Summer Jobs for Students

Summer Camp Monitor

There is a multitude of different summer camps that run every year in the UK. You can find summer camps with sports, language, film and IT to name a few. Summer camps are a great, fun way to spend your holidays whilst earning money and gaining experience. Most camps even provide staff with accommodation and food. This means you’ll be able to save the majority of your paycheck.

Working as a summer camp monitor helps you to gain many new skills. These include time management, organisation, teamwork, leadership, and working with children.

Lifeguard

If you get your National Pool Lifeguard Qualification (NPLQ), you open up a world of summer job opportunities. Working as a lifeguard is a great way to gain valuable work experience and skills that employers look for.

Lifeguards are responsible for the safety and livelihood of the swimmers in their pools. They are disciplined, reliable, and capable of making critical decisions in an instant.

Retail Jobs

Retail jobs span a wide range of businesses. These can include anything from supermarkets, fashion, electronics, and bookstores, the amount of choice is vast. Many retailers will offer flexible working hours and provide full training suitable for your role. Retail is usually a fast-paced environment. Therefore, you’ll be able to develop several transferable skills relating to multitasking, customer service, organisation, teamwork and initiative.

Festivals and Events

Festivals and events provide various job opportunities, from stewarding and parking attendants to bar work and selling merchandise. They see an increase in customers during the summer months. Therefore, festivals and event managers are always on the lookout for students to fill jobs during the summer holidays.

The main benefit of working at a festival means you can gain work experience whilst being at the heart of the event. Many companies present these roles as ‘volunteering’. However, either way, you can develop skills such as teamwork, time management, communication and customer service. These are all important skills for future employers.

Theme Parks

Like festivals and events, theme parks provide numerous roles to choose from. These include ride attendants, entertainment, food and beverage assistants and cleaning. Many parks offer part-time or full-time positions, with varying shift times. They will also provide full training for your role. Along with adding to your work experience and skill development, many parks offer discounted or free entry to parks. This means you can have fun whilst also gaining valuable experience.

Although theme parks are places for children and families to have fun, staff at theme parks must be responsible and reliable. They gain skills in dealing with the public, organisation, teamwork, problem-solving and health and safety.