A new job website aimed at putting lazy student myths to rest has launched in Cardiff.
Useful Students hopes to give the some 30,000 new additions to the city's universities a way to fund their studies – offering occasional work to suit businesses and individuals in need of some sort of paid support – from dog walking to hedge trimming and translation services.
The site comes from Edinburgh University students themselves following a successful pilot in the city, and has been launched across 20 other university cities in the UK. Jobs are posted up on the site, and then students can apply to a specific job role – giving feedback on each other after the job is done.
Andrew Howes, operations director, said:
"The beauty of the site is that it really is tailored to students whilst providing job providers and the general public with a free, easy-to-use recruitment service that puts them in control and gives access to a previously untapped pool of skilled candidates."
Mike Howes, commercial director, added:
"Students are a unique group of potential recruits as their backgrounds, interests and hobbies mean they will have 'hidden talents' that they can bring to the most unlikely jobs, as well as banishing the 'lazy student' stereotype - all whilst fulfilling a full area of need for job providers."
See the website and more about it here.
