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Thanks for your help everyone!
I have another question...
Are on campus jobs avaliable? If so, how much pay do you get and how many hours can you work for?
Where do students usually look for work at?
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The guys who I know who made good money worked at a local bar or restaurant.
If you can swing it, working at a place like "Murphy's", "Prescott Mining Company", or the "Gurley Street Grill" (if they still exist
) can make you some serious money in tips. Most of my friends who worked at those places did alright, except you usually had to work late nto the evenings which made it hard to schedule early morning flights.
Also, if you work at a bar, the bad thing is that things are so trendy that everyone will go this week, but in about 6-8 weeks, no one will care any more and find other places. But, if you are lucky enough to ride that crest, you go to parties, tell everyone where you work, and everyone will come frequent you. I have two fraternity brothers who pretty much worked from bar to bar and had their own little cult following that kept them employed.
Finally, there's WalMart, Red Lobster, Carl's Junior, McDonalds.
I also had another fraternity brother who got a part time job at the local Ruger plant as a machinist, and when they offered him the chance to go full-time for something like $12 an hour, he said he couldn't pass it up.
But most people I know ended up working on campus as a grounds maintenance person or working in the service industry downtown at a restaurant or bar. I think more people I know worked off campus than on; bussing tables versus picking up cigarette butts...