<p>Which Work/Study job would you prefer to choose?</p>
<p>A. $8.00/hour; Flexible Hours; No Supervision; Unrelated to Major </p>
<p>B. $8.50/hour; Strict Schedule; Supervisor Present; Related to Major</p>
<p>B. </p>
<p>it'll prepare you for any harsh job's to come, and you can use the major related experience on your resume and for all future endeavors.</p>
<p>I think I'd pick the flexible hours. True, having a harder, stricter job will prepare you for the future, but at the same time, in the future you won't have the constantly changing schedule of college. Some weeks you'll have it pretty light, other weeks you'll have two papers, a midterm, and a project. Having flexible hours will let you handle the demands of an uneven college workload.</p>
<p>A--I know from experience, my flexible work study job is much better than my not flexible off campus job. And they pay exactly that too! </p>
<p>Its much nicer to be able to call your boss and say "I have two tests tomorrow and won't be able to work today" and they have no problem with it...than go to the not flexible job and be panicking all night about your grades. Save those jobs for the summer and after college.</p>
<p>yeah, i would say A also. if you're going to a school that is known to have a heavy workload, you'll really enjoy having a job with flexible hours. if you feel like you will have lots of free-time, then B might be a better choice, but really, 50 cents more an hour isnt that much... by the way, my workstudy is only 5.15 :(, so you're making "good" money, either way</p>
<p>I agree with actionrunner that 50 cents is not significant, especially when work-study is often just 10-15 hours a week. </p>
<p>A vs. B. is such a personal choice, with pros and cons for both. Only you can decide what will work for you, but neither option sounds life threatening. My recoommendation is to try option A one semester/quarter and option B the next term. Then, make an intelligent decision based on your personal experience.</p>
<p>Depending on what college you are at, work-study opportunities may be plentiful, so there really is no need to be concerned with making a decision that somehow might stay with you throughout your college career. College is about experimentation. Just go with the flow, one semester or quarter at a time...</p>
<p>It depends. Would the supervisor be a person who could give you a good recommendation at some later point in time? Just because it is "supervised" doesn't mean you will be supervised like a child. If the job is related to our major, would the experience be valuable to you in itself, w/o respect to the money or the supervision? Would you meet people in the course of doing the job--not just the supervisor--who would be interesting or useful to you later on in your major or career?</p>
<p>And the advantage to scheduled hours is that the hours are scheduled, just llike a class or other obligation, which sometimes makes it easier to actually get it done, especially if you are a procrastinator (I am !)</p>
<p>Also, how well do you work independently? Being unsupervised would mean needing to be especially well-versed on all of the nuances of what you would need to do to do your job well and successfully. How well would you be able to deal with any misunderstandings that might arise?</p>
<p>There are good things about each of your options but if I were you I would consider how I work best.</p>
<p>I would agree with boysx3.
A lot depends on what your classes are looking like as well.
A job related to what you want to do and that would be passionate about would be far better than something completely unrelated, BUT that unrelated and unsupervised job might teach you some VERY valuable lessons in work ethic, leadership, etc. depending on what it is!</p>
<p>I guess I would ask what those 2 jobs are and what your major is, because there are a vast variety of jobs on-campus and some would be likely to teach you things "unrelated to your major" but VERY MUCH related to a future career! I can think of several jobs off the top of my head that would be that for me (a music & psych double-major), such as an undergrad intern running part of a program (learning to plan events, supervise others, etc.) or being an RA (supervision, integrity, people skills, etc.).</p>
<p>B would be better in the long run since you get experience in your field. That's very important for finding future jobs in that field.</p>
<p>i'd say A only because i've done both.. I had B for three years.. ended up quitting and going with A my last year. during B yeah, you learned a thing or two about your major, but having fixed hours is very tough in college when you have classes changing every semester, or you have random group meetings popping up all over. any job looks better than no job, and A would just be a lot more flexable while in school. </p>
<p>my job senior year i worked monday, tuesday, wednesday, and friday. i could go when i wanted, and leave when i wanted. was pretty much unsupervised.. actually most days i was the only one there in the office.. </p>
<p>I remember one day someone called from a place in Indiana (my boss was gone on a business trip to Florida for the week) and asked to speak with the shipping department.. and I was like.. "you're speaking with her"... and i helped them out, then they asked to speak with the billing department.. and i was like, " you're speaking with her".. and they laughed and i helped them out, and then they asked to speak with the sales department and i said "you're still speaking with her" and helped them come up with a nice sized order for their company. When my boss came back from his trip, we had a ton of sales while he was gone, i had placed orders with our suppliers, everything was all shipped and processed, i had taken care of paying our bills, as well as recieving payments from our customers, everything was filed and organized, and i had even faxed over late notices to customers who were late on payments. i just think when you're unsupervised you (sometimes) take on a lot more responsibility and really learn a lot more from it as opposed to when you have a boss there standing over your shoulder watching your every move. i was very sad to leave that job when i graduated. i just went back and visited yesterday and helped them come up with some nice marketing ideas that they're going to start looking into this coming week.. so i'm looking forward to hearing the results of that.</p>
<p>Id choose A. flexible hours are important for college students.</p>
<p>You will definitely appreciate the flexible hours if you go for A (I have a flexible hour job). Though clearly job B is the "better" one since it's related to your major, and pays more (not that you should base your decision heavily on wage).</p>
<p>I would have to go with A from experience too. Not having a supervisor is awesome. ACtually, I had a "supervisor" but she didn't really do anything. Flexible scheduling rocks.</p>
<p>Flexibility is your friend. I'd go with A.</p>
<p>Hello guys: I just want to say that Job A is a titled "Research Aide" but I practically do nothing. lol (I'm not exaggerating) I can skip a whole week of work, and no one will notice.</p>
<p>Job B is a clerical aide position (so the secretaries are always there). I would have only done administrative tasks, such as filing, copying, and answering emails from students and faculty (in my department major). However, for Fall 2006 semester, I will have to help with graduate applications (sounds fun to me; i want to attend grad school).</p>
<p>It just seems like I can learn more from Job B than my current Job A job.</p>
<p>Given the limited info you gave us (for example, is the flexible schedule a "nice to have" or vital for calss scheduling?) ... I'd vote for "C" the job you would enjoy the most</p>
<p>B. A only if you can incorporate it into your future prospects.</p>
<p>Definitely do job B--think about how much you could learn to help you polish your own grad school application! You'd get first hand knowledge of what works and what doesn't (and, of course, share that knowledge here for those that will be following your saga).</p>