<p>When should I look for one?<br>
And What on Campus Job do you recommend?<br>
I also have Federal Work Study and I am in the Cornell Tradition, does job searching make it easy to get a job?<br>
Which job would allow me to do my school work most of the time?
Where can I look for an on-campus job?
What is the highest pay on-campus job?
Which jobs are very flexible?
Can you tell me about your experience with looking for a job, what job you had on campus, and the process in which you went through?</p>
<p>i’m pretty sure theres some info sessions during o-week about on-campus jobs. i know i definitely will be checking it out. make sure you bring proper id to school with you, either a passport (expired or non), or a drivers license+SS card or birth certificate.
I’ve heard that FWS does make you more attractive to people hiring.</p>
<p>look for a job asap and throughout the semester - you never know when a department will put up notices. i’d recommend desk jobs, as they’re more lenient (library jobs are known for being easy enough that you can do your hw during your shift), or jobs that pertain to your major (ie: if you’re an animal sciences or, say, “pre-vet” major and there’s an opening as a lab assistant for the vet school - TAKE IT) </p>
<p>Work Study and Cornell Tradition will increase the amount of jobs available to you, as many jobs are “work study only”. there’s a cornell website (just search student employment on the cornell website) where all departments/the university itself will post ads. idk what the highest pay on-campus is, but generally most are around minimum wage (+$1 or $2)</p>
<p>also, i’d say to apply for any job regardless of how much experience you have in the area. i applied for a job that required extensive web knowledge - now, i didn’t have a lot of web knowledge, i knew basic CSS, html, etc. but i still applied. during the interview, i started talking about different jobs/internships that i had in the past and the skills that i learned in those. this led to me being hired (in the same department) for a completely DIFFERENT job (one that wasn’t even advertised yet!) now i have a job that pays me $10/hr and it’s great.</p>
<p>also, i wouldn’t recommend bringing your real SS card OR birth certificate. if you have to replace them bc you lost them, it’d be a real pain. instead, i had my parents mail me copies when i needed them.</p>
<p>I would start looking online now, maybe schedule some interviews as soon as you get on the campus. It’ll give you a head start. My daughter was able to work as soon as she got to Cornell. She’s had the same job for 2 years. I think this year there may not be as many campus jobs due to the budget cut. I would start early.</p>
<p>@ resurgambell: i heard they had a hiring freeze midway through second semester last year.</p>
<p>they’ll definitely be hiring at the beginning of the year, if only to replace some of the jobs that last year’s seniors held. and they’ll probably be hiring at the beginning of 2nd semester too for the jobs that january graduates held. don’t expect a plethora of job openings, though.</p>
<p>I recommend a library job, it seems pretty relaxed. You just work at the front desk, checking out books. I know some of my friends even have a chance to go on their laptops when working.</p>
<p>Don’t ignore Willard Straight Hall. In many of the areas (or at least some) you can do schoolwork most of the time. WSH should be having a job fair early in the semester. I’ll be taking over as student manager so come check it out. I know my area needs at least 2-3 more employees.</p>
<p>I read that lifeguarding is one of the highest paid at $10/h with a minimum of 4 h and max of 20h/week. But you would not be able to sneek some homework in while on the job.</p>