It is a universal consensus that university students, nowadays, have the tendency to

have a part-time job since they consciously perceive the benefit of early working.
Critics of this idea, however, censure that students should thoroughly pay meticulous
attention to academic performance. In my perspective, comparing the academic-
pursuit individuals and the employed student, who can benefit from the pre-working
environs and acquire financial related knowledge, I can straightforwardly deduce the
supremer.

For the following reasons, it would be unwise to belittle the pivotal of early access to
work, which a banal student does not have. First and foremost, a part-time-working
student may build a concrete foundation to facilitate the future occupation prospect. A
student may acquire swathes of transferable and empirical skills which schools and
educational institutions do not teach him. By emerging in a fast-paced and
professional environment that required mutual collaboration and candid peer
feedback, laboured students can enhance their teamwork or individual working
circumstances. Additionally, students may learn how to raise novel initiatives and
sharpen their acute sense of elaborate points. As TjobsInterns group has described in
"Ten skills you gain working part-time", "You will need good attention to detail when
stocktaking, when cashing up and when taking details of a customer's complaint.
Being detail-focused is a requirement of many graduate jobs; being able to explain
how you paid attention to detail when in a busy commercial environment will impress
recruiters" (2019). Moreover, student employees may be more confident. Because of
the abjectly low range of student occupation, they usually have jobs related to
customer-communication and interacting with different personalities. Subsequently,
they can learn interpersonal skills that concentrate not only on the correlation between
individuals from all walks of life but also on finding suitable solutions to cope with
cultural misinterpreting. Like Alli Hoff Kosik has written on Brit+Co, “In a restaurant
and retail [as in all jobs], you have to learn how to work with people that you don’t
like. As a result, you develop skills such as learning how to focus on what you can
control, not taking a negative attitude personally, and maintaining a positive attitude.
Such skills transfer to any job and can set an employee up for success at work” (Kosik
et al., 2017). All of which are essential skills that can be applied to different
professions and aspects.

The second flagrant disparities between a laboured student and a mere pupil are that a
student who has a part-time job has their perception toward finance. A part-time
employed student may earn a surplus amount of money that they can afford for their
daily essentials or little luxury. With the extra money, they can treat themself better or
save it for the impending academic education fees. According to Joana Zamvas, a
Content Manager and Career Expert, have mentioned in the article "12 Benefits of
Working a Part-Time Job as a Student" in Career Addict, "Being a student usually
means little or no money, but when you’re working part-time, you no longer have to
worry about being able to afford the basic essentials – or relying on your parents or
student funding to get by" (2021, para 1). Consequently, students may turn into
independent and mature individuals since they rely less on their parent's financial
support and can make decisions on their own. Which also be described by Joana
Zambas in the same article that indeed, we would be responsible for our own
schedule, money and duties. As a result, we would be less reliant on those around us,
and we would learn how to fend for ourselves (2021, para 6). Because of earning early
money, students may acknowledge the significance of this hard-to-earn currency
which in turn raises their awareness to avoid unnecessary and insatiable spending.
Hence with these timely realizations, these students may have a long-term budget and
circumspect future squandering to avoid ineffable debt.

In conclusion, it is indispensable that employed students will benefit from more

pragmatic and prospective skills from early labouring that facilitate future job
opportunities, captivate potential employers and complement oneself than the
ambivalent academic pursuit student.

References:

TjobsInterns. (n.d.). Ten skills you'll gain from working in part-time retail jobs.
target jobs. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from https://targetjobs.co.uk/careers-
advice/skills-for-getting-a-job/ten-skills-youll-gain-working-part-time-retail.

Kosik, A. H., Alli Hoff Kosik Alli Hoff Kosik is a freelance writer who is
passionate about reading, & Alli Hoff Kosik is a freelance writer who is
passionate about reading. (2021, October 7). 6 valuable skills all your part-time
jobs taught you. Brit + Co. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from
https://www.brit.co/valuable-skills-you-learned-from-your-part-time-job/.

Joanna Zambas Content Manager and Career Expert Joanna joined the CareerAddict
content team in 2017. (2021, September 6). 12 benefits of working a part-time job as a
student. CareerAddict. Retrieved November 8, 2021, from
https://www.careeraddict.com/5-benefits-for-students-who-work-part-time-jobs.