to buy stuff.

If not the camp idea I posted, I would second the idea of trying something overseas. Most people have those 4 years of college where they're completely without any responsibilities- no job, no kids, no spouse. After you graduate, you're going to probably get a job somewhere.

Take the opportunity while you can. If you need money for the school year, get a part-time job. In my estimation, it's worth it to do something that you may not get to do again for years, if at all.

I work in a big Belfast Nightclub, the works hard enough but the managers arent wanekrs like in other jobs, it's a more relaxed job that way. It gets very busy and theres a lot of work involved, but you get to have a drink or two after the nights over and sit around and talk til about 4am, good job. I enjoy it, beats stacking shelves.

Try nightclubs, easy to get work in them even as floor staff if your under age.

I need a summer job that pays pretty well, dont care too much about what i am doing... want to buy a new car and need some money over the summer... any good ideas anyone?!?!

Try a theme park such as Six Flags or Cedar Point.
I worked at Cedar Point for two summers while in college. They even provided a cheap dorm room to live in while I worked.
All the theme parks have to hire 3-4000 seasonal people in a short time. After talking to one of the supervisors at Kings Island Ohio if you agree to work in food service you basically just need a warm body to get hired.

Honestly, I don't agree with a lot of the suggestions here.

The smartest thing you can do is get an internship or job that will relate to your major. You want the experience when you come out of college. Good grades are not enough for that first job. You may make less money, but it is in your long term interest. Those summer jobs help to become your launch pad for your post-college career.

My sister is the perfect example. She worked jobs that were fun over the summer, but they did not build her resume in the least. Now she is graduating with good grades, but cannot find a job.

The honest reason is that lots of people have good grades, but those people that have the prior work-related experience get noticed and get the jobs more often.

So, my tip to you is to look for a job that will help you in the long term.

Honestly, I don't agree with a lot of the suggestions here.

The smartest thing you can do is get an internship or job that will relate to your major. You want the experience when you come out of college. Good grades are not enough for that first job. You may make less money, but it is in your long term interest. Those summer jobs help to become your launch pad for your post-college career.


I am the counter-example, then. I had some crappy jobs (7-11) and some fun jobs (computer camp) coming out of school. The camp was slightly related to my work (IT), but not really. Yet, when I came out of school, I was able to land a well-paying job (>55k).

Depending on your major, you might have lots of opportunities to do things related to your field- anthropology or other sciences often have programs that allow you to work with professors in your chosen field.

Of course any internship would help for when you exit college, however if you are in a major like mine (EE) it's really difficult to find any good job apart from co-oping. If it's just a regular job, part-time style, I found it was fairly easy to just apply to everywhere you can find online. Many stores do this including Best Buy (where I work), Circuit City, Finish Line, Macys, JC Penny, Sears, practically any of the big corporations.