1 . Do you want a part-time job to earn some extra money? Check out the list and find one that suits your fancy.

It seems almost everyone has a friend who is a technical genius. Such people earn money using their talent. If you are one of them, you could be responsible for technical support in your college or university and get your part-time job. You can enjoy the process of earning money while doing your favorite thing.

A lot of students hire a tutor to help them in high school or college. If you are good at some subjects, why not work as a peer tutor? You help your friends and earn money at the same time. If you know foreign languages, you can make more money. All you need to do is to make an appropriate advertisement of your services using college newspapers. One of the best things about being a tutor is that you can set your hours.

If your college or university has a fitness center and if you are a sporty person, go and sign up to get this job. You will have an absolute free opportunity to engage yourself in sports. You need to be a good psychologist, because you are going to work with people and it’ll be your job to persuade and motivate them to become sporty, healthy and strong. Being a fitness instructor is a perfect position for those who love to help other people and want to make more friends.

Nowadays many companies cooperate with college students giving them part-time jobs. Some of the major job duties of an office worker are answering calls and scheduling appointments. If you are interested in doing this job, contact the representatives of different companies to find out if they’re currently hiring anyone.

2 . The daughter of a friend of mine recently left university and entered into the world of work, taking on a temporary office job. At the end of her first week at work, she phoned home in tears and complained to her mother, "There's no time to do anything else. I'm so tired when I get home in the evenings that all I can do is watching TV. Then I have to rise early the next morning and do it again! If this is what work is like, I don't want to spend my whole life doing it!"

We take it for granted that work must be a major part of our lives—in fact, for many people, it's the primary aspect of our lives. We define ourselves and measure our happiness in terms of how successful we are in these roles. Normally, 40 hours a week, 48 weeks a year, for up to 50 years—not including traveling time and the time we spend resting.

Is this really what we were born for? Is this really what life should be about?

Of course, if you're lucky, you might have a satisfying job which suits your inborn interests and skills, and which is challenging and inspiring. In that case, your job may provide you with what psychologists call "flow"—a state of intense absorption, which makes you feel engaged and alive. Perhaps the majority of people aren't that lucky and do jobs which are repetitive and boring. But I would argue that, even if your job does provide you with "flow", work should just be an aspect of our lives, rather than its defining feature. Working 40 hours a week makes our lives become narrow and restricted, so we lose sight of other possibilities. There's so much to learn in life, so many different ways to develop, so many experiences to absorb, so many activities and adventures to enjoy, but while we spend so much time working, it's difficult to find time and energy for these.

4 . The Advertising Department of The Bangkok Post is looking for highly motivated advertising sales executives (销售主管)to sell advertising to prime targets in its wide range of promotional publications (宣传性出版物). As part of our sales team, your primary responsibility will be to meet established and agreed sales targets. You will also need to know how to find potential new customers. In addition, you will be required to follow up your sales by sending copy and artwork and getting customer approval.

Qualifications:

Male/Female, aged 23-35 yrs.

Bachelor's degree in any related fields

Experience of selling print and online advertising or similar fields is preferred

Productive and good interpersonal and communication skills

Ability to work well under pressure

Good command of written and spoken English

Computer skills

If this sounds like a challenge you'd like to consider seriously, then send an application letter together with your resume, details of your expected salary, and a recent photograph to:

Advertising Department

Bangkok Post Public Company Limited

136 Bangkok Post Building, Sunthorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110

Email: display@bangkokpost.co.th

6 . SEED Madagascar Volunteer

Whether your passion is sustainable community development or vital conservation work, we can offer you an unforgettable experience. No particular skills are required to volunteer in a short term with us and training is given locally, but if you do have particular experience in areas relevant to your program, all the better!

Who it’s for

High schoolers, university and college students, corporate team building groups are all welcome.

At a glance

• Program length: 2 — 4 weeks

• Start dates: flexible, please discuss with our team

• Group size: 10 — 30 participants

• Activities: construction/ conservation/ English teaching — combined as required

• Location: Saint Luce, Anosy region, Southeast Madagascar

What’s included

• Transport costs for the duration of the program from Day 1 collection at Fort Dauphin airport to drop-off at the program’s end

• Use of our beautiful campsites and facilities

• All meals while on program (Optional meals out at Fort Dauphin restaurants are extra.)

• Full training for building and construction tasks and conservation field research techniques

• Malagasy language lessons

Additional costs

Get started

Contact us today via our online form: Online enquiry form

8 . There is something to be said for being a generalist, even if you are a specialist. Knowing a little about a lot of things that interest you can add to the richness of a whole, well-lived life.

Society pushes us to specialize, to become experts. This requires commitment to a particular occupation, branch of study or research. The drawback to being specialists is we often come to know more and more about less and less. There is a great deal of pressure to master one's field. You may pursue training, degrees, or increasing levels of responsibility at work. Then you discover the pressure of having to keep up.

Some people seem willing to work around the clock in their narrow specialty. But such commitment can also weaken a sense of freedom. These specialists could work at the office until ten each night, then look back and realize they would have loved to have gone home and enjoyed the sweetness of their family and friends, or traveled to exciting places, meeting interesting people. Mastering one thing to the exclusion of others can hold back your true spirit.

Generalists, on the other hand, know a lot about a wide range of subjects and view the whole with all its connections. They are people of ability, talent, and enthusiasm who can bring their broad perspective (视角) into specific fields of expertise (专长). The doctor who is also a poet and philosopher is a superior doctor, one who can give so much more to his patients than just good medical skills.

Things are connected. Let your expertise in one field fuel your passions in all related areas. Some of your interests may not appear to be connected but, once you explore their depths, you discover that they are. My editor Toni, who is also a writer, has edited several history books. She has decided to study Chinese history. Fascinated by the structural beauty of the Forbidden City as a painter, she is equally interested to learn more about Chinese philosophy. “I don't know where it will lead, but I'm excited I'm on this pursuit.”

These expansions into new worlds help us by giving us new perspectives. We begin to see the interconnectedness of one thing to another in all aspects of our life, of ourselves and the universe. Develop broad, general knowledge and experience. The universe is all yours to explore and enjoy.