<p>how feasible/likely is it for a 1st year to find a job? does chicago provide jobs for students on campus?</p>
<p>Very feasible, and yes, if you’re on the work-study program, Chicago does provide jobs for students. If you’re not on the work-study program, you’ll have a more difficult time finding a job (as the work-study students get priority, from what I understand), but it’s quite possible.</p>
<p>Sorry, but what is a work-study? hehe</p>
<p>work-study according to UChicago website
“The purpose of the University Federal Work Study Program is to expand part-time employment opportunities for students who need additional financial resources to pursue a college education. To participate in the Work Study program, you must first be awarded Federal Work Study as part of your financial aid package.” </p>
<p>Work-study students have more choices open to them for work. </p>
<p>BUT
I’m a non-work study student and I got a job first year. Its not going to come easily in front of you, you have to look for it. (I emailed the professors and sent in my qualifications and got the job quite easily)</p>
<p>I know 2 or 3 other first years like this (non-work study) all who were very active from the start of the quarter to get a job. So you can really do it if you want to but being work-study definetely helps since if you are on work-study your wages doesn’t come out from professors research fund as much, hence the professors desire to prefer work-study students.</p>
<p>It is definitely feasible, but if you’re not work-study, be prepared to put in some effort to get a job. The university took away my work-study status because of a merit scholarship, even though I would normally qualify for it. I started looking for jobs in August, a month and a half before classes started. I applied to maybe a dozen or so jobs before I finally got one in late November.</p>
<p>The reason it’s harder for non-work study students to get jobs is because the federal government isn’t paying any of the wages. Departments can make their funding go further if they hire work-study students, since they only have to pay about 25% of the wage themselves.</p>
<p>To get an idea of what sorts of jobs are available, check out the employment website: studentemployment.uchicago.edu. These jobs are usually quite competitive. There are other jobs that aren’t posted on the website though, so these aren’t the only options. I managed to get a job from that website, though it was largely due to my previous work experience, and I know that many college students don’t have much previous experience.</p>
<p>I guess my best advice here is to not be picky with jobs. You can always start at a job and then find a new one later if you don’t like it. Students generally do not work in maintenance or in the dining halls like they do at other colleges, so you’ll most likely get a clerical/office job of some sort. The Neighborhood Schools program also offers jobs to a lot of students, so if you like tutoring and the like, that’s a great option. Like anything at the U of C, if you put effort into finding a job, you’ll get one eventually.</p>
<p>I just received my financial aid estimate today. Am I overlooking something (definitely possible) or does it tell me that I am a work-study student on there?</p>
<p>@JB- I actually stumbled across that website yesterday and had a took look for myself.</p>
<p>I applied for about two dozen jobs during the month before my Orientation, and received no responses. However, about a week or two before heading off to Chicago, I got a call from an employer who had been forwarded my resume from another potential employer, and set up on interview on the first day of Orientation. I got the job, as it turns out.</p>
<p>To my memory, the job listings online are pretty thin over the summer. I assume they pick up as the term begins.</p>
<p>Here are some key considerations:
-check the UofC job listings frequently, and apply wherever qualified
-check the library website for additional job offerings
-email administrators of the departments you might major in asking for work
-if you’re a science/econ person, I believe there are intership resources, though I don’t know where to find them (I’m a humanities guy, sorry)
-most importantly… DONT GIVE UP.</p>
<p>If you have programming skills, you will not have much trouble finding decently paid work. If one is a math major and does well in those courses, one can be hired as a Junior Tutor (grading papers, running a recitation. total ~8-10 hrs/wk) beginning soph year.</p>
<p>Lasermouse, S1 also landed a job before O-Week began last year. He submitted a resume to a couple of places in mid-August and got a call the day he arrived on campus.</p>
<p>UChicago was actually quite helpful when it came to finding an on campus job. I loved what I did, which will probably come as a shock to many people here.</p>
<p>Why do you hate University of Chicago, IHateUofC? I haven’t seen many of your posts.</p>
<p>He’s defended his position already in one of the threads about the “controversial” essay. Try to stay on topic.</p>
<p>Pardon me, J’adoube. I wasn’t starting an argument, I just don’t visit the U of C forum often and couldn’t find anything when I did a thread search so I just asked. I’m applying to Chicago and wanted to know. Not a big deal…</p>
<p>Sorry, didn’t mean to be harsh.</p>
<p>Glad to see I have fans and that I cause chaos throughout threads even when I try not to.</p>