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By: Kim Soyung
Nowadays, college student loans force students to get a student job. Even though students can comfortably live off of their student loans, many students seek student jobs so they can start paying towards their college student loans.
Working throughout college at a student job has its pros and cons. The pros are that you can pay down some of your loan (or at least tackle a fraction of the interest), have extra spending money, and learn important time management skills. The cons are that you need to be responsible, show up to this boring part-time job, and give up some partying time, I mean study time!
Working a student job not only prepares you for repaying your college student loans, but also prepares you for the world. You meet hundreds of people during your college career and many of them you will never speak to again. But, some of them will teach you valuable lessons, inspire you, and introduce you to your future boss, or maybe even fiancé.
Student jobs are well worth the time, even if they can’t pay your college student loans off in a heartbeat.