Weekend jobs

[Comefromaway]

Has anyones child been successful in finding a weekend job to help pay their way through university.

For the last 2 years dd has been working on a Saturday assisting at kids drama classes but they closed due to Covid and although they are about to re-open half the classes have been dropped so they need less staff.

She's been looking for weeks now but everything that is advertised wants flexibility to be able to work weekdays and weekends. She is only available Saturdays and Sundays. She's very close to a major retail shopping outlet but there is nothing, lots of 20 hour per week contracts and temporary christmas vacancies but they want someone to start October/November through to January.

Are there any places known for employing student on a weekend who she could maybe write to on spec or any other ideas where to look?

Sorry for late reply...

Redwigwam is a great site to enrol on (application longwinded). They offer all sorts of work, one off jobs..They are a trusted Agency, they advertise for food brands, temp bar staff, warehouse pickers etc.. They cover the UK but she will just see work in her area.

Serve Legal - Challenge 25 age restricted jobs. 18/19 year olds.

Tern Mystery shopping - as above.

There are some good Aps that offer all sorts of one off jobs (checking products in supermarkets etc). Roamler, Smartspotter.. Are probably the best..

Most of these companies pay daily after job reviewed or at least weekly.

Agree about Elf jobs my daughter has already been contacted by the Garden Centre she has worked at over Xmas the last two years.. Drama students are idea for these jobs.

Might not be her scene but the supermarkets are trying to promote there flower sales.. Morrisons look to be recruiting and will train staff.

If there is an Explore Learning centre near you they are always recruiting.. Pay is not great though.

Yes my daughter is an art student and runs an art group in the evenings and odd weekends for children.

@Comefromaway

I don't think you can tell a girl who since the age of 11 has left the house at 6.30am to go to school and not returned home until 7.30-7.45pm, every day for 5 years then did 2 years of a full time diploma from 8.00am - 6-7.00pm plus studied for A levels in her spare time to man up. During lockdown she had zoom college every day from 9.15am - 4.00pm. A levels were cancelled, her practical training was not.

Her course is 35 hours per week minimum and it is practical & physical, she doesn't get free periods.

But I presume no one is ‘telling’ her anything, and it’s she who wants a job!

Seconding bar work, and one of my students used to muck out fifteen livery horses before she showed up in my 9 am lectures smelling of hay and horse.

I mostly had campus jobs — night-time reshelving shifts in the library? — and crammed in FT or several PT holiday jobs in vac. Friends worked at a climbing wall, as bouncers.

Baby sitting perhaps evenings and nights.
Childcare.co.uk good site.

I think the obvious one is babysitting or childcare over the summer holidays. Student jobs will be difficult as so many people need work to keep going financially. She does get a loan so she shouldn’t be desperate but if it’s London, I know everything costs a lot!