Although relaxing all day, sitting in the sun, and hanging out with friends 24/7 may be the most fun way to spend your summer, getting a summer job will provide you with life-long lessons that you will be thankful for obtaining. These jobs can boost skills and habits you can carry into your full-time jobs! 

 Securing a summer job can also boost your self-confidence, and allow you to overcome challenges such as learning a new skill, working in a stressful work environment, or learning to deal with a strict boss or bad coworker. 

 Working will also strengthen your time-management skills. Time management will continue to be a beneficial habit in your future, both at college and as an adult. 

 Many people might say, “I don’t want to get a summer job because that’s not what I’m going to be doing in the future.” However, these jobs are the best way to find out what kind of job would best fit you in the future. Summer jobs can help you find out whether you like to work with people or independently, and whether you can work quickly and efficiently under pressure or not. Working a couple of part-time jobs can help zero you in on your likes and dislikes and your strengths and weaknesses. 

 Lastly, in your summer job, you’ll likely work with a range of different people, ages, genders, races, and religions. This will strengthen your social skills, as well as prepare you for the future where you will have to interact with everyone. 

 Although you may not want to get a summer job, the benefits outweigh the negatives. You could sit on the beach, watch television, sleep in until 1pm every day, or you could go get a job and get paid for learning life lessons! Summer jobs won’t take up the entire day or even every day, so hang with friends, swim in the lake, take long walks and drives, have sleepovers, do a movie night with friends, but make sure you gain these very important skills with a summer job.