<p>I applied for a position of an office assistant and I would never imagine that it was so specialized and important that it would require an interview. On another office clerk job at the career services, I was unable to get a position because I am not in the US at this point and they require interviews now. Am I going to have an interview for a library assistant position as well? Is this not excessive? What is your experience with this? At this point the jobs seem to be pretty scarce and it seems that I will be left without one.</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know when you had applied for the jobs, but some of them that were up were time-specific jobs so that could have been why you had to interview so soon. Also, in my experience (applied for 5 jobs on campus) I had interviews for all of them and two of them (maybe more, since I took the 2 and didn’t interview for the others) had second-round interviews. </p>
<p>Sometimes it seems like there aren’t very many jobs up, but since people graduate, quit, study abroad, work fewer hours, etc., there will be more jobs up. Sometimes a lot pour in all at once, and other times it’s almost empty, but usually there’s a steady stream being added to the website. I’d keep applying til October and you’ll probably get one that suits you best. I ended up finding a job in October that paid well and even allowed me to work from my dorm part of the time, which was a lot better than other jobs I had applied for. Good luck finding a job, though!</p>
<p>^ a second round of interviews? wow. These types of scarce/inaccessible work study jobs must be how Georgetown inflates the Financial Need that it claims it meets. They will throw 2-3 thousand dollars in your package just to fill the gap and then you are doomed. Even if you find something later, there is no way you can earn the appropriated money in a smaller amount of time unless you kill yourself over it. This is very discouraging.</p>
<p>Well, I worked $10 an hour starting at my last job and my current one pays up to over $14 an hour, so as long as you get a well-paying job you should be set. There are generally a lot more jobs up than there are now though. Early September through October there tend to be a lot of jobs.</p>
<p>^ can you tell me what types of jobs are the two that pay this much? Research assistants usually make relatively more but its a lot of work. were your positions very demanding?</p>
<p>could you direct me to where these jobs are posted? i was offered work study (im a sophomore transfer)</p>
<p>^seo.georgetown.edu, you are going to have to log in.</p>
<p>I have never heard of someone with work study who wants a job and didn’t get one. I was getting prepared to interview for summer positions and I talked to the career center on a fairly regular basis for a while. My advisor told me the university sees applying for jobs on campus as practice for later applying for a post-grad job. I have never applied for a job, even the lowliest of low, that didn’t require an interview. By forcing students to interview on campus they become more familiar and comfertable with the process.</p>
<p>I worked as a website assistant (which was not the least bit demanding) for $10 an hour starting and I work for UIS (IT/computer services help desk, etc.) right now. I know several people who hold research assistant positions and it seems to depend on the professor or department, because most people I know don’t mind it but some people hate it. I’d just keep checking because you can find some good jobs that pay at least $9 an hour. I know for a fact that certain jobs weren’t up until September, so I wouldn’t worry. You should be fine.</p>