When You Need the Money

The uni's just scored well in the Sunday Times newspapers' league table for levels of graduate employment (93% in employment or further study 6 months after graduating) and for high graduate earnings. Nice one! Chances are you'll also need a job at least some of the time while you're at university. Whether it's a few hours a week all year round or an intensive marathon during the holidays, it's essential to know where to get a decent job, what sort of jobs to apply for and what rights you have.

Finding Work
The GUSRC runs a classified section on their website which lists job opportunities in the city. The Employment Service provides Job Centres, temping agencies, or try the direct approach and tour the city bars, restaurants and shops - something might just turn up. The GUSRC, Unions and University also all employ students in a variety of different capacities. The Uni's Careers Service are good too - they'll help you secure the graduate job but also look out for summer internships and other great opportunities. Be pro-active, it definitely helps!

www.gla.ac.uk/services/careers/

GUSRC Jobshop
JobShop provides information with access on a wide range of full time, part time, casual and seasonal work in and around Glasgow and beyond. As well as advertising for external employers it often advertises vacancies at the University. if you're looking for some extra money to get you through your student years, or just something to get you through the summer, then it's often worth giving JobShop a try.

www.glasgowstudent.net/services/jobshop

The Job Centre
You might not think the Job Centre would have much work for students who only want a few hours a week - or a fill-in job between terms but the one in the West End runs special student nights - worth keeping an eye on.

LinkedIn
If you haven't got a LinkedIn profile yet - what are you thinking? Sort it out. It's becoming a key tool for getting work and increasingly used by students pre and post degree. Once you've figured out how to 'work it' - set your status to 'looking for part-time work in taxidermy' (if that's your thing) you might be surprised. The best way to 'work it' though is to look through contacts of contacts to find companies you'd like to work with - and getting introduced or sending direct messages.

Find a Solution
If it's not all about the money, Find a Solution, run by the GUSRC, could give you the chance to give something back to the local community whilst at the same time gaining some invaluable work experience and developing your transferable skills. However, thanks to the University of Glasgow Settlement, you'll get paid for undertaking a Find a Solution placement. Previous projects have seen students carry out marketing strategies and feasibility studies for organisations as diverse as Glasgow Women's Library and the National Theatre of Scotland, so this is an excellent opportunity for you to put the skills you learn through academic study to good use.

www.src.gla.ac.uk/volunteer/findasolution/

When You Want the Experience

Whether you're interested in working with homeless people, the elderly, children and young people at home or abroad there are opportunities for you.

Student Volunteer Support Service (SVSS) is another great service provided by the hugely helpful GUSRC. The SVSS promotes volunteering opportunities for students on and off campus, providing valuable links with, and input into, the local community, as well as offering you the chance to escape from the West End and meet some interesting new people.

You could be heading out to a local school to provide support, chatting with other Glasgow Uni students to help them build their English language confidence, being part of the amazing Nightline service - taking calls and emails from other students, helping them through whatever problems they might be having, have tea and cake with a very grateful granny or helping the homeless.

There are also dozens of charity shops around the West End crying out for volunteers to put in a couple of hours a week. You can volunteer for a charity you already believe in or find a new one and learn about what it does and who it helps.