merchant accounts
To make up for lost money over the summer when classes are out and the jobs are few an far between, there are lots of jobs that are more than willing to take some student help for a few months out of the year. There are plenty of restaurants around town that feel both a slow down in their customer base and a slow down in the number of people who are willing to work the long hot days around the oven. There are also plenty of students owned companies that do yard work or painting for locals and these usually hire their new employees during the summer. With these companies though, there is a lot of competition for the spots and there is much less room for taking days off. There are never a shortage of people willing and able to work these jobs.
There are also some more nontraditional jobs that would love to take a summer of work from a young, smart college student. These jobs are more thought of as jobs reserved for those who cannot or never wanted to go to college. The job that I am doing right now is a great example of one of these jobs. I work as an assistant to a bank technology specialist. I got the job because I told them about my IST major and how I want to do something similar. Our job is basically to travel around to repairs various credit card machines and credit card terminals. For the job I had to learn how the credit card processing actions take place. I also had to learn how to inventory merchant accounts for those who own the establishments in which the machines are housed.
I know that these jobs are more about manual labor than something too interesting, but when you are a poor student, you need something that pays well and these jobs certainly do. Though we are trying our best to get experience that will further our careers, it may not hurt us to get some experience working at a job we have to try to enjoy for a little while.