<p>i applied to CETS (Computing and Educational Technology Services) and if i don’t get that i will try to get a research position…</p>
<p>this is my first work study. is it “hard” to get these jobs or is it merely a position-availability issue?</p>
<p>thrills, I enjoyed your on-campus pics (thanks). I was wondering about work-study, myself. I noticed that there are tons of positions, in many different departments. I was curious as to how hard it was to land one. I wouldn't mind working at the Biddle Law library, or something to that nature.</p>
<p>Getting a job at PENN is not hard at all. Print the form, set up an interview and you will have a job. I work at Biddle and it is a nice job. I love the atmosphere and the people I work with. Good luck.</p>
<p>Not typically too hard to land <em>a job,</em> but it can be more difficult to land <em>the job</em> that you want, depending on what you want to do.</p>
<p>Researchers are always looking for people, so if you want to do that, just look around online or even email a professor you know is doing some.</p>
<p>The jobs which will give you the most time to study and/or relax are the administrative ones or the ones in the library.</p>
<p>I applied to the CETS work also. Anyone has an idea of when we'll hear a reply?</p>
<p>i got an email saying i'll hear the week of august 15 (this week).</p>
<p>Hey, did you got that email after you sent your application (is it automated?)? Because I didn't get anything...</p>
<p>hah, no, but then again my contact with them has been everything but usual:</p>
<p>beginning of summer: i apply, but don't do a cover letter, realize it after i submit it, and say whoops</p>
<p>end of july: i finally get my act together and write a cover letter, submit the application again as if i never intially applied, and hope they don't discard my application for being lazy earlier</p>
<p>a few days later: i'm looking on their site to see when i hear back and i find an ambiguity in the job description, i send an email to the supervisor and she thanks me for finding the error (a good thing on my part?)</p>
<p>about 10 days ago: i get an email saying they have my application and will notify me week of aug15, which is when the applications are due..so maybe that's a good sign that they'll tell me right when no one can submit any more applications?</p>
<p>Haha, yeah, it may be a good sign. Anyways, let's hope we get in. Good luck.</p>
<p>The CETS job is just sitting in a computer lab and handing out printouts. I don't think you need to be "qualified" in any sense.</p>
<p>Where do you apply for Work Study jobs? Which pay the most money per hour? Which jobs are the most fun?</p>
<p>Hey, anyone who applied for the CETS job has heard anything?</p>
<p>no. and they said i'd hear week of aug. 15. i sort of want to call or email them to show interest but i don't want to bother them, because it seems like they're too busy to get out notices..</p>
<p>Yeah, same here. I guess I'll just wait a little more.</p>
<p>I emailed them, and no answer. Anyone heard something? This is so frustrating, I thought I had a secure job and now I don't...</p>
<p>i haven't heard anything either, but this is penn. talking to ANYONE at this university, especially about transfer credit, is so difficult...kind of annoying. where are you staying? i'm in sansom west</p>
<p>I have heard only bad news from people I've emailed, saying that the jobs I want are taken.</p>
<p>I agree with you, thrills...
It has been a little difficult getting the proper information about things.
I found that you have to call, as they seem to never get around to answering emails. I don't know. Maybe it's just my bad luck.</p>
<p>thrills, I'm in Hill.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering guys, at least I can rest knowing that I'm not the only one that hasn't heard anything.</p>