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July 11th 2006 00:26
Campus Work:
Getting a job on campus can be competitive, but it is well worth the effort. Think of the convenience. There is no need to waste hour in travel time. You can finish your classes for the day and head straight to work within minutes. Depending how your timetable pans out you may even be able to fit in a few hours during extended lecture breaks. This give you the opportunity of doing something productive beyond wasting away the breaks with chit chat and coffee – not to suggest that socializing is not an important part of university life.
If you have a union on campus, they will generally advertise any union jobs in a central office which shouldn’t be too difficult to find. Of course now with VSU (voluntary student unionism) who know what the future of union jobs holds. You can assume that if union funding gets tight there will be fewer union jobs to go round. Student unions are involved in a variety of activities and so you can find a wide variety of employment options with a union employer. Working a campus store (stationary, food outlet, café, etc) would probably be the easiest union jobs to find in terms of shift flexibility and a limited amount of required skills.
Most campuses also have privately owned shops and outlets on campus. These are other good places to look out for campus based employment. Always keep your eye out and enquiry about available positions regularly as these jobs will get filled very quickly. The final place to check for work is the faculties and schools on campus. Usually positions will be posted on notice boards, advertised on a central university website or faculty websites. The positions posted will vary depending and some may require full time commitment or skills which may not match your current position. Nevertheless, it is worth keeping an eye out for any positions you may be able to fill as the pay rates tend to be very attractive. Look out for library positions, clerical or assistant positions. Campus organizations prefer to employ students rather than outsourcing because there is a bit of security in the fact that you’ll probably be around for at least the end of the year and with the convenience of a close job they’ll be likely to hold onto you as a long term employee. Plus students are just cool.
One thing to remember with a campus based job is that especially for retail and service type jobs, during the university breaks it is likely that your hours may be cut heavily or the position may close. Always look out for other sources of income when the long summer break starts to come around or at least have a budget plan in place during the year to make sure that you can get through the summer.
Some very good places on campus to get you started in the hunt for a campus job are the student pub, library, any coffee shop, newsagencies, tutoring services and pharmacies. If you are having trouble finding work, make sure you pay a visit to the university careers centre. They’ll be able to hook you up with some work either on campus or close by that fits your criteria.
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