The festival season has started: students are also more active in their job search

By: Trademagazin Date: 2024. 07. 04. 11:54

This year’s summer vacation and the accompanying student work season are already in full swing, and the number of applications peaks during this period. At the same time, the period of festivals has also started, and young people are happy to collect for these events – which are not exactly tailored to student wallets – which further increases the interest in student works. In addition to the implementation of short-term plans, however, the members of the younger generation are much more purposeful: in addition to earning money, gaining professional experience and anxiety about choosing a career lead them to work as a student.

That is why students who have reached the age of 15 take advantage of the opportunity to work during the school holidays, which in many cases is created by their parents’ jobs. But students studying abroad can also take up student work at home if they have a naturalized full-time student card – pointed out Róbert Göbl, head of the Mind-Diák Szövetkezet.

The festival season has started with summer, and those who want to party can choose from countless options: Balaton Sound starts on July 3, followed by EFOTT on July 10, East Fest on July 17, Sziget Festival on August 7, the Strand festival in Zamárdi from August 22, the SZIN from August 28, and the BME Days in September – just to name a few of the bigger ones. A large proportion of young Hungarians still participate in these festivals, but ticket and drink prices, as well as accommodation costs, put a significant burden on festival-goers’ wallets. It is not surprising that one of the main motivations for taking on student work in the summer is fundraising for festivals, but at the same time, the majority of students still partially rely on their parents. The most recent survey by the Youth Research Institute revealed that 42 percent of Hungarians would allow young people to go to festivals alone up to the age of 17, and more than half of the respondents (58 percent) believed that only 18-year-olds can be allowed without an adult.