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<li><p>Have you ever worked on campus?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it worth it having a campus job? I only would want one for the extra cash.</p></li>
<li><p>When and how would I go about finding one?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I have two campus jobs during the school year (and I’m at school now, working for the university). I am a tutor and a receptionist. I like my tutor job because it’s a really flexible schedule (I make my own appointments), higher pay, and I can reinforce my understanding of basic subjects. My receptionist job is lower paying, but the hours are guaranteed. My co-workers are great too. </p>
<p>It is absolutely worth getting a campus job. If you live on campus, it is the most convenient place to work (unless you go to school in a city or something where other places of employment are easily accessible). In addition, they offer a wide range of job opportunities and possibilities for references and promotions. If you live off campus, you can get a job close to your home as well, so the on campus aspect is less of an appeal. In addition, while many on campus jobs are restricted to student applicants (good for you, since there’s no competition from locals who are looking for jobs), they can also be restricted to work study only. I go to a public university, so a lot of jobs on my campus are for work study only. I have two of the few jobs not restricted to just those students.</p>
<p>Getting hired can be hard. It took me a full semester of searching and interviewing to get my job (first as a receptionist, then as a tutor). Look on your university’s job site for part time or student openings (this is also how work study students can view eligible jobs at my school). Find a place you’d like to work at and ask the manager or boss if and when they hire. Some places have a standard application (like food services or the book store) and can be handed in any time. Other places like offices may only hire at the end of the semester. Make friends with the professional staff in a place you’d like to work (say a department office), they might be inclined to call you when there’s an opening.</p>
<p>Campus jobs are nice because the are always flexible to the students, however generally they pay terribly. So if it’s beer and food money you’re after then go for it. But if you’re seriously looking to pay for school then find a good internship or something.</p>
<p>And most schools have a student employment website or list jobs by the department. Just search around your school’s website or ask your advisor as that is their job.</p>
<p>I did at a dining hall. It was boring, tedious and a lot of the students were snobs, but the extra money was nice. I mean, I still had to ask for money from home, but it also gave me something to do for a few hours a week.</p>
<p>And I checked the school’s website. At my new school, finding on campus jobs are more difficult because it is a commuter campus, but it was easy at my other school that had a dozen places on campus to eat.</p>
<p>Depends on what you do. Try to get a UTAship (undergraduate teaching assistant). That’s what I am doing and it’s great experience, decent pay, and something I can put on my curriculum vitae</p>
<p>I work at one of the dining courts on campus. I really like it, and it’s helped me make some really good friends that are outside of engineering. (I’m an engineering major that lived on an engineering floor, and the few extracurriculars I was involved in were for women in engineering.) It’s definitely worth it to have some side money that you don’t have to harass your parents for so you can eat outside of the dining court or go on random Walmart trips. I found my job from the advertising about dining court jobs at summer orientation and applied online.</p>
<p>I work as part of my work-study financial aid package, and I love having a job. I worked all throughout high school, so I was used to having my own money, and I’m glad that I could continue to have my own income through college.</p>
<p>I basically worked as a TA this past year, and also in another office on campus. My freshman year, I worked in the dining hall, which wasn’t ideal, but I still made friends and it was fine. Since I worked beginning fall term freshman year, I found it easy to get used to balancing work and school.</p>
<p>I’d say go for it.</p>
<p>Has anyone balanced school, work, and 3 seasons of sports? Im planning on running xc and track at the d3 level</p>
<p>I was a work-study student this past year and I loved it. I feel as though it kept me doing something outside of class when otherwise I might have been bored in my room. The extra money is also a definite plus, I loved having some money to save and some to spend when I wanted something. </p>
<p>Since I was assigned work-study as part of my FA I’m not sure how you find one otherwise, but I’m pretty sure you can go to the career office on your campus and ask them to place you somewhere. They do if they have extra spots open from work-study kids that don’t show up to their jobs.</p>
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<li><p>About to start a (paid) undergraduate research internship, which is kind of like having a job.</p></li>
<li><p>I’m not doing it for the money (although I do need the money) but for the research experience. I didn’t even know undergraduate research serfs were paid. I will not be doing any classes while I’m doing this, but once the Fall semester starts up I will be doing about 5-10 (at the most) hours a week in the lab. For the summer I’ll be working ~30 hours a week.</p></li>
<li><p>Depends entirely on your school. On a huge campus like mine it’s not so much finding one as not being overwhelmed by choice. So many jobs on campus are not even advertised, the positions are filled by students the professors (who whomever) already know. And the bigger your school, the greater the diversity of jobs. I know a guy who is involved in the physics departments computer systems, he works with the purchasing and ordering and so forth. I know another guy who does some kind of scripting for somebody in the physics department. I know a guy who grades computer science assignments. Before I transferred, I was a math and physics tutor.</p></li>
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<p>Ask your academic advisor about jobs on campus. One place to start is the tutoring office, I think most schools of a big enough size offer free peer tutoring to students. That’s what I did. Some peer tutoring systems are kind of “first come, first serve” where the tutor just helps people in a big tutoring room with various problems, sometimes it’s more formal where you have appointments. I had scheduled appointments. I’d work with mostly remedial math students one-on-one twice a week, paid about 7.50 an hour.</p>
<p>If you’re a good writer, work at the writing center! It’s easy, fun, and you get paid for socializing and doing your homework (and helping people out!) I worked there without pay for one semester and next semester I’ll start getting paid. Honestly I didn’t even mind that I wasn’t getting paid because it was that fun and fulfilling.</p>
<p>Campus jobs are the easiest because the people running them understand that you’re a student first. I just emailed the head of the writing center over winter break, pleaded my case, and a few months later I was working. We get to set up our own schedules and decide how many hours we want to work - very flexible. I’d highly recommend getting a job that pertains to a potential major or deep interest you have, but as naturaldistaster mentioned, sometimes jobs outside of that can help you branch out with new friends.</p>
<p>aca12335 - I’m only a two-season varsity athlete (D3), but I work a full 10 hours/week (the max according to my FA), am an editor of a campus publication, and volunteer regularly. As long as you schedule your classes carefully, you should be fine.</p>
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<li><p>I have held about 8 different positions on campus in my 4 years at MSU. Mostly administrative/social science research positions (for a study or academic institute), but I also worked for my student government for a semester and also worked as a cultural aide (similar to a resident mentor but focused more on cultural/diversity programming) for a year. </p></li>
<li><p>It is definitely worth it, at least in my opinion. It is the main way I have been able to pay off my bills/housing/transportation/food/bar expenditures. The work history/experience it gave me also is probably one of the main reasons I have a full-time job related to my major/interests shortly after graduation. Plus as others have pointed out, campus jobs are so much more flexible to your needs as a student (you can often make your own hours, do homework/check email/fb during work if you aren’t busy, or take days off if you are visiting home/going away for the weekend/have huge tests to study for coming up). </p></li>
<li><p>In terms of how to go about finding one, it depends on the school. I’ve found lots of jobs through emails from my advisors/professors/random academic digests that I’m signed up for. I’ve also found them on my school careers/job posting website. Start looking early - if you want a job for the fall semester, start looking in late February/early March (and keep on looking). If you don’t have a long work history, definitely be flexible - cafeteria and front desk receptionist positions are probably easiest to get. But if you have a bit of a work history, you can get research jobs with a professor, lab, or institute (that can look as good on your resume as an actual off-campus internship).</p></li>
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