Taigi, esu iš Nepalo ir planuoju atvykti į Lietuvą informatikos bakalauro studijoms Klaipėdos valstybiniame taikomųjų mokslų universitete. Kyla klausimas, kaip sunku rasti darbą ne visą darbo dieną sudentui iš kitos Lietuvos šalies? Ar kaip studentas galėsiu uždirbti pakankamai sau (nakvynei, maistui ir universiteto mokesčiams), kad man tiesiog nereikėtų priklausyti nuo tėvų?
English Translation Here:
So, I am from Nepal and I am planning to come to Lithuania for my bachelor’s education in [Informatics](https://apply.kvk.lt/courses/course/16-ba-informatics) at [Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences](https://apply.kvk.lt/). The question is, how hard is it to find a part-time job for a sudent from another country in Lithuania?
Will I be able to earn enough for myself (accommodation, food, and university fees) as a student so that I just don’t have to depend on my parents?
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You’ll have no problems finding a no qualification requiring jobs. So fast food chains like Hesburger, McDonalds, KFC, driving via Bolt food, Wolt.
But if you mean something related to IT and you haven’t got the experience yet, you’re going to have a hard time sadly
I don’t know what university fees you’re going to encounter so it’s hard to take that into account, but for everything else yeah I feel it’s possible to make a living. Mainly driving for wolt/bolt comes to mind at first but I’m sure theres other opportunities as well. Be sure try out for IT/IT support positions as well, they’re harder to come by in Klaipeda but I’m sure they would offer much better stability and better benefits.
Short answer: Probably not.
Long answer: Depending on fees, cost of your accomodation, eating habbits, spendingg habbits, you might be okay.
More Complicated answer: If you manage to land a remote support job in IT that might be based in Vilnius you will be able to get a reasonably paid job, but again it really depends on your fees. Lithuania is cheap and not cheap at the same time. If you have good money spending habits, you can easily live a comfy uni life whilst working. However if you expect to be eating out every day, buy latest and greatest tech, go partying etc. it can become very expensive and not sustainable.
Good luck.
As other commenters have mentioned, there shouldn’t be a lot of issues with unqualified jobs, for wolt/bolt it would help if you have a driver’s license.
Regarding IT jobs, it is very common for IT students to start working as software/QA engineers from third, second or even first year at university, however, there’s significantly less of opportunities of such jobs in Klaipėda than in Vilnius/Kaunas. In Klaipėda I think a very good bet would be Devbridge (now rebranding as Cognizant Softvision), they offer a free of charge academy (https://sourceryacademy.com/en/academy/juniors) for upcoming junior engineers.
Before taking up grunt work like food delivery, etc. try looking up work at international companies. A lot of them offer call center/customer support type of jobs and don’t require previous experience as long as you’re fluent enough in English or some other European languages. Quite a few now allow work from home and hire outside of their cities too, which is great for students. These type of jobs are usually enough to make ends meet, if you’re smart with your money and take full advantage of student discounts.
While i studied in Vilnius, i split my rent with my partner and was able to live off 400eur a month in 2018-2020. However, I did not have to pay for studies, so in this case it may be a bit of a financial burden for you to pay for studies and living, especially now that everything is getting more expensive. Though universities may have options for paying the fees in parts and if you would live in a student dorm, the rent from what I’ve heard varies from 50eur a month to 100eur on the extreme end, I may be wrong on this though. Another thing to consider, studying full time and working part time may be difficult and exhausting. If you want/need to be finiancially independent from your parents, then take into consideration that it will get tough at times or even all the time.
I lived in Klaipėda last year and I saw loads of students doing food delivery using bolt or wolt apps. I would recommend you purchase a bike/electric scooter and you could starting working as soon as you arrive.
Also, get loyalty/club cards from most of the big shops like Maxima, iki, norfa. They will help you save money on groceries.
Just so you know Klaipeda State University of Applied Sciences is college and only called university in english.
I recommend looking into positions at service centers like Western Union – not the dream career but most departments employ students and you can align your studies with job as some teams work 6am to 11pm. They also tend to employ foreigners especially if you speak more languages than English.
By law they pay more on night hours, bank holidays, overtime so its not rare to get more than what is your base salary.
And the best thing is you work cosily with your cup of coffee in front of pc and not cater to drunkards in some fast food shop at 2am lol.
Another tip is to look into hostels – they also often employ foreigners and the vibe is the most chill out of all places you could work in. Especially if you like communicating with people.