Wishing for more from your part-time or seasonal gig?
For workers whod prefer to be full-time, the difference goes beyond a bigger paycheck.
Thats 2.9% of the labor force.
Career strategist Emily Kapit advises part-timers to prepare carefully and consider long-term goals before asking a current employer for full-time work. Photo by Missy Mulkeen Photography
Our team has compiled alist of creative waysyou can fatten your bank account this week.
This is a long list, so dont get overwhelmed.
Well keep it updated as offers changes or expire.
But making the leap to full-time employee demands more than wishing.
Read on for tips to turn your part-time gig into a more, ahem, full-filling career.
Are you looking for a 40-hour-per-week job?
Are you looking for simply more hours?
Or are you looking for the full shebang, including benefits and everything?
And benefits associated with those classifications can vary, too.
Consult your human resources department, hiring manager or employee manual to help you understand your organizations policy.
List Your Accomplishments
Now is not the time to be humble.
To simplify the process for identifying your achievements, she suggests answering three questions:What did you do?
How did you do it?
What was the outcome?
This method also applies to seasonal workers even if youve only been at the job for a few weeks.
You have less time to prove yourself, Kapit says.
But its also the nature of the job to have done a lot in a short amount of time.
View that job as just an extended interview.
Theres no time like the present, Waletzke says.
That question, What can we do?
is very strategic, she says.
And dont forget to think outside the box or your current job at the company.
This is particularly true for seasonal employees looking to make a post-holiday leap.
Know thats its not personal, and its just a matter of continuing your job search, says Kapit.
Tiffany Wendeln Connors is a staff writer at The Penny Hoarder.
Data journalist Alex Mahadevan contributed to this article.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
You know which ones were talking about: rent, utilities, cell phone bill, insurance, groceries…
