Student demands for part-time work are increasing, two hundred per hour is often not enough
Most students currently earn money behind the bar or as salespeople. This follows from a September survey by the Ipsos agency, which was conducted through the Instant Research application. According to the data, students earn extra money most often from part-time jobs, 7 out of 10 respondents have one. While casual extra earnings prevail among men, almost half of the female students have a regular part-time job. Over 11 percent of students even manage to work at their main job during school. Most often, they choose a job based on salary, but time flexibility and proximity to school or home are also important to them.
“Forty percent of students choose a job or a part-time job also based on the atmosphere and team or whether they will enjoy the work. So they want to do something that they are close to or that they do in their spare time,” comments Jakub Major, a recruiter at Decathlon, which has been looking for employees mainly among active athletes for a long time. Here, according to the words of the recruiter, they employ everyone for the main employment relationship reduced to the given number of hours. As a result, students are entitled to vacation or sick leave.
I won’t work for less
Currently, 52 percent of students are looking for extra income, most often looking for an occasional part-time job. They are most interested in working in IT or administration. He has to earn money also because he receives less than pocket money, and most often up to five thousand kroner a month.
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Interestingly, the financial crisis affects men differently than women in this regard. While the parents of male students increased their allowance over the last year, they rather decreased it for female students. This is also why a third of female students state that they would not be able to make ends meet without a job or part-time job. On the contrary, men most often earn extra money in order to have more money for hobbies and free time. a quarter of those surveyed also state that they work mainly because of greater independence from their parents.
The Ipsos research took place all over the country. While in other cities forty percent of students are not willing to work for less than two crowns per hour, in Prague up to sixty percent of young people would start under this time.
“We can say that students have two main motivations for working while studying – earning and gaining experience, which will subsequently enable them to find suitable employment in their field. With the first, the main thing is the amount of remuneration and the possibility to plan your shifts well, the most frequently requested positions are in the field of logistics and services, while with the second, it is mainly about the reputation of the employer, gaining contacts and relevant experience,” explains Tomáš Surka, HR specialist and director of the investment group SURKA group.
The brigade must be attractive
Students can get by on average with 8,566 kroner per month, 7 out of 10 respondents can get by with 10,000 kroner. And this is also due to the fact that many of them still live with their parents and thus do not pay rent. Nevertheless, over 85 percent of them expect to need more money than a year ago due to inflation and rising energy prices. Two-thirds of students think their monthly costs will increase by at least a tenth. This is also why students expect higher and higher evaluations for their work. On average, they demand at least 177 crowns per hour, in Prague it is up to 196 crowns, with male students demanding 12 crowns more than female students. If they worked 160 hours a month for such an amount, they would be close to the gross median wage, which is currently 31,923 crowns in the Czech Republic.
“In addition to salary, personal and career development is also important for students when choosing a job. They perceive temporary work as an opportunity to gain experience that will be useful in their future life. That’s why part-time jobs with employers who want to switch to a full-time job after completing their studies are also attractive for them,” adds Daniela Králíčková from Decathlon.