Get help: hire a student

You want to take your photography business to the next level but there’s not enough hours in the day to get it all done?

The way I see it you’ve got 2 options: [ordered_list]

Get in your DeLorean, complete with working flux capacitor, hit 88 and burn rubber to earlier in the day.
Support and encourage a student while you get help with your business.

[/ordered_list] Who knows maybe you could even become a mentor to them!

PLEASE NOTE: The rules to the mentor/mentee relationship dictate that at some point the student may become the master and you may in fact die by their hand!

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What to do:

Find a student that you jive with. Maybe they remind you of a younger you, perhaps they’re your exact opposite. I’m not going to get into the art of picking a student worker here but I will suggest you go with your gut(duh).

Where to look:

http://www.internmatch.com/employers

http://studentfreelance.com/hire-students

http://www.urbaninterns.com/

http://www.interninc.com/

List of art colleges:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_art_schools

http://artscenetoday.com/artist_resources/list_of_art_schools/

http://education-portal.com/articles/Best_Colleges_with_a_Photography_Major_List_of_Schools.html

Questions to keep in mind: [unordered_list style=’dot’]

How many hours do you need/ can afford help?
How flexible are you in scheduling?
Do you have a physical studio/place for a student to work?
How much are you willing to pay for a student employee?
Who will do the orientation, training, and supervising?
Can you provide “hands-on” experience with equipment or processes used in the photography industry?
Are you providing value to the student?

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Please remember you are not getting “free labor”, it will do nothing for either of you to have your student not doing anything.