Work Study
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What is Work Study?
Work Study is a campus based program given out by the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. It is a program which provides part-time employment opportunities to eligible students to help meet the costs of post secondary education. Your total Federal Work-Study award depends on when you apply, your level of need, and the funding level of your school. Work Study provides part time work, giving you the opportunity to earn money, but also allowing time to focus on school. The program is pretty flexible and there are many work study positions to choose from.
Work study is not only offered on campus, but also off. If you decide to work off campus you may be employed by a private nonprofit organization or public agency.
This section contains ideas from the official OSU Work Study page.
Some Work Study Requirements
Along with having a certain financial situation, in order to also qualify for work study you must reach additional requirements. Some additional requirements are that a student must be enrolled half time per term to receive work study and can only work for work study during the terms you are awarded work study. Also if a student financial award covers fall through spring term, they are not eligible to work summer.
This section contains ideas from the official OSU Work Study page.
How Much Money can a Student Earn?
When receiving your financial award letter, there will be an amount (if you qualify) for work study. During your time of work, you can earn up to that amount. Depending on your employer, your work study can end when you have earned up to the amount awarded to you. If your employer decides to keep you after your work study amount has been earned, you will then be employed under student employment instead of work study.
With work study, students can earn anywhere from minimum wage to $10.00 an hour. This amount depends on your position and requirements of that position. Hours range from 20 to 40 hours per week. Your hours range depending on your wage and the amount awarded to you from financial aid. The higher the award amount and the lower the wage, the more hours you can work per week. If you’re an undergraduate, you’ll be paid by the hour. If you’re a graduate student, you might be paid by the hour or you might receive a salary. Students get paid only once a month and this money is not credited to your school account.
This section contains ideas from the official OSU Work Study page.
Getting Work Study Employment
- Verify that you were awarded work-study for the current academic year by viewing your financial aid award letter at the student on-line services site: http://oregonstate.edu/students/onlineservices
- Search for jobs on the Federal Work-study Job Search Database, and find one you are interested in applying for. See “The Job Search” in the next section.
- Contact the department(s) to set up interviews for the work-study positions. You may need to take a copy of the position description with you to the interview. The interviewer will need the job code from the description to complete a computerized CWS Job Referral Form.
- After you are hired for a work-study job, you and your employer complete the Banner Referral Form. Your Referral Form will be rejected if it does not have a valid Job Code.
- Paper Referral Forms: The paper Referral Form will no longer be used for on-campus work-study jobs. If you need a copy of a referral form for any reason you can obtain one from your supervisor. Students obtaining jobs from off-campus organizations such as Boys and Girls Clubs, Parent Enhancement Programs, and The Old Mill will need to get a Referral Form from the financial aid office, have it completed by the hiring supervisor, and return it to the Financial Aid office. Off-site hires also return documentation to Mary Dobie in the Payroll office. Further instructions will be posted in each work-study job description.
- Take a picture ID such as a driver’s license or state ID card and your Social Security Card to the Human Resources Office (Kerr Administration Building, Room 204) and complete an I-9 form.
- Departments will submit time cards by the 15th of each month for the hours you worked, and you will receive a paycheck from the payroll window or your department on the last working day of each month."
(Source: http://oregonstate.edu/admin/finaid/workstudy.html)
How to Find a Work Study Job
Some general work study positions are like student processors, office assistant, peer advisors, clerk, receptionist, administrative aide, peer tutor and lab assistant. While these are included in work study positions, they are not limited to only these chooses.
Typically positions are not posted until towards the beginning of the academic year. So do not be discouraged if you follow the steps below to find a blank page.
To find work study positions available, you should follow these steps:
- Go to http://oregonstate.edu/career select "Student & Alumni JOB SEARCH (login to Beaver Recruiting) "(off to the left of the screen).
- Next you will login in with your user name being "Benny" and your password as "Beaver"
- To look for jobs or internships, click on "Jobs and Internships" that is across the top to the page (a drop down menu will appear).
- Next there is a box that is titled "1-click Searches" to the right of the screen. Within that box there is a "Student Work Study Jobs" link. Click on it.
- Next click on the "Your Saved Searches" tab and a list of job types will appear.
- Follow up by clicking on the "Work Study Jobs" tab and a list of current positions for work study will appear.
- To receive more details on the position and duties, just click on the job title. If interested, there will be an application and instructions for the posting. Some jobs will require a resume and cover letter.
These instructions are only for people looking for work study positions. To take advantages of the sites other features you must create and account with Career Services.
This section contains ideas from the official OSU Work Study page.
Food Stamps
If you have a work study job, you can apply for food stamp at the Corvallis Human Services department. This depends on how much money you make, and you can recieve up to 150 dollars in food stamp every month.
