Summer jobs are so important for a lot of people. Whether you are a student home from university or a parent looking for some extra cash to keep the kids entertained over the holidays, summer jobs can be fantastic. The only thing to ask yourself is what you want to be doing for a good few weeks during the warmth of June, July and August? Whilst the money is important, it's also important to enjoy your summer months too. In this post, we're going to look at 10 summer jobs to help pay the bills this year. Some of them might even offer hours during other holidays or you might even be able to return year after year. Let's kick start some ideas with tutoring.
Tutor
Do you have knowledge that you can share? Maybe you have an A level in English Language or have studied Japanese at university. It could even be the simple fact that you can play the guitar. There are people all over the world who want to learn what you can teach them. You could be teaching people a new skill they've wanted to learn for years or perhaps helping students get ahead on their studies for the coming year.
A great part of tutoring is that a lot of it now takes place via Zoom calls. This means you don't have commuting time to get to people's houses or have to make sure your front room is clean and tidy for people coming around. It also means you can tutor anybody with an internet connection, so you could be teaching the tuba to someone in Turkey or tutoring a Korean student with their English speaking skills. You can organise your own calendar and schedule students so you can still enjoy some of the summer.
Gardening
How about summer jobs that allow you to work outside? We don't get an awful lot of hot weather around here so enjoying it when we can is important. Gardening is a great way to earn some money whilst enjoying the fresh air. It can be an extremely hard graft though, so be prepared for long hours and aching muscles. You could ring around some gardening companies to see if they need an extra pair of hands over the summer.
Alternatively, you could find your own clients. People in your neighbourhood will have odd jobs and yard work that they won't get around to this summer. Offer a fair price and do a good job and you'll get repeat business. Word of mouth is also a powerful tool so one client can easily turn into two, which can turn into four and so on. Trimming hedges, pulling weeds, mowing lawns, summer jobs could be worse! How about making money from your own garden?
Working In Retail
You will often find summer jobs working in retail. This could be stacking shelves, picking out shopping for delivery or even working on the tills. With so many stores on our high streets and on retail parks, staff are needed to work shifts. If you are busy during the day you might even be able to pick up night shifts. You could be working in a supermarket or a clothes shop. When you start thinking about working in retail, it offers plenty of summer jobs.
Theme Park Jobs
If there is one thing that families book a day off for, during the summer holidays, it's going to a theme park. Theme parks are fantastic and provide so much fun and memories. However, they need staff to make sure the place operates correctly and gives a proper experience to all guests. You could be operating rides, taking tickets, serving drinks or selling photographs. With so many theme parks dotted all over the country, you could find the perfect one offering summer jobs right now.
Charity Fundraiser
With more people walking the high streets, charities see this opportunity to fundraise over the summer. You could be talking to members of the public, encouraging donations to a cancer charity or a guide dogs charity. This can be tough work as getting people to stuff and actually part with cash is hard. However, you could find summer jobs in the charity area at events. There are lots of charity runs and sporting challenges that need people to assist. That might be a little bit more up your street.
Summer Camp
With the arrival of summer, comes summer camps! Kids from all over, head away for a few days or a couple of weeks, enjoying sporting activities and much more! These summer camps need staff. Employees who can connect with these kids, help them out and be there for them. If you enjoy canoeing, climbing, swimming and football, you could find a great role with summer camp summer jobs. You'll need to work as a team and be extremely responsible as you'll be looking after youngsters. If you loved camp as a kid, you could return to where you made so many memories as a grown-up, giving other children amazing summer camp experiences.
Babysitter/Nanny
With the kids being off school for six or eight weeks, parents often find it difficult to organise childcare. Of course, they might take a week off work for a holiday but even with many of us working from home, having constant childcare for the full summer is hard to come by. If you are good with kids, you could spend your summer as a nanny or picking up babysitting shifts. You'll be able to have plenty of fun and enjoy helping youngsters make awesome summer memories. All whilst being paid! Sounds like one of the most fantastic summer jobs.
Festival Jobs
Summer means festivals. Festivals mean music and beer and of course plenty of staff to help the events run. With so many festivals taking place you could spend your whole summer helping out at them. From set up to clear up, including serving drinks, organising bands, selling merchandise and helping campers, there are loads of summer jobs that need doing at festivals. A huge advantage of working at festivals is that when you have finished your shift, you can enjoy the festival yourself. Grab a beer and watch the sunset as one of your favourite bands plays their entire back catalogue. Sounds utterly perfect!
Customer Services
Even during the summer months, people still need help. Whether it's calling up a breakdown service on their way back from their beach break or ringing up their bank because of a transaction not going through, customers need access to help from the companies they use. This is where you could come in, as a customer service representative. A lot of these companies have call centres however some have staff working from home, simply remotely logging into a centralise system via a laptop. Pick up a couple of shifts per week and you'll be able to make some decent cash from these summer jobs.
Crop Picking
If you fancy a bit of back-breaking work, farmers need a hired hand to pick their crop. Working on farms usually means an early start and long days. You could be harvesting loads of different crops, from asparagus to strawberries. People need food and farmers need it picked! You'll be part of a team and could undertake different roles from the actual picking to loading trucks before they head off to the supermarkets. You might get accommodation and food as part of the role but you want to make sure you get a good wage too.
There are lots of different summer jobs available which can help you pay the bills this summer. You might even be saving for a holiday or for something specific like a car. Get yourself a great summer job and start earning that cash.