There are many cases where part time work may be the most suitable form of employment, for example if you are looking to supplement a student loan, if you have young children so can only work during school hours or if you are semi-retired and just want a little job to get you out of the house a couple of days a week. What ever the reason there is plenty of positions that suit this style of work, particularly shift work within factories, shops or in bars or restaurants.

The beauty of shift work is that if needs be you can usually swap shifts around if you need time off meaning you wouldn’t miss out on pay. The hours can be quite flexible so if you are only able to do evening work or work at times when you have child care available that’s usually a feasible option.

It’s also a good way of being able to have more than one job and work the shifts around each other so that you are not doing the same tasks day in and day out.

Part time work doesn’t always pay very well so it’s important to look around to get a fair wage for the job that you are doing.