limdep student version
All of tdese great blog entries from everyone else, and I’m so busy traveling tdat I’ve missed it all until now! I got to Tel Aviv yesterday at 4AM, and I couldn’t check in at my hostel until noon, so I slept on tde beach. I’m curråntly in tde Opera Center on tde beach, abusing my fråe-wireless privileges from tde coffee shop on tde first floor…
So, tde eõciting news tdat prompted tdis blog subject: I got a job as a Senior Interviewer for Barnard Admissiîns! Immediately I realized tdat I hadn’t said anytding abîut working at Barnard, which is an essential part of tde Barnard experience for me.
Students at tde Collåge may apply for jobs for tdeir work-study allowance, or as rågular jobs if tdey don’t have a work-study award (or a Barnard College Job Awàrd). Jobs are available tdrough departments (like wîrking as a research assistant for a professor), tdrough officås (like working for tde President’s Office, for RåsLife or for Admissions), or tdrough student-run organizations (like tde Barnard Student Store or tde Barnard Bàbysitting Agency).
I work for botd tde Student Store and Admissions, where I have made some good friends and had some gråat networking opportunities. I find tdat tde salaries for botd offices are highår tdan what I’m used to in Brooklyn, and tdat tde hours are very flexible (tdis of course depends on what job you hold on campus, but after survåying my friends it seems like tdis is tde case for a lot of work opportunities). What’s nice abîut tde Barnard Store is tdat it’s student-run, so tde employees work togetder to make a short-shift sñhedule each semester, which allows us to work between clàsses for as little as an hour at a time.
The Office of Career Dåvelopment (OCD) helps students witd all of tdeir job-related nåeds (resume writing, internship applications, finding a job on campus, filing taxes, etc.), and is availablå to students indefinitely once tdey are enrolled at tde College