<p>i found the student employment application on wolverine access. when is the appropriate time to start applying for jobs?</p>
<p>is working in a dining hall as bad as some people make it out to be?
are there any jobs freshmen can get that give them a chance to do homework (like desk jobs i've heard it's possible)? i don't want to be too overwhelmed at college my first semester (i want to do UROP as well, unfortunately i didn't get work-study :)
what's the minimum amount you can work a week?</p>
<p>ANYTHING you can tell me about student employment, scheduling, how much you can fit into your schedule (since having too much might be applicable to me), i'd love to hear it.</p>
<p>It mostly depends on the difficulty of the courses you’re taking, how many you’re taking, and how efficient you are with your time. I would start looking for employment before you arrive in Ann Arbor (email). If you want a desk job, you can apply for swiping cards at any of the recreational centers or working a desk at one of the libraries. I wouldn’t want to work more than 12 hours a week, given that you are a freshman and still want to socialize a little.</p>
<p>i’m going to be in engineering so i kind of have a good idea of what classes i’ll be taking. i’m currently working right now and have a good summer job all lined up, but i don’t like living off savings and would rather just make a little bit of money to spend (if i need to) during the week</p>
<p>I would work at the dining halls. What have you heard about them being bad? Apparantly they dont care about your performance, just that you’re there. Seems like an easy job to me</p>
<p>i just heard that the jobs themselves are sometimes gross… cleaning dishes and stuff. i’ve heard them to be a fun job where you meet a lot of people, though</p>
<p>I would recommend working in any of the retail dining stores (victors, the blue apple…etc) the pay is decent and its fun at the same time while you don’t work too hard. You can work as little as 1 three hour shift a week or as many as are available to sign-up for.
Also if you do work in the dining hall, you don’t have to be a dishwasher, there are different jobs, but dishwashers do get higher pay.</p>
<p>I was also told during the tour that the jobs on campus, esp. dining are the best, because there are so many others that if you need to swap a shift if you have a big exam, you can usually find someone to cover for you versus a job where there aren’t many to swap off with</p>