Part -Time jobs for International students

Author: Kiran Taj Khan

 

Introduction:
Studying abroad is the dream of every ambitious professional. But managing your dream of foreign education and meeting the challenges of a foreign land is a difficult task to handle and those with a solid motivation can handle it so. Foreign land wouldn't just offer you the challenges of new people, experience, education system, but it will also restrain your financial capabilities. In those difficult moments, part-time jobs can help you save a few bills. Although, your main focus should be on your degree, but extra money wouldn't hurt you a lot. Working while studying abroad is a pretty common norm as many international students grab several jobs in their course of foreign studies.
While opting for a part time job in the host country, you need to analyze a few things before signing up for this. For example the rules and regulations for the availability of work for foreign students as every country hold different stance on this due to the native scenarios. Therefore, check those protocols before applying for a job while studying abroad.
Since your education is your first and utmost priority, therefore your part time venture must not affect your actual task. Keeping this in view, you should be very calculative in applying for several jobs. Criteria of good job for international students should offer following things.
Criteria of an ideal part-time job for an international student

1. It should be compatible with the tough lifestyle of a student. Jobs with flexible working hours should be given priority.
2. Majority international students narrowed their opportunities due to their lack of command of the native language. Therefore, to widen their scope for the future, they should indulge themselves in jobs where they are provided with opportunities to enhance their language skills.
3. Moreover, foreign students find it really hard to interact with the society network and making up new friends. Their job experience should help them to integrate in the society and enables them to find new friends.

This is an ideal scenario for a student to get a part time job in the area which is related to your degree and can help you to gain experience in the field during your degree years an helps you find new  opportunities of success in the future.
You may already have a few options in mind before setting up for a part time job, but here a few options, you might want to consider.
Restaurant and Cafes jobs:
Restaurants in the cities always welcome help at wages depending upon the needs and requirements of the working hours. Restaurant and cafes can offer you jobs as waiters, kitchen, mopping and swabbing and even chefs depending on your skills. These jobs are easily available without demanding any prior experience. These jobs can help you improve your communication skills by creating more opportunities of interaction with the local community. However, these jobs are highly fatiguing and can interrupt your focus of your degree on busy customer days.
On Campus Jobs:
 Working on a campus is an absolute ideal opportunity to get. However, in a few countries, part time work for international students is restricted strictly to the on campus jobs for example in the USA. Working at university offers you a several type of jobs, for example, cafeteria jobs or the computer center or library or student unions or lab assistant jobs depending on the skills of the student. On campus jobs will fulfill all the above mentioned criteria of an ideal job. As they provide you chances to meet new people and help you to enhance your language skill. However, on campus jobs are comparatively competitive and difficult to get.
Work at call centers:
These jobs are not on the priority list of majority students as they demand proficiency in the language and extraordinary good communication skills. These jobs are comparatively well paid then other options in the list. These jobs are highly demanding in skills, but the pride you a healthy environment.
Internship opportunities:
Internship opportunities can help you grow in your field and gets you a basic environment of the desired area. Successful internships can help you end up in getting a job in the desired field. If you need to support your expenses, then you should look for paid internships, however, all kinds of internships are rewarding in true sense. Being an intern, you should keep this thing in the head that you wouldn't be assigned big stuff in your earlier days, so don't get upset and demoralize if you are restricted to fetching coffee mugs initially. You need to be patient and take that as a learning experience.
Conclusion:
Part time job opportunities, while studying abroad helps the students to get familiar with the true challenges of the world outside their campus. Moreover, it can also help them to support their bills if they are struggling financially. But your job should not divert you from your real purpose of getting a higher degree in the area of your choice and it should assist you to shine in your career, once you complete your foreign studies.

Kiran Taj Khan is currently working as researcher,web content writer. She has written articles on several issues related to recruitment and international studies.