Best Cool Summer Jobs for College Students

College students always need extra money. Even if your parents provide you with a stipend each month or semester, there are always extra activities, trips or gadgets you need. There are some little known but fun and adventurous ways to earn money, whether it's on your spring or summer break or during the school year.

Travel-for-pay

A website called Roadrat.com dubs itself "The World's Greatest Travel-For Pay Secret". This site explains the hidden world of the vehicle delivery business. You can sign up to work directly for manufacturers, transporter companies or RV vehicle companies to drive their cars, RV's, ambulances and school buses all over the country.

This is the perfect job for summer breaks. You can see the country and get paid for it. Your employer also provides lodging and food expenses. According to Roadrat.com, when you have completed the delivery, you are also provided with a return airline ticket back home.

Movie Extra / Convention Worker

Another exciting job is working as a movie extra or event model/worker. This type of employment works best if your college is in a large city or if you are located in an area with a large convention business.

Conventions or events such as auto, boat or home improvement shows often need temporary workers to help with the ticketing, displays or food concessions. The way to get your name in circulation for this type of job is to sign up with casting agents, modeling agencies and the convention centers.

Summer at a resort

A great way to spend a semester off or your first six months after graduation is to work at the resort Club Med. According to the website www.aplus-summerjobs.com, the pay is approximately $530 a month and the minimum commitment is 6 months. Club Med has over 100 worldwide locations. Some of the jobs include carpenter, tour guides, entertainers, sports instructors, bartenders, nurses, nannies, and retail staff.

Besides your monthly salary, food and lodging are free and you are permitted to use the resort's facilities at no charge on your time off. After one season of employment, you can apply to work on their cruise ship.

Alaska Summer Jobs

How about spending your summer in Alaska? A website devoted to this goal is www.alaska-summer-jobs.com. According to this sight, you can work at salmon processing plants and canneries. There is also advice on how to land a job working on an Alaskan oil rig. J. Paul Getty, in his book, How to Be Rich, told of how he learned the oil business by working on the oil rigs as a deckhand. Hands on training is the best way to learn a new business.

On this Alaska job website, there are also fishing lodge jobs, tour guide jobs and construction jobs. There are endless ways to make your summer vacation adventurous and earn money at the same time!