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Part time jobs for those who are in college A survey conducted by The National Employment and training Department, surveyed 100 full time students who also work full time found out these results:
. Forty-six of a hundred students employed full-time will work 25 or more hours per week.
. 53% of students who work more than 25 hours per week said they could not afford their education if they did not work full time.
. Sixty-three of a hundred that work twenty-five or more hrs per week say they could not pay for school if they didn’t work.
20% of students who work full time say they work more than 35 hours every week.
Many are trying to find jobs that allow them to work online. Online jobs often allow students to work their own schedule. A student with a full time semester schedule can have time to work on their own time without having any effect on their important school work.