<p>Can anyone give me an example of types of jobs they held for work study and maybe which ones you liked/disliked the most. Also, maybe some current wages for such jobs.</p>
<p>Work Study jobs at my Daughters school range from clerical jobs (in financial aid offices etc), to Lab jobs to jobs in the Rec center to community service jobs like tutoring at local schools. Pay ranges from minimum wage ($5.15ish per hour) to around $9 per hour. Your school should have somewhere you can look to see what they offer.</p>
<p>D's school has the same types of jobs, as well as security, ushering at graduation, donation solicitation, library, and they pay $7.50 minimum. Every dept. and office has jobs available, and the kids contact the dept. and interview. They also have jobs cleaning rooms after school is out, and helping with alumni weekend right after graduation - D will be bartending and ushering at graduation, as well as cleaning rooms. Good pay $10/hr. The school also has fellowships for kids to volunteer for a not-for-profit during the summer and they pay them and pay expenses of travel, etc.</p>
<p>D's first work-study job was supposedly web site maintenance - for a website that required very little maintenance. Now she works in a science lab, monitoring ph levels in fish tank water and feeding the fish inside them.</p>
<p>Jobs available at S's school are very similar to those already described. Also, clerical positions in different academic depts. S is a freshman and was able to get a job that pays $8.25/hr working in a computer lab in the school library (and he had NO previous computer skills or experience either); from what he says, he mostly just changes ink and loads paper in the printers. He was going to take a clerical job sorting mail in the mailroom because a girl he wanted to get to know worked there, but took the higher paying one instead. I think minimum pay at his school is also around $7.50/hr.</p>
<p>I wonder if the wages are set with the minimum wage for the state. I think my son is paid under $6.00 an hour but he was told it would go up to $7.50 in the fall and I think his state just raised their minimum wage. He works at the student union doing whatever they ask him, putting up/tearing down posters, setting up meeting rooms, working the information desk, etc. </p>
<p>My daughter has two on-campus jobs (not work study because they have no federal funding). Her first job is working at the college hotel where she (wo)mans the front desk. Her second job is working at the campus pub where she works in the kitchen I think. I think she is paid under $6.00/hour at both.</p>
<p>Shelving library books. Correcting calculus homework. (Not sure if the latter was available work-study.)</p>
<p>-tutoring (one on one, in the writing center, etc)
-library (information desk, checking out books, shelving books)
-dining hall
-work in a chem lab (prepping/cleaning)
-work in administration (secretarial work)
-usher for music/dance/theater performances
-if a guy, work as escort for campus safety (i.e. if a female student doesnt want to walk alone at night)
-work at general information desk/phone answering questions about school</p>
<p>Better WS jobs I worked include running experiments in the biology lab, maintaining severs as a sysadmin, and as a projectionist (?) for the weekly campus flicks.</p>
<p>The AV department of the library can be fun too. Definitely beats working in the dining halls....</p>
<p>Correcting math problem sets at Harvard (not necessarily a work/study job) pays $16 per hour. Most undergraduates on work-study seem to be paid about $10, $12 if they need to use to special skills (eg. French to do research in French for a prof).</p>
<p>My oldest had work study as an alumni/parent donation caller...ie telemarketing for the University. It paid around $7 per hour and he got a raise at one point.</p>
<p>My second had janitorial/custodial his first year which was emptying trash cans and vacuuming the library. The next year he applied for a job at the writing center and works there. He makes about $9 per hour. </p>
<p>Both had their hours cut this year because of the decrease in federal funding for work study.</p>
<p>DD has had 2 FWS jobs. 1st one in the clinic OB/GYN office at the school's teaching hospital/med school and her second now as an admin/researcher in the nuclear engineering lab. Both pay very well, and when her FWS money was used up the continue to pay out of a different budget, so she has continual summer/break employment. Both are working out well as she is pre-med and they are flexible for her practice/meet schedule. She loves teasing her brother about her "better" WS as that she is at on OOS public and he at an ivy.</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>While it has already been said....I think one of the best work-study places is in the Financial Aid Office. While many consider it "just clerical", there is the aire of deeper responsibility, as those chosen for the FA Office must be highly scruntized as they are surrounded by deeply sensitive material. They can also boast some financial knowledge on their resumes as well...if they work hard enough.</p>
<p>And to be quite honest....the FA Office is one of the most difficult positions on campus..........because we are the most picky, finicky, controlling people....just make sure that your child brings the FA Office chocolates from time to time :)</p>
<p>My school "farms out" some of its work study students to local nonprofits. My job is to tend an art gallery/shop in town on Saturday afternoons and handle sales, questions, etc. All jobs pay the same amount, which is about $9.50 per hour.</p>
<p>It might be a little early and you might not be old enough, but you might consider tending bar at class reunion. Old alums pay/tip well and they're usually in good spirits.</p>
<p>"you might not be old enough"</p>
<p>Actually, anyone over 18 can serve alcohol, as far as I know. </p>
<p>My sister has had work study jobs in the campus arboretum and at the library. Working in admissions is another opportunity which many of her friends enjoy--a mix of clerical/office work and meaningful interpersonal interactions (talking to specs/giving tours).</p>
<p>My oldest (econ major) worked in the box office of the local performing arts facility associated with the University.</p>
<p>My second (music major) has ushered, worked in a recording lab, peer mentor, and taught music at a local elementary school.</p>
<p>Oldest's was a federal work-study. Second's were all school sponsored work-studies. </p>
<p>A couple things that you all probably already know but I didn't:
1. Amount on aid letter is the amount you are allowed to earn UP TO. Neither of my kids ever came close to the amount they were awarded.
2. A student may have more than one work study job. Didn't realize this first time around, or I would have pestered S to get another job and get closer to the award amount.
3. Work-study jobs are gotten the same way any other job is gotten - you have to look for job openings, apply, be interviewed.... No guarantees. (For some reason, I assumed my kid was going to show up at school and be told he'd be cleaning bathrooms, or working in the cafeteria. I was really clueless.)</p>
<p>Somehow my daughter avoided food services and was assigned to the development office. I'm hoping she'll pick up some good fundraising skills that will be more marketable with her intended major.</p>
<p>D has worked for Harvard Educational Publishing since freshman year. It was supposed to be a work study job, but she didn't qualify because of outside scholarships. They kept her anyway. It started out at $11 an hour, but they raised her pretty quickly. She has done everything from the phone, to the financials, to editing manuscripts and organizing conventions.</p>