Throughout college my work life consisted of working at my co-ops every other term after first year. I started looking for a job outside of a co-op entering into my third year after my H&R Block co-op.
Every January from then on I worked as a CSR for them. In the other terms there were no jobs to be had. I applied to over 100 jobs without one call back for interviews or anything. I was about ready to give up on the battle when I was starting my trek into the Laurentian Business Program and talked to a friend who was looking to hire.
The job was on campus and was very convenient for where I was living and a pretty easy one. I would be making sandwich at the on campus cafe. In August of my last semester I got the job and began to work throughout school. It was easy the first semester to balance a job and classes but come second semester a challenge was posed - I had taken my job at H&R Block back as well.
Working two jobs and going to school can be tiring but being a student money is money and you gotta do what you gotta do to keep the flow coming in. Paying for school by yourself can be very difficult when you're stuck going so long without a job because the one you counted on for so long was only seasonal. Relying on OSAP was out of the picture because up until first year of university I had to claim with my parents.
The 2 job situation worked out in the end though come exam time it was hard, and the 2 weeks that I had to take off for funerals put a pretty heavy cut in the paycheck which took a while to bounce back from. But no matter how much was going on and how much it didn't seem worth it I worked as hard as I could and it paid off in the end. At the end of my first year at my job I got promoted to a supervisor - pay raise, check. more hours, check. I was loving life.
Working and school can always be a struggle but the two sometimes need to happen together. This is where you need to prioritize your time and keep up with all your school work, it's difficult but very possible.
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