<p>I was looking at the Human Resources website, and I noticed a distinct lack of job opportunities for NON-work study applicants. There were only 23, and most were for graduate students. Is this a bad time of year? Do the numbers increase during the late summer?</p>
<p>Also, how easy is it to hold a job outside of the University? And how many hours a week may I work? I believe that I read on the Human Resources website that students are limited to to 15 hours per week. Is this true? Is it plausible to work more than that?</p>
<p>I'm probably jumping the gun on this topic, as I won't be living in Chicago for about four months, but I feel the sooner I start looking, the better.</p>
<p>Well, my kids are not work-study eligible, and they hold four university jobs between them. I am pretty sure that one of them regularly works more than 15 hours/week. At one point, a couple years ago, it was a lot more than that, but the University put the kibosh on that. The issue is whether a student working that many hours really constitutes a full-time employee entitled to benefits, etc.</p>
<p>Neither has had any trouble getting University jobs. There are also plenty of off-campus jobs. I know work-study kids who do them, too.</p>
<p>Not all jobs are advertised on the student employment website - especially if you’re looking for something with a specific skillset, like in computer support. You should also check out marketplace.uchicago.edu for listings and, when you get to campus, keep an eye on the bulletin boards in your dorms. Sometimes opportunities pop up there.</p>
<p>Like in real life, the job market online is only a small piece of the picture. During O-Week a lot of students interview for jobs. I have a non-WS job that I got almost by accident, and with the economy, there might be fewer non-WS jobs, but you can still find ways to get paid.</p>
<p>S found online postings for non-WS jobs picked up as the fall approached; he sent in two resumes, was contacted by one person the day he arrived on campus, and had a job in hand by the time I got off the plane at Midway. Computer skills are good. ;)</p>
<p>When looking for jobs, you sort of have to just talk to a whole bunch of people. I’m a senior in high school, and I got my current job just from talking to someone I knew in the grocery store. He asked where I was working, and I told him, and he said he had a better job for me. So I called and set up an interview. I never really even applied for the job. The best jobs often go unadvertised.</p>