<p>First off, excuse my ignorance. I'm sure some of these question seem pretty dumb.</p>
<p>I'm an incoming freshman and have been searching careernet for a work-study position. Now, I'm kinda lost as to what the proper etiquette is to applying for one of these positions. With the jobs I'm use to, I'd just go to the store/resturant directly and ask for an application! Damn internet makes things so much more difficult (ha..haha...hahaha)!</p>
<p>With careernet, do I just automatically send a cover letter/resume to the email supplied or do I send some sort of email beforehand expressing interest and asking for an application? </p>
<p>If I have questions about the position, should I just call the place/ask before applying OR just send them with my application?</p>
<p>If the ad does not list a salary, how exactly/when do you ask how much you'll be making (without sounding too greedy)?</p>
<p>Should I wait until Welcome Week to begin applying? Am I getting ahead of myself?</p>
<p>When I applied for internships (not through CareerNet, through the Steinhardt listings), I always sent my email as a cover letter with a resume attached as a Word file. ONLY if the listing said that that was the acceptable way to respond. </p>
<p>My cover letter would start off, </p>
<p>"Dear Mr. Jones, </p>
<p>My name is Mary Smith and I am a rising senior at New York University’s Steinhardt School for Culture, Education and Human Development. I am interested in your internship position at OMG Public Relations. I believe that I am a good fit for your organization. . . " blah blah blah. </p>
<p>It should SAY in the listing whether this is what they want. Otherwise, an email saying all of that PLUS politely asking if there is an application or offering to send your resume is sufficient. </p>
<p>I’ve never done work study so I can’t speak for that, but I’ve used the above tactic for internships and for expressing interest in doing research in another NYU department, with positive results.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that you have to go to the Wasserman center first as a freshman to register before you start applying to WS jobs. If anyone knows better, please post.</p>
<p>^Yeah in order to have access to careernet you need to go to Wasserman and fill out this little white slip of paper with your name, NYUid, net id, etc.</p>
<p>First off careernet is da s h i t. With that said, if you’re interested in a job just send your resume/cover letter directly online. It will go automatically to the right email address. If you have a question about it, I usually apply first and then when/if they respond (you usually get a 20% response rate, less with work-study positions because of the mass number of applicants) you can ask them on the phone or during the interview. They also usually tell you during the interview how much the position pays, if not just ask them during the interview. Also a tip I have found useful: if the position doesn’t have a place to submit a CV and only has one for the resume, I put the cover letter and the resume together in one file with the CV going first. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>If you are applying for work study position, just go to wasserman and look at their hiring walls. you can also speak with an advisor there during walk in hours and they will let you know current openings and people accepting applicants.</p>
<p>speaking about work study. I was called in for an interview, does anyone have any tips on what I should wear? It is a work study position at Stern. I was confused, should I go dressed casual since I will attending Welcome Week as well, or should I go professional?</p>
<p>dress shirt dress pants for guys and conservative look for girls is always standard for business casual and interviews when you do not know what to wear</p>
<p>I’m aware of dressing professionally for interviews, I just thought it might be different protocol for work study interviews since it is school. I’m new to NYU and have this interview scheduled in between welcome week events so I didn’t want to be too dressed up, but thanks for the help :)</p>