San Diego is rich with seasonal jobs perfect for J1 students, no matter what anyone says about the current economy. There are also many career oriented opportunities for students here, too, internships, non-for-profit and volunteer work in the arts, health-care, animals, kids-- whatever you're building for the future, there's probably an opportunity to work on it in San Diego.

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SeaWorld Tour Guide First posted: March 26th, 2009 Posted today on the SeaWorld San Diego job search web page: Tour Guide Park: Sea World San Diego Type: Seasonal Description: Pay: $10.28/hr. Availability: Three days of unrestricted availability during the non-peak season and four days during the peak season (including at least one weekend day). Hours: Up to 40 hours per week during peak season; up to 28 hours [...] more....

There are several terrific resources for off-the-beaten-path jobs in San Diego. One of the most useful is Craig's List, which is heavily used in San Diego for all kinds of stuff, including jobs. We're publishing most recent job postings from Craig's List on the right, so click one through to find out more about the listing or Craig's List itself.

Very useful for J1 students are the part-time, etc and gigs listings, which usually offer very short term work, events work, cash payment, etc.