Jobs For Students
Let's be honest: anybody can learn to make coffee or flip burgers. If you just want a mindless job to help you pay tuition and buy pizza once in a while, you probably won't have any trouble getting one. But if you need to work while you're in college, you can be more strategic about it. The right job can help you figure out what you want to do, add valuable experience to your resume, and be way more interesting than saying, "Want fries with that?"
Of course, those jobs are harder to get. Check with the department office for your major to see if they know of internships in the field. Check with college employment services. And identify companies that are in your field and in your area and check the "career" pages on their websites.
If there's a company you really like, don't be put off if there are no jobs posted. Call and ask (very politely) for an informational interview. Go in with a list of questions about the company, the type of work, how the person you're talking to got started, and so on. Your goal is, first, to find out if this is really the kind of work you want and, second, to convince them to hire you if it is. Leave your resume and ask that they contact you if any part time work becomes available. Even full time if you can swing that with your school work.
You'll need to really be on your game when you interview for a job that's more challenging. Amazon.com has a book geared to college students that can help you ace an interview.