<p>I was offered this in the FA package.</p>
<p>What is this program, and do you guys recommend it?</p>
<p>That is a student job offer on campus. You need the money and probably need to work, this is a good offer. The work will fit your schedule. The job may not be a fun one but most jobs requiring only a HS diploma aren’t. You are likely guaranteed a certain number of hours per week but not asked to do more than reasonable to still be a full time student. I recommend it to any student needing to work freshman year. The employer understands your needs as a student and you won’t need to look further for jobs. I remember knowing students with jobs through work study- if the job market is tough they are the ones who get campus jobs before anyone else.</p>
<p>I had work-study jobs that were off campus. Public agencies and some non-profits can hire work-study students. My off campus jobs paid much better than most on campus WS jobs. Probably double. I worked at the Center for Public Representation as an analyst assistant and for the Fed Government as an employee trainer assistant. Much better than stacking library books. You have to hustle to get the good jobs.</p>
<p>Why arent every students offered this? Seems like a pretty good program.</p>
<p>All students can apply for jobs on/off campus but work study students get the first chance at some of them. These students are using the job to help meet their FAFSA(?) demonstrated financial need. The rest can work also, but may be competing for scarce jobs, depending on the economy. Work study puts students at the head of the line for some jobs- a guarantee of a job if you will. Many future doctors, lawyers et al will have spent time in college working food service, cleaning dorms and other work. Some will get the jobs through work study and others will apply with the rest of the students. Not all jobs meet the requirements for work study- there must be some promises made (such as guaranteeing there will be a job the whole term) by employers to be eligible.</p>
<p>Thank you, wis75. your comments are, and were, helpful and intelligent.</p>
<p>Do I have a pretty good chance of getting an on-campus job even if I didn’t recieve work-study? Can I still get one that meshes good with my academic schedule?</p>
<p>You’re basically guaranteed a job if you want one with UW Housing, if you live-in. Many of my friends started in food jobs and worked up to supervisory positions after one or two semesters.</p>
<p>^What MNBadger said is basically your best bet. You should get an email on it, and if you do it early enough, you’ll probably get your first choice, too. No interview, just fill in the application, and depending on when you sent it in is whether or not you get a job right away.</p>
<p>You can even accept the job in June while looking for others, and then quit. They won’t care (too much); they typically have more than enough people willing to take the job you left.</p>
<p>Here’s some websites in which you can find job postings on campus, but it won’t matter until August-ish for you, which, depending on the job, is probably the best time to start applying (early August? Maybe even earlier. You’ll figure it out. :P).</p>
<p>[UW</a> Student Jobcenter](<a href=“Student Jobs – UW–Madison”>http://jobcenter.wisc.edu/)
[Wisconsin</a> Union: Experiences for a Lifetime](<a href=“http://www.union.wisc.edu/jobs/studentjobs.asp]Wisconsin”>http://www.union.wisc.edu/jobs/studentjobs.asp)
And obviously [University</a> Housing - Human Resources - Student Employment](<a href=“http://www.housing.wisc.edu/jobs/student/]University”>http://www.housing.wisc.edu/jobs/student/) but the common ones (Team Member, Custodian) you apply for in June to be basically guaranteed one.</p>
<p>I got my off campus jobs by going down to the campus job office early and seeing what was posted. I had to take interviews for both off campus jobs–I think two interviews each (first cut then a call-back) so it was pretty competitive I suspect. BY the time I got these jobs I had some courses that applied to the jobs. They were not hiring freshmen.</p>
<p>It is interesting how job availability changes. In my day there was a waiting list for Res Halls food service jobs. Just a couple of years ago they posted signs about available jobs- workers needed. Many of today’s high income professionals were serving their fellow students, or cleaning up after them. There is no job you are too good for. Search for the best one you can, but take one. Better than high priced loans.</p>