I'm a graduate student in NYC (social work) who is looking for a summer job. I saw this thread but it was written when the economy was much better! What is it that people will pay for in these times? I'm totally unsure what it is I should be looking for. I check Craigslist (jobs and gigs) almost every day, and have also done all the search engines. I thought that I'd just temp, but that seems unlikely given the financial situation. I'm great with kids, but I worry about making $8 working my butt off at a day camp. I'm on care.com and sittercity.com looking for babysitting gigs, but nothing's coming up! What is it that I could do?!
posted by iliketolaughalot on Mar 1, 2009 - 4 answers

Summer teaching jobs in Portland? [more inside]
posted by puckish on Nov 27, 2008 - 1 answer

Help me take advantage of a summer living in Cambridge... [more inside]
posted by saoyama on May 19, 2008 - 14 answers

Can I do what I want next summer (namely, be a summer camp counselor) and not kill my options for the future (namely, going to grad school)? [more inside]
posted by rhoticity on Jun 30, 2007 - 17 answers

Suggestions for summer jobs (with a few caveats)? [more inside]
posted by champthom on Apr 19, 2007 - 14 answers

I need to find a summer job. Ideally I'd like to do something related to education, as I'm hoping to work in education (explained in more detail inside) when I'm finished with my own education - but I am much more interested in research and theory than in classroom work, so I'm having a hard time coming up with ideas. I'm interested in ideas that are very tangentially related to education as well as ones that are very related. [more inside]
posted by bubukaba on Jan 9, 2007 - 6 answers

I just got accepted into a graduate school program in Manhattan, which is great, but I'm going to need A LOT of money. I have one summer to earn money before going back to school. Where/how/what do I do to earn big bucks this summer? [more inside]
posted by geryon on Mar 1, 2005 - 14 answers