Students with a career: you don't have to settle for a temporary job

The opening of the school year at the academy is a good opportunity to examine the job market for students.

Along with typical status jobs, such as waitressing or security, we also found quite a few jobs that are the beginning of a promising career, already at the same time as studying

Ilana Stutland

10/28/2022

Friday, October 28, 2022, 01:20 Updated: 01:41

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Tel Aviv University.

Most of the jobs for students are still temporary, but there are also jobs that are the beginning of a career (Photo: Tel Aviv University Spokesperson)

The academic school year will open the day after tomorrow.

At the same time as studying, many of the hundreds of thousands of students will also look for jobs that fit their schedule. Some of them you will meet as waiters in restaurants and cafes, others will try to integrate into work related to their field of

study

.

"Until Corona, young people used to follow the classic route: work after the army, go on a big trip and enroll in school. With Corona, everything went wrong. The big trip was not an option, the whole world of shopping malls and restaurants was closed, and at the same time there was an increase in registration for academic studies. We also saw a lot of students who returned to their parents' house , and suddenly the need to become a working student decreased, because a large part of them live with their parents and their expenses decrease. At the same time as these processes, we also see that today's students, including generation Z, are already making an effort during their studies to integrate into the professional world they want to be a part of after their studies." .

"We see a significant increase both in employers offering professional jobs to students and in students looking for professional jobs to enter the professional field they are studying. At the same time, the leading amount of jobs suitable for students is still in the fields of customer service,

General work, sales, administration and various office work, economics and finance.

Many students still work in the 'classic' student jobs.

Every month there are over 5,000 vacancies in these fields."

Ben Torah-Shoshan adds: "But as mentioned, today we see an increase in students looking for more professional jobs related to their field of study.

Today, for example, many hi-tech and technology companies have student jobs, usually for students who have two years left in their studies.

Or if you study economics, many times you will look to join a bank service center instead of a waiter.

Also, many organizations today allow more flexible and hybrid jobs, and this is in line with the students' desire to do both: study and work.

By the way, we currently have a low unemployment rate.

It is still difficult for recruiters in all fields to recruit.

Since everyone is looking for employees, even professional companies that in the past might have required experience, today are already opening their doors to students and prefer to grow them as well."

"The payment is very dependent on the company. Also, as long as there is a lack of workers, employers are seen raising their wage levels and improving the conditions in order to attract quality workers, including students. By the way, many times students don't just look at the current wage levels, but also what has become them in the future, for the experience they gain. As mentioned, there are also many students who still live with their parents, save expenses, and prefer to become more professional, even if it means earning less. Many young guys realize that they no longer have to go through the classic route of 'I will be a waiter And after school I will continue'. They are already striving to integrate into their professional worlds. This is great news in my eyes."

Liat Ben Torah-Shoshan, director of the career management department at AllJobs (photo: PR)

Aim for a career

According to Ben Torah-Shoshan, "For example, in the month of August, compared to June-July, we saw an increase in the scope of jobs in the following fields: 65% increase in jobs in the fields of computer science, 31% increase in jobs in the fields of industry and management, 24% increase in jobs in the fields of education.

For students who are now starting the Their year of study, I already advise to be career-oriented, to plan their career already in the first year of studies and look for jobs that match their field of study. Also, you should look for which big companies have student tracks and try to enter there. This is a great way to specialize, to leverage your career. When you write a resume at the end of your studies, it can also differentiate you from others."

"We see an increase in the volume of searches and applications for student jobs. For example, in July the volume of searches was 12,836, while in August we see a jump to 23,450 searches. A jump of 83%," says

.

"The students who took advantage of the beginning of the holiday to refresh themselves entered back into the job market and started looking for a job that they could combine with their studies."

According to Barkat, the cities with the largest scope of jobs offered to students are Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Beer Sheva and Rishon Lezion.

On the other hand, places with the lowest scope are Yeruhem, Emek Jezreel, Elad and Gani Tikva.

The largest number of jobs are in the fields of sales, restaurants, customer service, management jobs, security and fashion.

"Many students are looking for a job that will give them an advantage in their CV in their future first job and apply for jobs related to their fields of study, but at the same time we see it in searches for the 'classic' jobs of the students, in the entire field of catering (waiters, bartenders) and security. Thanks to the tips as waiters and bartenders, for example, They can reach the highest hourly wages, and it's also the most convenient to integrate while studying. The security field also beckons students because of the high hourly wages, and in some places night shifts also allow you to study."

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in their field

"Our goal is to help students find a job in their field of study. Usually, people come to us when they want to find a job in the field they are studying. We rarely meet those looking for casual jobs. I guess that in the first years, students may work more in casual jobs, but in the second and third years They are already starting to look for things related to the profession," says

.

How do you drive them?

"First of all, until a year ago we had counselors who gave advice to all fields, whereas now there is specialization. We have become career clubs by fields, by faculties. We discovered that students need a dedicated career counselor who understands their field, the job market in the field. Last year We had a pilot, we opened a career club for social sciences and life sciences. This year we are opening a career club for exact sciences, humanities and arts. Each field has a coordinator. The student can start with student jobs, and we also give him the horizon of what he can do next. We make it accessible Positions for students as well as graduates".

Cohen-Banaim adds: "We bring to the campus job fairs, career meetings, we have lectures and also a job site where employers post jobs or contact us to post them. We check with the student what is best for him, give him the skills on how to look for a job today, How do you write a resume, how does LinkedIn work, and as mentioned we also have a job site."

According to Cohen-Banaim, student work in the field you are studying has a significant advantage for the future.

"The purpose for which employers recruit students is actually so that they stay," she says.

"Employers would not invest energy in recruiting students, if they did not see it as a potential horizon for the future. A student who proves himself has a much greater chance of integrating into the company. Even if he does not integrate into the specific company where he worked as a student, he has already done the networking, Gain some experience, understand the organizational environment of the position he aspires to be in. Today it is very difficult to get hired when you have no experience.

Student work is a first step.

We also have, for example, a 'Learning that integrates experience' program together with the Planning and Budgeting Committee, in which students acquire work experience (without pay) in leading companies in the economy during their studies and receive academic credits for it. This also helps them gain experience and a line of credit Life".

Sefi Cohen-Banaim, Director of the Center for Career Development at Tel Aviv University (Photo: Yael Tzur)

Flexibility in the job

"As part of the concept of employment flexibility for employees in the face of the potential of a candidate and a person who stands in front of us, we also employ students as full-fledged employees and believe that they can contribute to us and we to them," says

.

"This means recruiting someone in a bachelor's or master's degree and allow flexibility in the job, including changing the employment percentage over a period of time.

For example, during exams they don't work at all, during semester breaks they work full time, and during the year they work according to their system.

They are integrated with us in regular jobs as part of the teams and are not labeled as students.

This is a management challenge that requires the managers to be more planned, to divide the tasks in a certain way, but the benefit is greater than the difficulty and it opens up an option for us for additional and talented candidates.

Of course, the student also benefits from this.

He learns practice, teamwork, and his studies become more practical as soon as he experiences real work."

"We mainly believe in potential. In some cases, a student comes with little experience but with great potential. We want to recognize this potential in time and then absorb it into a full-time position. For example, we have students who are destined for management positions, for significant positions in the organization. By the way, with us it is also Working in the other direction: if, for example, there is now a full-time employee who wants to go to school, then we transfer him to a student job in order to keep him, because we really believe in him and his way with us."

Osnat Furhang, Vice President of Human Resources at Laminar cyber company (Photo: David Grab)

"I started working at Microsoft 22 years ago as a student," says Nir Kalib, director of the cyber security group at Microsoft Israel Research and Development.

"In my second year at university, I decided that I wanted a taste of the real world. I was accepted to Microsoft, I thought it was a nice place to experiment, grow and learn. I fell in love with the place, stayed and got to where I am today."

"In my group, which numbers over 100 people, there are regularly dozens of students. The student enters as part of my group's activities, of course at a stage where he is in his knowledge, in what he has learned so far. He works as part of the group, receives close support from employees who accompany him in the first steps. The student He is an integral part of the group, influences what we do."

"It is in the interest of finding the people who know how to think, creative, good people to join my group, and to help them in the first stages of their careers so that they will succeed in my group. Also, I believe in very diverse groups of all genders and sectors. Through universities you can reach all these audiences. The students work part-time position, and most of them continue after graduation as employees within my group. In the rare cases that they do not continue within my group, they continue within Microsoft."

Kalib adds: "A student should of course look for these jobs, because it's more than stepping on a foot. We invest in the students we receive: they learn as they go, undergo training to become a full-fledged employee, they have mentors, they take various courses that also help them with their general skills.

They get lots of tools and also high-tech treats.

For example, during exams we give most of them time off and open the 'plough' for them - pampering rooms with refreshments and food, where they can study.

By the way, we employ not only computer science students, but in general those with a big head, who know how to think.

We are also looking for design people, data people, there are a lot of jobs."

Nir Kalib, Director of the Cyber ​​Security Group at Microsoft Israel Research and Development (Photo: Amir Barkol)

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