<p>I'm beginning to seach on-campus work study options offered at my school. I know it differs from school to school, but did any of you have an amazing work study experience or, on the other hand, HORRIBLE work study experience you'd like to share? </p>
<p>Would you suggest looking into more "quiet" jobs (such as working the library sign-in desk) so the student might be able to bring along some school work? Or would you suggest a more hands-on position (answering phones or tutoring) as they might be a bit more "fun?"</p>
<p>Should students think of something as simple as work study as a way to "gain connections" and suggest working in an administrator's office or research center?</p>
<p>Nope. Just take any job that doesn’t blow. Under no circumstances should you work in dining; it’s long, hard, and the pay is crap. Library, admin office, and help desk is all good because it’s quiet.</p>
<p>And there are no special jobs for FWS students. Some jobs PREFER WS kids, but there are no specific jobs for them. They’re the same jobs everyone can get on campus.</p>
<p>Work in the theater department as a techie. </p>
<p>It is so much fun, you get to work with your hands, you get to meet a bunch of dramatic(pun) people, and that is where a lot of cute girls work–at least at my school. Also, if you want to act, being a techie gives you access to that “realm” just by knowing the people who are going to be in charge of shows, or be stage managers or whatever.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed it, if I wasn’t working as an aid in my department I would do it again this year.</p>
<p>For freshman year, don’t try to find/force your way into a job in the department you expect to major in. It is best just to be friend a professor from the department of interest, and have them refer you for a aid position the following year/semester. Plus, if you find a professor you like, and are interested in their research, you’ll have a generally better experience.</p>
this. the highest paying positions i’ve seen on my school’s job listings are the ones that basically involve simple lab work as part of a research project. they make a point of requiring no experience too, so its not like you need to be a science major.</p>
<p>Screw campus jobs, they pay maybe $8-$10/hr and then half that goes to the govt. I get paid $22/hr to babysit, and it’s off-the-books. I just pick the kid up from school, walk him home, help him with his HW, and then his mom comes home and takes over. If you can, try to get a babysitting job off campus. They pay better and the hours are more flexible, and you keep the money you make (often it’s cash). But for working on-campus, I reccommend research, the library, the bookstore, or a receptionist/clerical job. I agree with whoever said Dining Hall is the worst job, although I suppose you get free food which is nice.</p>
<p>You don’t understand how work study works. You can get any job you want that is willing to accept work study. You get paid the full hourly rate (minus taxes obviously), but the government pays the employer half of your wage, up to the total award amount.</p>
<p>I’d try working at the campus gym. You don’t have to be buff or have gym knowledge or anything, most of it is just sitting at a desk signing people in or whatever.</p>
<p>It’s social when you want it to be, but personally, I just sit around doing nothing, doing homework, or surfing the internet for hours.</p>
<p>Practically every college has a campus gym, so there you go.</p>
<p>@ Icarus - I do understand how work-study works, my point was that you get paid close to minimum wage and a lot of it goes to taxes anyway. Meanwhile, there are off-campus jobs where you can get paid a lot more. i was giving babysitting as an example because the salary is often $15-$25/hr and it’s off-the-books sometimes, so you make a lot more money.</p>
<p>Sometimes (depends on the job of course) - and even then, your employer can fill out paperwork to take advantage of your work study funds.</p>
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<p>Yeah, because babysitting is such regular, long-term work that lots of college students would eagerly do :rolleyes: - what you describe sounds like regular nanny work, for which the family that hires you should be making official and paying taxes on, etc.</p>
<p>Why are you nitpicking my posts? I was just giving an example of an off-campus job, relax. And yes, a lot of college students (mostly girls) do babysit - it’s a job like any other, where you work a certain number of hours a week (sometimes more or less, it’s pretty flexible). I’ve had babysitting jobs that I paid taxes on, and others that were off the books, and either way I thought they were more fun and paid better than on-campus jobs or retail work. Just a tip for anyone who doesn’t mind kids and needs to work part-time.
I worked at the library one semester and it wasn’t very social - I shelved books and it was pretty tedious. However, the people who check out books or sit at the desk to check books when people leave would usually bring their laptops or get some reading done. Tutoring would be better if you want a more social job, I guess. if you’re a tutor you can also set your own rates.</p>
<p>Im planning on teaching beginners guitar at my school to kids in the area FOR LIKE $18/HR. Maybe if you are musically talented you can tutor or teach for money. Plus if youre a P.E. Major like me then the teaching experience will be useful.</p>
<p>Lol. I advertised to babysit for $15+ an hour depending on how old the kid is, how many kids, etc. and added that I’d teach the kids art stuff and bring my own art supplies and I got SO MANY replies. </p>
<p>My only experience was babysitting my next door neighbor.</p>