(TIỂU LUẬN) IBD STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE TREND OF CHOOSING PART TIME JOBS

National Economics University International School of Management and Economics IBD STUDENTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON THE TREND OF CHOOSING PART-TIME JOBS Student : Nguyen Dac Tuan Dung ID : 180012 Class : I14S1 Instructor : Tran Dan Huyen Ha Noi, January 4th, 2018 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CHAPTER I: BACKGROUND Background Rationale/ purpose of the research Research questions 4 Methodology .4 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW Definition of part-time job About the time About the income .5 Welfare policy 5 Advantages and disadvantages of doing part-time jobs CHAPTER III: ANALYSIS AND MAJOR FINDINGS .7 The real situation situation of IBD students doing part-time jobs .7 a) Age b) Experience of working part-time jobs c) Purpose d) Working time .10 e) Monthly salary .11 Effects on doing part-time jobs .11 a) Effects on studying 11 b) Learning from work .12 c) Problems 12 d) Pressure of the jobs .13 Suggestions to overcome challenges when they part-time jobs .14 CHAPTER IV: RECOMMENDATIONS 15 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .16 CHAPTER VI: APPENDIX 17 Questionaire 17 Reference list 19 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Today, students easily go to college and they all want to get a well-paid job after graduation But to achieve that, they have to go to work earlier to gain experience This research is done to help all IBD students and all students really need to learn about part-time work The writer fully respects everyone's opinion and keeps it a secret This study hopes to help students find the best way to achieve their goals ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to the participants in my research for giving up your time and sharing your experience Thanks teacher Ms.Huyen, for always enthusiasm teaching me, and helping me to complete this project Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 CHAPTER I: BACKGROUND Background Nowadays, part-time job is very popular among college students It is gradually becoming an essential part in their lives Although there are various choices in different fields, most of them tend to work by the industry they choose at school Therefore, I will a research on part-time job tendency of IBD students Rationale/ purpose of the research As we know, these days young people in Vietnam always want to have a part-time job while they are in university It has become really popular among students and even adults, as it is affordable and easily becomes “addictive” Consequently, in the need of finding part-time jobs, this brings more working experiences to college students Therefore, I decided to a research in order to have a deeper understanding about IBD students’ point of view on the trend of working part-time jobs In my research, I would like to gather some information about IBD Intake 14 students’ perspective on the trend of working part-time jobs It will help me understand more about the jobs and the reasons why they are interested in doing part-time work Research questions - What is the real situation of IBD students doing part-time jobs? - What are the opinions of IBD students on the advantages and disadvantages of doing part-time job? - How IBD students think they can overcome challenges when they part-time jobs? Methodology To present, I use two main data sources: Primary Data and Secondary Data * Primary Data: - The research survey questionnaire seek information about salary,times, when people have part-time jobs - The questions will be given out to about 50 students at IBD to address the most relevant and effective questions Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 - The answers will be collected and used as information for the research * Secondary Data: - Look up some information for research on the Internet, articles, magazines or other sources, which are taken before and have the keyword of “Part-time jobs" - The information and statistic that relate to the topics will be analyzed, then decide which could be useful for our research CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW Definition of part-time job That is the term used to refer to part-time jobs, often targeting subjects: students, housewives taking advantage of free time to earn extra income Besides, working part time is also a way for you to learn and accumulate experience, thicken your CV when you apply for a job in the future In the restaurant industry - the hotel has many positions to recruit employees as part time so that candidates can apply for: Service staff, Kitchen accessories, Reception the most popular is the Service staff These positions often not require experience, instead of the hard work, agility of candidates About the time You not have time constraints, not need to be present at work You are also entitled to give your free time to the employer to arrange and assign accordingly This is also the biggest advantage of part time work About the income Salary depends on your agreement with the employer but is often not a fixed number because it depends on the quality of work, the size of the business, the importance of the job Welfare policy Part-time jobs have absolutely no or very few policies and social benefits such as health insurance, social insurance, and unemployment insurance At the same time, you will not be allowed to participate in activities of the unit such as periodic health examination, team building And you will work for a short time so not have a long-term contract, so the chances for advancement are very few Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 Advantages and disadvantages of doing part-time jobs Advantages: Work experience: Part-time work brings a real work experience This work experience will help get a job after completing the research Employers look for employees who understand the working environment and work well as part of the team Having a part-time experience shows that you have some contact with the professional world and it will bring advantages over other candidates in the job search process Money: Of course, money is the factor that leads you to a part-time job You can pay your bills, pay your tuition, buy what you need, and that will reduce the cost of your education compared to your parents Money management: No one makes a budget with the pocket money they get from their parents, but when you start making money and you spend hard-earned money, then you start thinking about it and plan on how to how and where you will spend your money and how much you spend and how much you save Time management: Doing work with learning makes you have less time and busy schedules, so you have to manage time in such a way that both your study and work will not be affected Develop useful skills: In your part-time job, you will develop many useful skills that will help you in professional life such as teamwork, organizational skills, multi-tasking, management time, skills to meet initiatives in work, etc Opportunity to connect: Yes, in your part-time job, you will meet many people from the professional world This is an opportunity to grow your network Disadvantages Influence learning: While working part-time, you will have a busy schedule and you will have less time to study and yourself You will not have time to relax, so you feel tired and exhausted and your learning will be done Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 There are no additional benefits: Part-time employees often not receive benefits such as health insurance, sick leave, vacation pay, etc If you get sick and take leave then you will not be paid for that No job security: There is less work security for the timer In bad times, often companies put them out before the full timers Health: Because you will have a busy schedule and have less time for yourself, it will also affect your health Distraction from research: Sometimes, the timer department has a good income and that may cause them to lose focus on research The more money you have, the more you think about it CHAPTER III: ANALYSIS AND MAJOR FINDINGS The real situation situation of IBD students doing part-time jobs Nowadays, the use of part-time jobs in Viet Nam has been increasing a lot in the recent years We can see and find the part-time jobs everywhere, such as a coffee shop, a restaurant or an English center Due to the demand and the development of society, the labor force is also necessary Explaining this phenomenon, the market research unit that: cause is due to flexible time, no experience required, increased income, gain some experience and skills, great job opportunities To find out more about what is the real situation of IBD students doing part-time jobs a survey called Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 a) Age AGE 30 25 20 15 10 18 19 20 21 22 31 Figure 1: Age Doing part-time jobs of IBD students’ was conducted recently for about fifty students of IBD intake 13 and intake 14 In order to the age had answered the survey almost the young people (18-31 years old), but with 19 years old is highest point of the chart b) Experience of working part-time jobs EXPERIENCE OF WORKING PART-TIME JOBS The pie chart above illustrate the answers of the question “Have you ever worked part-time?” 56% of respondents said yes, which is the highest point On the other 30.00% hand, only 14% of students participating in the survey haven’t worked before 56.00% Maybe they don’t like to that, or even 14.00% they want to find a job which is more challenging or simply they just want to Yes No Used to focus on their study Figure 2: Experience of working part-time jobs Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 c) Purpose PURPOSE 26.00% 41.00% 7.00% 26.00% Earning money Learning experiences Learning bussiness Making new friends Figure 3: Purpose of working part-time According to the figure 3, the chart shows us that the result is very clear 41% of students participating in the survey said that earning money is their main purpose of doing part-time job, which is take the biggest part of the chart With a reasonable salary, it can totally be a source of income for some students The second biggest is 26% of IBD students who that job to learn experiences and make new friends It is easy to see that is the suitable place for student to find experiences so that they become better and better, more and more mature On the other hand, only 7% who chose this job to learn business d) Working time WORKING HOURS A DAY WORKING DAYS A WEEK 5.60% 11.10% 11.10% 33.30% 55.60% 83.30% Hours Hours 8+ Hours - Days - Days A week Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 Figure 4: Working hours a day Figure 5: Working days a week In the figure 4&5 chart, we can see that there are 83% IBD students’ work for hours for a day and 56% who work to days for a week, which take the highest point of the charts This proportion shows that most students still spend their time studying and resting properly On the other hand, there are 17% who work for hours or more than hours for a day Maybe they will be very hard to manage their own time table The next highest percentage are 33% students working part-time for a week and 11% students spend 1-3 days to work e) Monthly salary MONTHLY SALARY More than 4M SATISFIED WITH SALARY 11 22.22% 33.33% 2M - 4M 61 44.44% Less than 2M 28 10 20 30 40 50 60 Absolutely 70 Figure 6: Monthly salary Normally Unsatisfied Figure 7: Satisfied with salary In figure 6, 61% of respondents in the survey said that they can earn millions to millions in a month, which takes the highest point of the chart The next highest is 28% of IBD students’ who earns less than millions a month and there are only 11% who receives more than millions Maybe they may have higher positions than a normal staffs In figure 8, there are 67% who are satisfied and absolutely satisfied with that salary, while the percentage of people in the survey are unsatisfied with that salary just has 33% 10 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 Effects on doing part-time jobs a) Effects on studying According to the figure 8, we can see that that there EFFECTS ON LEARNING are almost 67% IBD students’ think doing part-time jobs affect learning very much While a part of small 33.30% people made up of 33% think that spending the rest times to work is not harmful and seriously affects the 66.70% Yes study No Figure 8: Working affect learning b) Learning from work LEARNING FROM WORK Managing time 33 Communicating 72 Team work 39 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Figure 9: Learning from work The chart show many kind of skill that students can be learned from this job Communication skill accounted for 72%, which is chosen the most Because of doing that job, they have to communicate to customer a lot, so their skill is the most improvable Following by team work, there are 39% who thought they were learned team work from this job Then 33% of respondents who was improved their manage time from part-time jobs 11 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 c) Problems This chart describes the proportion of problems PROBLEMS No problem when people work part-time Standing hold 10 times is the most interesting issue, which takes Sitting the whole time up to 55% The second proportion is the difficulty of arranging work time and study time, Wasting time with 22% This is the main reason why many Standing the whole time 55 Cannot arrangetime students have bad results in each test at school 6% is the number of the problem of students that 22 must be sitting too much and 10% don’t have 10 20 30 40 50 60 any problem Figure 10: Problems on part-time jobs d) Pressure of the jobs PRESSURE OF THE JOBS 2.99% 23.88% 35.32% 21.89% 15.92% Punctually Fastidiousness from customers Strictness from the boss Others Comparison from colleagues Figure 11: Pressure of the jobs According to the survey, 35% of the students in this survey think that punctuality is the greatest pressure for students to go to work It is easy to understand because the students aren’t adapt with workplace arrangements Next, fastidiousness from customers is the second reason which get pressure for student to go to work part-time, there are 24% of students think that Next, in the survey, 22% of students think that comparison from colleagues is the one of reason put pressure 12 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 for students Comparison is a good action, which help people recognize strengths and weaknesses of themselves to try to improve Next, there are 16% of students think that strictness from the boss is the reason of cause pressure With difficult bosses, it is extremely difficult for them to it So, the strictness of the boss is a great pressure for the students On the other hand, there are only 3% of students in the survey think that the cause of the job put pressure for students to go to work part-time is other reasons Suggestions to overcome challenges when they part-time jobs SOLUTIONS 60 50 40 30 20 10 kl or W 56 32 20 es n st u ho rs a Re na so e bl t im e n i so div Gi ve p y rit rio to le nin ar g m e or an th g in rk o w Figure 12: Solutions 48% of students participating in the survey conducted said giving priority to learning more than working, which takes the highest point of chart is the best solution they choose Most of young’s genaration focus on learning and scare slip off in the class Moreover, they recognize that is their main direction of their life On the other hand, only 20% of recommend that should work less 13 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 than hours per day After furrther invesstigation, we learned 20% solution is spending hours per day for work because they not have a lot of times and their healthcare not good Also some even said that they not need to work a lot becaude their parents has been pay a lot of money for them The remaining 32% said the good way is reasonable time division because they need to know the balance between learning and doing part-time jobs to get the best results and avoid affecting to study Some ideas that to a good part-time jobs, students have to: arrange for a reasonable time, people should know their strengths and weaknesses, make a timetable for learning and working, try to find another way to make their work easier so that they can shorten the time they need to finish their work, concentrate on their work and learn more new things Finally, students should follow the rule properly and be friendlier IBD students have given different opinions about the solution deals with the issues surrounding the IBD students’ perspectives on the trend of choosing part-time jobs Once again, the respondents are asked to give some suggest to reduce the solve of part-time jobs They offer a number of solutions, such as relocating, refreshing schedules, leaving the workforce and relying on parental support, should balance the time between study and work Furthermore, some respondents commented that they should try harder by the heart CHAPTER IV: RECOMMENDATIONS Firstly, part-time job is an experience that students should have It helps you gain experience, struggle in your life and create new relationships Not everyone has a good job with a lot of income at the start, so you need to try to understand as well as possible, show your ability to get a suitable job Secondly, part-time jobs is not for lazy people The harder your work, the easier to reach your dreams, easier to reach higher positions in your life Part-time job is the first piece for you to complete the picture of your life Thirdly, part-time job is the best way to educate a big extravagant spender They will appreciate the money that they make by themselves Especially for students who are being raised by their parents 14 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 Finally, this research still have some mistakes because it must be completed in a short time But hopefully it will help some new students gain more knowledge about part-time jobs, so they can consider whether they should go to work or not CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION We can see that most of students today have a part-time job Reasons explain to that is this is not a demanding job, however it has a reasonable salary and flexible time for students This project aimed at IBD students who had experience of work part-time In our research, we want to give some information about the trend of doing part-time job Moreover, this also provides advantages and disadvantages of this job through IBD students’ experiences Besides, this research offered the solutions they have used to overcome the challenge when they were doing at their workplace Over the recent years, business in Vietnam has been increasing a lot, which we can see that recruitment articles are everywhere So, this means that they need more workers After completing this survey, we found that although these are easy jobs, it still has some challenges for workers This study can help for new workers can know the real situation of these jobs, and workers are doing part-time jobs they can find solution to solve this job’s challenges 15 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 CHAPTER VI: APPENDIX Questionaire Welcome to the survey! I'm Nguyen Dac Tuan Dung from class I14S1 I would like to ask you some questions about your thought on part-time jobs, especially among students in International Bachelor Degree I would be extremely appreciated if you can answer all of the questions with honesty Please answer the question by putting a tick in the box or writing your own opnion in the line if it is out of our suggestion I will ensure that all of your information will be kept confidential 1) How old are you? 2) Have you ever worked part-time? o Yes o No 3) How many hours a day you work? o hours o hours o More than hours 4) How many days a week you work? o - days o - days o I have to work for a week 16 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 5) Does that work effect your studying? o Yes o No 6) What's your solution? o Work less than hours o Reasonable time division o Give priority to learning more than working o Others 7) How much money you earn in a month? o Less than millions o From millions to millions o More than millions o Others 8) Are you satisfied with that salary? o Absolutely o Normally o Unsatisfied 9) What is the main purpose of extra work? o Earning money o Learning experiences o Learning businesses o Making new friends o Others 10) What you learn when you part time jobs? o Team work o Communicating o Managing time o Others 11) What problems you have to face with? o Cannot arrange time 17 Nguyễn Đắc Tuấn Dũng – 180012 – I14S1 o Having to talk to much o Standing the whole time o Wasting time o Others 12) What pressure does this cause you? o Punctuality o Strictness from the boss o Comparison from colleagues o Fastidiousness from customers o Others Reference list  Cunha, D (2018) What are the Benefits of Part-Time Jobs for Students? 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