Sheffield’s strangest student jobs

For many students the expectations of sleeping past noon and spending their weekends watching episodes of Friends never materialise.

Instead they end up working a job which, let’s face it, isn’t going to enhance their career prospects.

But when there’s no more vacancies at the Sainsbury’s Local down the road, some have found themselves in some pretty bizarre occupations.

Here’s a selection of Sheffield’s strangest student jobs.

1.Ice Cream Man

This job is simply Fab

This would sound like the perfect job for many students, no early starts or late finishes and more importantly the unlimited free ice cream.

“This job was amazing at first. I was stuck in Sheffield waiting to do retakes and I just sat in the van all day getting my revision done, making people smile and eating Flakes” said Ice Cream Man Liam.

“Flakes, because horrifyingly, I can’t eat ice cream because I’ve got sensitive teeth. Life’s a bitch sometimes.”

2. Stores Assistant at the Students’ Union

The next big thing in fashion

Like many, Danny found himself working at the SU. But not in the shop or the bar as you’d expect, instead delivering stock to the outlets on campus.

“I work with all the shop staff and they are really nice. I couldn’t live without my steel toe capped boots though, they double up as great pair of Corp shoes” Danny said.

“Plus, I really think the jacket compliments my skin tone.”

3. Pizza Maker

Spending a few hours a week making pizzas seems like a reasonably good student job, and definitely more enjoyable than stocking shelves in Aldi.

“Apart from the 6am starts I actually really enjoy it. Some people ask for some pretty bizarre pizza toppings sometimes, which isn’t easy to do when you’re still hanging from the night before.

And sometimes I even get to take home the left over pizzas”.

I’ll have a pizza that

4. Cleaning Halls

Sheffield’s Cinderella

Remember that flat in your block which was always filthy and had sick on the window? Imagine having to clean that.

It’s definitely not for the faint-hearted, and Katie found herself cleaning the university halls over summer.

“The best thing about the job was being nosey and seeing inside other people’s flats.

Some were disgusting though, people hadn’t taken the bins out and it was pretty tedious hanging up hundreds of curtains. I’ve definitely developed OCD now from all the cleaning.”

5. Pub Quiz Master

Everyone loves a good pub quiz. An excuse for students to get a bit messy whist also brushing up on their general knowledge.

After having “a lot of trouble making it sound interesting”, Jacob told us that he “writes the pub quiz every week, reads it out on Tuesdays and then gives out some prizes”.

Doesn’t sound that riveting, but probably better than the overnight shift at Tesco.