<p>Anyone else have this issue? My D got awarded workstudy funds. She was counting on this for her spending money and extra expenses. The school so far has listed about 5 workstudy jobs available for the entire student body. She has applied to all, but has never gotten a response so far. I thought colleges usually have a lot of jobs open for work/study opportunities. Is this the norm?</p>
<p>I don’t know about the norm, but my freshman son also had the offer of work study. He filed all the employment paperwork and was approved, but needs to apply for jobs, many of which are not exclusively work study and open to all on campus. He has yet to find a job with hours that he can accommodate. He says that all the jobs available so far require hours that conflict with his classes. Hopefully next semester, when he may have a little more control over his schedule, he will be able to string together a few days with either the mornings or afternoons free, so that he can qualify for something.</p>
<p>Many kids can’t find work-study jobs so they take off-campus jobs…such as working in area stores and restaurants.</p>
<p>Schools often have more kids awarded w-s than there are jobs.</p>
<p>We thought of that (going off campus) but how do you handle that when you go home for a month long Christmas break, springbreak? What employer would want to deal with that? She would do much better waitressing especially since she has Fri, Sat and Sun off, but those longs gaps will never be acceptable.</p>
<p>If your kiddo gets a job waiting tables NEAR the college campus, the clientele will also be going home during the breaks!!</p>
<p>DD had work study also. Her first term, she worked in the call center, making calls to get donations to the university. It was a telemarketing job and not very glamorous, but it was evenings and fit her schedule. The pay was decent. She would have done anything…cafeteria, telemarketing…ANYTHING. She said if students were willing to do “less desirable” jobs there were plenty. But she also said that many kids were not willing to work in the dining halls or the call center.</p>
<p>She subsequently got a job working in undergrad admissions which was a terrific job. BUT her experience (and recommendation from the call center boss) was part of the reason she got the better job later.</p>
<p>DS worked off campus for four years. His employer knew when he was hired that he would not be around during school vacations. It was not a problem.</p>
<p>Believe me, she isn’t being picky where she works - I see the list of jobs on campus and there have been 5 total since school started. As far as working around the campus - her campus is NYC, so they really aren’t too accepting of people taking off for school breaks. I could understand employers being understanding if she was in a college town.</p>