<p>Are there any students who did workstudy at Columbia? How did you guys go about finding those jobs and what jobs did you have?</p>
<p>i had a workstudy job freshman-junior year at columbia. I worked at the finance and payroll office of dining services (now "Housing and Dining") at columbia located in 116 Wallach. I got the job at the end of sepetember of my freshman yr when i got frustrated that i couldnt find a workstudy job and saw a flier for a food service job in the dining hall....when i went to the info session it turned out they also had administrative jobs available. Needless to say, I didnt apply for the food service job and instead applied to the administrative one. There wasn't any competition at all for the job....the other person who applied for the job and i both got it. I started at 10 bucks an hour plus perks ($7 per day of "complementary" dining dollars) and upon quiting junior year i was making $11.25...i think. All in all though, a great experience, gave me a good amount of spending money....i also worked full time there the summer of freshman year though that wasn't technically workstudy funded. One piece of advice i would give to anyone looking for a workstudy job though, is keep an eye out for any with added perks...whether it is increased access to campus resources (ex: certain jobs at CUIT or Security) or free food (the food service jobs in the dining hall come with some free meals).....sometimes the perks can come in very handy....think about it...i got a free meal every day of the work week for THREE YEARS! ...that certainly adds up</p>
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<p>like shraf said, jobs are posted with fliers usually. look in your dorm entry and all around butler, there will be hundreds of them. your other option is to go to your prospective major's department and ask if they have any need for a work study (my friend did this with italian since it was his minor)</p>
<p>or the 3rd option, during orientation go to the presentation given by the office of (something...employment maybe? it's located under east campus if i remember right) about job hunting. they will get you acquainted with the online jobs listing columbia has (think monster.com or hotjobs or whatever)</p>
<p>btw, i had a job in the business school at 10$/hr starting</p>
<p>Okay, thanks guys.</p>
<p>Are there enough jobs around for everyone with workstudy?--Or is there some competition just to get a job?</p>
<p>for certain jobs there is competition....anything paying over 10$/hr for example.</p>
<p>but you will always get a job if you look hard enough (and minimum is something like 9$ i think)</p>
<p>i agree with skraylor, although i think the competition is less dependent on the wage, you might have a special skill (programming in a certain language for example) that gives you a far better shot at a $15/hr job than anyone else considering it, at the same time an $8/hr (they go as low as $8) job with a chance to do some cool work, or mundane work for a well-established professor will have a reasonable amount of competition, but try somewhat hard and you'll find something that pays and that you don't hate.</p>
<p>If you know programming, you can hire yourself out around the city at $20-25 an hour as a freelancer. And then do the work from your room, in your pajamas. It's how I made ends meet, anyway =)</p>
<p>edit: but I also had some workstudy jobs, and casual (non-full-time) employees do max out at $15/hr. I made that at UAH, University Apartment Housing (for grad students / professors / GS), but it was such a nightmare working there that I transferred back to undergraduate housing at $10/hr.</p>