[nabs-l] Advice needed for summer as a college student
Lizzy
lizzym0827 at gmail.com
Mon Oct 31 14:03:12 UTC 2016
Hi Shikah,
The best advice I can probably give you is to volunteer so that
you can get work experience. In general, you need to have a
solid resume and references before you can get a paid job because
people don't really want to take chances with their money (and by
that, I mean they want proof that you work hard outside the
classroom). On another note, if you are a student receiving work
study, I think (I'm not 100% sure how this works college by
college) that they have to provide opportunities for you to work
on campus. If this is something that you have not been taking
advantage of so that you can have time for studies, I would
definitely consider it for the spring semester.
As far as working at a training center, more than anything
you need to have good references, blindness skills and it
helps if you're familiar with the Federation. Have you
gotten training at a center before? Perhaps, they can give
you a reference. Part of your job will be cooking dinner
with students (even if you're not a home management
instructor), and traveling with students on weekends (even
if you're not a travel instructor). You also must be very
responsible and communicate well but that's pretty universal
for work in general. You also must be able to manage stress
well because it's pretty much a nonstop job (you definitely
get time off but if you're not from the area and don't have
friends locally you might choose to stay near the apartments
which can still feel like you're working). If you have any
other specific questions, let me know.
Keep in mind that I'm only speaking from my experience- I've only
worked one summer at one training program (and I'm a little
biased because I absolutely loved it but I'll try to stay
objective here).
HTH,
Lizzy
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