Flexible Work for Local College Kids Home for Summer

As the days grow warmer, Main Line residents have summer—and summer jobs—on the brain. For many, summer means welcoming college-age students back home… and hoping they’ll find work, make money, and stay off the couch. For thousands of college students who call the Main Line home, QuadJobs—the online hub for finding flexible, local jobs—will be the answer.

“I used QuadJobs nonstop to find work,” said Isabella Crawford, Boston College Class of 2019, describing her previous summer experience. “It’s a tremendous resource for students to be able to find jobs that fit their schedules.”

“No job is too big or small for QuadJobs,” explains co-founder and CEO Betsy O’Reilly. “College students value jobs that they can fit into any free time they have. This holds true in the summer months, when students may have an internship or travel plans — but need to make money, too. Flexible jobs are key, and for students returning to the Main Line, we have those jobs.”

Students home for the summer simply need to switch to their home address in order to see all that’s available. QuadJobs is free to students, and unlike other services, the business does not receive any cut of what students earn.

“If you’re a college student living , you have no excuse for not finding work this summer,” jokes co-founder Andra Newman. “Even if it’s just a few hours a week, there’s a job for every schedule.”

Based on last summer, O’Reilly and Newman expect a surge on both sides of the marketplace during the warmer months ahead. “Last summer, the number of jobs quadrupled,”” says O’Reilly. “The excitement on both sides of the market exceeded our expectations, and we expect this summer to surpass that.”

Who’s hiring? With young children out of school for summer, local families turn to QuadJobs for babysitting and mother’s helper positions, as well as household help – with jobs ranging from moving a couch to gardening to helping at a backyard barbecue. Local businesses post for interns, seasonal hires (scooping ice cream or working at a summer camp, for example), and marketing help (from social media support to working at events). “QuadJobs gives local businesses access to an extremely capable workforce that is otherwise hard to reach,” says O’Reilly.

“QuadJobs singlehandedly changed the way I plan for everything,” says Hillary Corbin, a Greenwich, CT resident who has used the site since it started in 2014. “Evenings out, moving, Excel for my business… I always find an eager and hardworking student grateful for the opportunity, whether I post long in advance or last-minute.”

Employers pay $35/ year for unlimited posts on QuadJobs, or they can opt for a single post for $7. Businesses pay $95 for unlimited posts.

QuadJobs tracks every job a student takes, and gathers performance reviews. This ‘JobGPA,’ visible when a student applies to a job, is a useful hiring tool for employers.

Since its launch in 2014, QuadJobs has helped connect thousands of college students with employers looking for on-demand help. The company has forged a presence at more than 500 colleges, and expanded into Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, New Jersey, Austin, and Denver. ABC News NY called QuadJobs a "game-changer for college students," and Dana Perino of FOX News called the fast-growing startup "a name to remember" in the on-demand space.

The impact that QuadJobs has had on the more than 35,000 students using the site has been tremendous. With the cost of a college education climbing ever higher, the money students earn on QuadJobs helps relieve some of the financial burden a college education entails.

“Our greatest achievement has been helping students in a real way,” says O’Reilly. “Nearly 85 percent of college students in this country are on some form of financial aid. Through QuadJobs, our students been able to make more money, build their networks, and gain invaluable experience. For some, this is the difference between staying in school and dropping out. For others, it’s led to a full-time job after graduation.”