Employment at UVA

<p>Hello all, I'm an incoming transfer to UVA and I was hoping you all could provide some insight as to what the best/most popular jobs for undergrads at UVA are. All help is appreciated.</p>

<p>most of the jobs are reserved for people on work study - are those the jobs you're asking about? i know a lot of people who work in the libraries too, some not on work study.</p>

<p>I'm specifically looking for non work study jobs. I was surfing the net and it seems that the dining jobs are pretty easy to get and start at like $9.50.</p>

<p>a good number of students work retail at barracks road or wait tables on the corner -- of course, these jobs don't always pay particularly well... I made about 7.50 an hour working retail, and with waiting tables its highly dependent on tips of course.</p>

<p>yea if you're not work study you'll have better luck outside of uva
i do have a friend who does work study at the dining hall but im not sure exactly what the process is sorry :&lt;/p>

<p>Just go work in the library over at the circulation desk, which is the best way to work while being able to study at the same time.</p>

<p>Is it hard to get a job working as a lab assistant if you're not work-study?</p>

<p>It's not that hard as professors love to have students work in their labs. Just go up to one and ask if they are looking for a lab assistant. I'm working in a lab right now for the experience and some leeway for my senior thesis.</p>

<p>A friend of mine suggested an odd, but easy "job": participate in the UVA Hospital clinical studies/trials. Some are 1-2 visit studies, each visit lasting anywhere from 10min to 2 hours, that you can earn anywhere from $5-$350. And this isn't selling an organ type stuff, but more give a saliva sample, draw blood, or let them test the flexibility of a limb. If you're looking for quick money without obligation, or just want to help out, look into it. <a href="http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/clinical_trials/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/clinical_trials/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>yea there are always tons of psych/cold/etc studies going on, good money, though ive never done any of them my friends think its fun/worth it</p>