<p>Is it even worth accepting the SAJ if I have a job that pays well over the maximum payrate? I'm currently making $10.50 an hour, and the way I look at it, every hour I work at SAJ is an hour I could be working at my current job, making more.</p>
<p>you’ll have to weigh the pros and cons for yourself; working on campus means you don’t have to drive somewhere, which saves time and gas. additionally, you can get a job doing research or with your department, which means you can get to know your faculty (who might eventually write you recommendation letters)</p>
<p>How many hours per week, on average, do students work? Are the jobs assigned, or is there an application/selection process?</p>
<p>1dsnhs- LSU only lets students work 20 hrs. a week maximum during the school year. The jobs are typically assigned, however, after a yr. you can always request to change your job if you hate it.</p>
<p>Campus jobs also have the benefit of usually being very student friendly as far as scheduling goes. There’s been numerous times when I didn’t go to work because I had a test the next day or some such reason as that.</p>
<p>So, I would choose the job based on what your career goals are. If you plan on going to professional school or graduate school having a job in your department in which you can get experience as well as a good LOR is great (or research for med school apps is good as well). If you just need the money, then the off-campus job is going to be the better place to go.</p>
<p>As far as the type of jobs, if I’m not mistaken, they still ask you what type of job you most prefer (research, office, library, don’t remember the other choices) and they tend to put you in something that’s relevant to your major (not always). My freshman year I ended up in an environmental engineering lab (biology major) and my g/f ended up in the public relations office (communications disorders major). I switched my sophmore year into something more relevant to my major.</p>
<p>Additionally, as tigerbound mentioned, you can work a max of 20hrs a week. If you do that though, you’ll run out of money very quickly anyway. If you hold a executive office position in a club like RHA or SG, then you can only work 15hrs a week. When I say work, that means that’s the most you can get paid for. Depending on the setting (i.e. research lab) you could work as much as you wanted, but not get paid for it.</p>
<p>FWIW, work study gives more money than chancellor’s aide. You should take work study if you get it.</p>