Finding a flexible part-time accounting job while in college
Employers automatically deny applicants who are balancing a university education alongside another job because they demand total schedule flexibility. This inflexibility stops students from earning income, which is further compounded by a lack of personal transportation and unreliable local public transit systems.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Doing VITA volunteering or tax preparation work on the side
- 2considering lying about college schedules or availability
- 3continuing to search and try despite barriers
- 4Learning Excel during free time
- 5Looking into volunteer tax programs in college
- 6Looking for non-remote service or retail jobs such as a bartender or night time stock clerk.
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'm a high-school senior with a lot of free time because I'm not able to get a job because of how fucked this job market is.”source ↗
“What type of accounting jobs or side hustles, can you do on side while completing your university education?”source ↗
“Issue is, jobs, regardless of the low pay, want you to dedicate your life to that job. If youre not flexible, yiure not hired.”source ↗
“I tell them im trying for college and another job, that is an automatic denial.”source ↗
“My lack of a vehicle and inconsistent, shitty bus system down here makes getting a job deeper in my area very difficult.”source ↗
“Im trying to find related job this past few months but I cannot really find one that would fit to me since I am only available at night due to full load units at school since Im a graduating student.”source ↗
Where this came up
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- 3Why do students constantly ask for validation during independent work?
- 8Why are teachers expected to be available 24/7?