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Wheny ou’
reonthejobhunt,oneofthef
ir
stquesti
onsy ou’
ll
likel
yneedtoasky
oursel
fis
whetheryouwanttofindapart-
timejoboraful
l-
ti
mej ob.Orperhapsyou’
vebeenworki
ngpart-
t
imef orawhil
e,andy ouremploy
erhasaskedifyouwoul dbeinter
est
edinaful
l
-ti
merole.

Whataresomeofthedif
ferencesbet
weenpar t
-t
imeworkandfull
-t
imework?Morespecifi
cal
l
y,
whatshoul
dyouexpectaboutpay,hour
s,schedul
eandbenefi
ts?Thisgui
dewil
lsharesomeof
themainthi
ngsyoushouldknowwhendeci di
ngbetweenful
l
-ti
meandpar t
-t
imejobs,andhow
todeter
minewhichwouldbebestforyou.

Whati
saf
ull
-t
imej
ob?

TheFai
rLaborStandardsAct(FLSA),
whichisthemaj
oremploymentlawintheUS,doesn’t
pr
ovi
deacleardefi
nit
ionforpart
-t
imeorful
l-
ti
mejobs.Thismeansthatdependi
ngonthe
companyyouwor kfor,
theli
nebetweenpart-
ti
meandf ul
l
-ti
meemploymentcanbedi f
ferent
.

Mostcompanieswil
lrequir
eful
l-
ti
meempl oyeestoworksomewherebetween32and40hours
perweek.Thi
snumberi simport
ant,becauseittel
l
syouhowmanyhour syou'
reguar
ant
eedon
aweeklybasi
s.TheBureauofLaborSt ati
sti
cssetst
hebenchmarkf orf
ull
-t
imeemploy
eesa
l
it
tl
ehigher,
at35hour saweek,butthi
sisn’
tlaw.

Whati
sapar
t-
ti
mej
ob?

Ast henamesuggest s,
part-
ti
mewor kershavefewerhour
st hanaf ul
l-
timeempl oyee.Part-
ti
me
jobstypicall
yrequir
enomor ethan35hour sperweek,andmaybeasf ewas5- 10hour s.Unl
ike
full
-t
imeempl oyees,part
-t
imeempl oyeesarenotguar
anteedthesamenumberofhour sor
shift
seachweek.Forexampl e,apar t-
ti
mecashieratagrocerystoremayonl ywor k15hour s
oneweek, andthen20hour sthefol
lowi ngweek.Part
-t
imewor kerssomet i
meshav etheoption
ofpickingupaddi t
ionalshi
ft
st ocoverforcoworkerswhocal l
insick,orforworkingextrahours
duri
ngapar t
icul
arl
ybusyti
meoft hey ear.

Whati
sthet
ypi
cal
schedul
eforaf
ull
-t
imev
s.par
t-
ti
mej
ob?

Part-
ti
mej obsareknownf orhavi
ngalotoff
lexi
bil
i
ty,suchast
heopti
ontoworkdur
ingt
he
weekday,weekendornightshif
ts.Thi
siswhymanyst udent
sandpar
entschooset
oworkpar
t-
 t
imej
obs,sotheycanfocusmoreonotherthingsl
ikethei
rst
udi
esorthei
rfami
l
ies.Par
t-
ti
me
j
obsmayalsobeavai
labl
eseasonal
l
y,especiall
yduri
ngpeakper
iodsl
i
kesummerv acat
ionor
t
hehol i
days.

Buti fyouli
kehav i
ngaf lexi
bleschedulethatrevolvesaroundyourli
fe,youcanki ssthat
goodby ewit
haf ul
l
-ti
mej ob.Asaf ull
-t
imeempl oyee, mostemployerswil
l r
equireyout obe
av
ailabl
emost ,ifnotall,oftheweek.Thi siswhyf ul
l-t
imejobsar eoft
enreferredt
oasa“ 9-to-
5,”
referr
ingtothetimef ramebet ween9:00am and5: 00pm.Tr yi
ngtofit40hour si
ntonightand
weekendshi ft
si sdif
ficult
.Howev er,
ifyoupreferworkingdefinedhoursduringthedayev ery
week, t
henaf ull
-t
imej obmi ghtbeabet t
eroptionforyou.Keepi nmindthatmostf ul
l-
ti
mej obs
ar eal
soy ear-
round,rat
herthanseasonal.

Howar
epar
t-
ti
meempl
oyeesandf
ull
-t
imeempl
oyeespai
d?

Part-
ti
meempl oyeesareal
way spaidbythehour .That
’swhyt
heyareusuallyresponsi
blef
or
“
clocki
ngin”and“clocki
ngout”atthebegi
nni ngandendofthei
rshif
ts.Theymayal sobeasked
tosubmi tati
mesheetattheendofev er
yweekt omakesuretheyarepaidforallt
hetimethat
theywor k.

Ful
l-
ti
meempl oy
eesmaygetpai dbyt hehourj ustli
kepart-t
imeempl oyees,ortheymayr ecei
v e
aflatsal
ary.Thi
sisnotusuall
ysomet hi
ngt hatcanbenegot iatedwithanemploy er.Af ul
l-
ti
me
employeewhoi spai
dbyt hehourisr efer
redtoas“ nonexempt ,”whi
lethosewhoar esalari
ed
arerefer
redtoas“exempt.”Thedifferencebet weennonexemptandexemptempl oyeesisthat
nonexemptempl oy
eesarepaidov erti
me( 1.5timestheirhourlywage)foranytimewor kedov er
40hour sperweek.Exemptempl oyees,ont heotherhand,alway searnthesamesal aryno
matterhowmanyext rahourstheywor k.

I
ntermsofear nings, y
ou' l
lfi
ndt hatmanyf ull
-t
imeempl oyeesarepai dalit
tl
emor ethanthei
r
part
-t
imecount erparts,especiall
yiftheyhav especi alizedskil
l
s.Itwoul dn'
tbeunusual toseea
payincreaseifyouchangef r
om apar t-
timer oletoaf ul
l-
ti
mer ole;youmayev enseey our
compensat i
onrestructuredent i
rely,i
fyouar epaidaf latsal
aryratherthanhourly.Compar edto
par t
-t
imeempl oy ees,full
-ti
meempl oyeesmayal sohav emor ej obresponsibil
i
tiesand
opportunit
iesforcareerpr ogression,suchasget tingapr omotiontoamanager i
al r
ole.However,
therear esti
l
lplentyofhi gh-payingpart-
timej obs, suchasnanni esandcust omerser vi
ce
representati
v es.
 Whatbenef
it
sdof
ull
-t
imewor
ker
sandpar
t-
ti
mewor
ker
srecei
ve?

Benefi
tsmightbethemostconf
using,andcer
tainl
ythemostpaper work-
heav y
,poi
nt sof
diff
erencebetweenf
ull
-t
imeandpart-
timeemployees.“Benefi
ts”i
sthecatchallt
erm usedto
descri
bepartsofacompensat
ionpackagethatyoureceivefr
om anemploy er
,inaddi
tiontoa
regul
arpaycheck.

Full
-t
imeempl oyeesar eusuallyel i
gi bl
ef orbenefit
s.Themostcommonbenef i
tsi
ncludehealth
i
nsurance,aswel l asdent al,vision, andli
feinsurance.Empl oyer
sthatofferi
nsurancewill
usuall
ypayf orsome( orevenal l!)oft hemont hlycostoft hepol i
cy.Mostfull
-t
imeempl oyees
wil
lalsobeel i
giblef orpaidt i
meof f(PTO)t hr
oughf ederalholi
days,vacati
ondays,andsick
days.Someempl oy ersof f
ert heirf ull
-ti
meempl oyee'sr et
ir
ementopt i
onssuchasa401( k)plan
(sometimeswi thacompanymat ch),aswel l
asot hercompany -
specifi
cperkssuchas
r
eimbur sementsf orchi l
dcare, af i
t nessmember ship,aneducat i
onst i
pendandst ockopti
ons.

Ontheot
herhand,part
-t
imeempl oyeesareusual
l
ynotel igibl
eforcompany-
sponsor
edbenef it
s
suchasheal
thinsur
anceorr et
ir
ementplans.However,thisisal
sodependentontheempl oyer
.
Somemayoffereducationortr
aini
ngsti
pends,cert
ainhol i
daysofforempl
oyeediscounts,
especi
all
yforj
obsinret
ailandf oodservi
ce.

Benefi
tsvaryfr
om empl oyertoemployer
.Whenaccepti
nganewj ob,whetheri
t’
spart
-ti
meor
ful
l-
ti
me,it
'simportantforyoutounderst
andexactl
ywhatyou'rebeingoff
eredaspartofyour
benefi
tspackage.Don'tfeelembar
rassedaboutadmit
ti
ngy oudon'tknowwhatsomet hi
ngis.
Thepersonaty ourcompanywhohandl eshumanresourceswi l
lbehappytohel
p.

Dopar
t-
ti
meorf
ull
-t
imewor
ker
shav
ebet
terj
obsecur
it
y?

Jobsecuri
tyreal
lycoul
dgoeitherway.Somepeopleseepar t
-t
imeempl oyeesasless
expendabl
e,becausetheyoft
enmakel essmoney ,
andtheyusuall
ydon'tr
eceivebenefi
tsl
ike
f
ull
-t
imeemployeesdo.Otherssaythatful
l
-ti
meempl oy
eesaremor ehighl
ytrai
ned,havemor e
experi
enceandaren'
taseasytoreplaceaspart-
ti
mewor ker
s.Whatissafetosayisthatneither
offer
ssigni
fi
cantl
ymor ejobsecur
ityt
hantheother.

Whatar
etheeducat
ional
ort
rai
ningr
equi
rement
sforf
ull
-t
imeandpar
t-
ti
mej
obs?

Thi
sishi
ghl
ydependentont
hei
ndust
ryandt
hej
obdut
ies,
rat
hert
hanwhet
hert
hej
obi
s
 categori
zedasf ul
l-
ti
meorpar t-
ti
me.Forexampl e, deli
verywor kers(whetherfull-
timeorpar t
-
ti
me)usual lyneedadr i
ver’
slicense,andtruckdriverswillneedaCDL.Cashi ers, babysi
tters,
nanniesandcust omerservi
cer epresentat
ivesdonotr equireanyf ormal educationalcredential
.
Bycont r
ast,mosthealthcarejobsr equi
reatleastabachel or’sdegreeand/ oral i
censei norder
t
opr act
ice.Coll
egestudentscanal sofi
ndpart-
timej obsthatar ealignedwiththei rmajor,but
donotrequir
ethem tohav etheirdegreeinhand.I t
’simpor t
antt olookcloselyatt hejob
descr
ipti
ontomakesur eyoumeett heeducationalrequirements( ifany)beforeappl y
ing.

I
sapar
t-
ti
meorf
ull
-t
imej
obbestf
ory
ou?

Thatul
ti
mat el
ydependsony ourpr i
ori
ti
es.I
fyou’r
einschool andneedt obeav ail
abl
efor
classesduri
ngtheday,apart-
ti
mej obmightbeabet t
erchoiceforyou.Ifyouhav echi
ldcare
responsi
bil
i
tiesoryouarecari
ngf oranelderl
yparent,
thenpar t
-t
imejobscanal sobeagr eat
waytostayintheworkfor
cewhi l
et aki
ngcareofyourfamily.I
fyouwoul dratherworkmul t
ipl
e
par
t-
ti
mejobsr at
hert hanafull
-t
imejob,that
’salsoaviabl
eopt ion.

Bycont
rast
,ify
ouwantahighersal
aryorbett
erbenefi
ts,andi
fyoucandedi cat
emostofy our
dayti
mehoursduri
ngtheweektoajob,t
henfull-
ti
memi ghtbeyourbestbet.Aful
l-t
imejobmay
alsobet
hepreferr
edchoi
ceifyouhol
dacollegedegreeorwantalonger-t
erm careerwi
thmore
oppor
tuni
ti
esf oradv
ancement.

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