Do you think it is a good idea that university students should have a part-time job while they’re studying?

Nowadays, studying is more complicated and difficult. That acquires students to focus on their studying seriously. However, I believe that it is good for students to have a part-time job while they are in universities.

First, I must mention is that part-time job may give an amount of money to students to help them cover their studying and their current life. You know everybody has different situations and not everybody is rich. While students are learning, students do need money for many purposes such as buying specialized books, school fee, and so on. I think a part-time job is really an effective tool to resolve these problems. Not only does part-time help students to resolve economic problems but it also provides for students with valuable life experience. Taking a part-time means facing up with our lives. Life is not easy like we have ever thought. Working environment is much different from classroom. Hence, we can learn experienced lessons which cannot be learnt from textbooks. For example, when you take a part-time job as a waiter. You cannot behave as if when you are at home. At least, you must know polite manners, know how to respect the customers and yourself. Even though you are a waiter in a restaurant also helps you improve your communication skills.

Second, part-time jobs will provide you many valuable life lessons such as learning how to pay attention to the small things ( e.g. you may take your time to do things that you don’t usually do such as making you look tidy with your clothes and so on.), learning to manage your things that you have to prepare for work ( e.g. you have already prepared your documents before going to workplace.), learning to use your manners to say polite words such as “please" and "thank you" going a long way, and creating strong relationships with those around you. Next, you will learn how to face with many kinds of issues at workplace. For example, you may learn how to identify the issues in order to make you clear about what the problem is, and to understand the different people might have different views of the issues. And then you will learn to list the issues from identification of interests. Understanding everyone’s interests is the needs that you want satisfied by any given solution. The best solution is the one that satisfies everyone’s interest, so you will learn how to put down your differences for a while and listen to each other with the intention to understand the problems. 

Third, it is about a high chance for you to find a better job at other places because of your working experience. As you know, every job announcement is usually looking for those who have at least two-year-working experience. If you have experience, you will have high chance to be employed, but if you have no experience, you will be hard to find a good job even though you have just finished your Bachelor degree.  

Fourth, it is about a high chance to be promoted your position in a short period of time if you work effectively. It is because you already have experience, so they won’t be waiting to see how you work for them good or not. 

To sum up, working during your studying provides you many valuable life lessons such as learning to pay attention to the small things, learning to manage your things, learning to be polite and learning how to face with problems, and it is very important for you to find a better job, easy to be employed, and quickly to be promoted. On the other hand, you may not ask your parents for money. You've changed yourself to be an independent person. Jobs form you to be responsible, more self-disciplined. If a part-time job is suitable for your studying branch, it can give you more practical knowledge of your studying, enhances your knowledge. I strongly believe that taking a part-time job is a pretty good idea for students while they are still studying.