<p>What is the overall application process if you want a campus job? (not necessarily a UROP..although that would be nice =D) When do most places start hiring, and do you go to where you want to work individually, or is there a central office for that sorta thing? Also, what are considered the most/least desirable student jobs (excluding urop)? I think it would be fun to be a tour guide or something... =)</p>
<p>it's a nightmare to become a tour guide.</p>
<p>but you didn't hear it from me.</p>
<p>ok, to be fair, the actual tours are fun and i like people especially if they laugh at my jokes. but there are less amusing aspects and... PM ME FOR A RANT.</p>
<p>I used my certificate to assess the "job listing" and found that many jobs required a minimum working hours per week (like 5). Is it possible to work only 2 or 3 hours per week in my dorm or library? Do I HAVE TO work for at least five hours per week?</p>
<p>anyone trying to become a lifeguard?<br>
10~25 h/week seems a lot... :P</p>
<p>If the minimum is five hours a week, then you have to work five hours a week. Some of the dorm front desk jobs might let you work just two or three hours per week... but you certainly wouldn't make very much money that way.</p>
<p>But seriously, five hours a week is one hour a day. You will have one hour a day to spare, I promise. (First semester freshman year I worked eight hours a week and I was just fine; second semester senior year I worked about 20 hours a week!)</p>
<p>Also, there are signup sheets for "on-call" assignments. These are people looking for "quick hit" assistance, usually at odd times during the term, and they can fit into your agenda...</p>
<p>Mollie has it right, most students find they can work between 10 to 15 hours a week without any complications...</p>
<p>can ppl manage to have a job, be in a music group, and participate in a sport?<br>
all those things take so much more time than they did in HS for me...</p>
<p>danielsjang:</p>
<p>How do you know yet?</p>
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I certainly know people who have. It's probably best to start freshman year with only two of the three and work up to all three if you feel you can handle it.</p>
<p>I would agree. The best plan is to have 10 - 15 hours a week set aside for "other interests", wouldn't you say Mollie? And then budget from there. Remember that since we run an open job market at MIT and there are positions available ALL THE TIME, you don't need to rush a get a job your first week on campus. More jobs will be posted later, and there is always the opportunity to add a job at a later time.</p>
<p>I've never really had a job so idk, but are there people who take on a job just for fun? (e.g. if your pocket $, food $, etc are all provided by parents, etc)</p>
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<p>Never had a job? Never? Good grief. Even if my parents were in a position to give me everything, I don't think I would feel comfortable being so dependent.</p>
<p>Anyway.... I can't imagine working any of the jobs I've ever had "just for fun" but maybe if you were working on a UROP or something that you were really passionate about it might be different.</p>
<p>heh, yeah, i did have one, but my parents idea is that one should not get distracted by "OOHH $10/hour job!!" when you can study now and earn much more later in life.
UROP definitely seems like a fun job. i guess there are other jobs that help you much more than just monetarily, e.g. lifeguarding where you get to meet others, even the professors and such</p>
<p>What's the minimum # of hours you have to work to do the desk job (buzzing people in and all that)? I want to make some money doing something that is mostly homework time... :/ And how do you go about getting that kind of job?</p>
<p>Well, certainly a lot of people aren't required to work, but they do it anyway -- I'm not sure if that's really for "fun", or if they just like to be less dependent.</p>
<p>somethingnew, the minimum number of hours for the dorm front desk varies by dorm, and probably something will be sent out to your house email list after you choose a permanent dorm. For another "getting paid to do homework" job, you could check out the libraries on campus -- I worked in the language</a> library freshman year and really enjoyed it. I think most of the libraries have a 7 or 8 hour minimum.</p>
<p>Great! Are these jobs you can also work on weekends? Thanks for the info!</p>
<p>Dorm desk jobs you can definitely do on the weekends. </p>
<p>Library jobs will depend on the hours of the particular library -- the language library is closed on Saturdays, but I don't know about the hours for other libraries.</p>
<p>Great, thanks!</p>