<p>For an incoming freshman looking for jobs; when should I start applying to be sure to have a job in the fall? Do they fill up quickly? Do many new jobs open up throughout the year? Do freshmen have any flexibility with hours, or do they get last priority? Which would you recommend?</p>
<p>If there is any question here you can answer or anything else you think I should know, help would be much appreciated!!</p>
<p>I have the same questions. Also, does Cornell help us find internships/jobs in the summers? It seems kind of hard for a university with 20,000 students to provide such a highly demanded service.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>It is any harder than a University with 10,000 students? Nope. Just hire twice as many career advisers.</p>
<p>you don’t have to get too worried right now. there is a job fair at orientation where various on-campus organizations are represented, and you can go talk to people, pick up information, and find out about any further info sessions they have for people who are interested in working for them. I went to this soon after I arrived and had some very nice conversations even though I did not end up working during my freshman year. </p>
<p>I know that some jobs do become available throughout the year, like in dining. I don’t know about the priority of hours. I also don’t know about jobs filling up. I’ve never really heard of complaints from people who cannot find any job…but I haven’t given any comprehensive surveys, obviously.</p>
<p>Cornell of <em>course</em> has resources to help you find stuff to do over the summer! 
the fact that it’s in high demand makes it work putting resources into. I’m pretty sure each individual school/college has resources for this, and they have lots of information and people whose job it is to deal with things like that! there are also info sessions around campus for this sort of thing. you have to be proactive with this, because no one is going to say “you there, student, you need to find something productive to do this summer!” but if you want to do something, even if you’re not sure what, there are people who can help you.</p>
<p>My daughter used Cornell’s job listing to apply for jobs on campus even before she showed up on campus. She wasn’t eligible for work study, but there were jobs on campus for people like her. She interviewed during freshman orientation, and started working once she had her class schedule. Most emploers on campus are flexible with hours. They understand classes come first. My daughter is still at the same office job after 3 years. Every semester they work out a new work schedule. </p>
<p>Because Cornell is a large school, they also need more people to work at their various facilities - gym, cafeteria, library, office… Most of my daughter’s friends who wanted to work all got a job. They work 10-15 hours a week. </p>
<p>When it’s time to look for internships and jobs, Cornell’s career center is very helpful. Companies like to recruit at Cornell because calibre of students and also number of applicants they could recruit from. To an employer it’s more efficient to make a trip to Cornell than to make a trip to Williams or Haverford. Cornell career center also have employers agree to some ground rules before they could recruit on campus. One of those rules is they couldn’t pressure students to take a job without min 2 weeks to consider the offer. When my daughter was interviewing for an internship in finance, she found out the Ivys have a standard protocol that all banks must adhere to. Employers could be banned from recruiting on campus and students could also be banned from using the career center service if rules were not followed.</p>
<p>thanks so much!</p>