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Your Work-Study Opportunity
Your official financial
aid award letter offers you an opportunity to earn money at an on-campus
work-study job. Students are not required to work if they do not wish to
do so. However, the College will not replace the unearned work-study with
grant aid.
Obtaining Hours
Although you are offered
the opportunity to earn through work-study, you are responsible for obtaining
the number of hours you need. Jobs are not guaranteed or reserved.
Financial aid students with Work-Study have priority for all jobs. A full range of job listings can be found on JobX.
You may also choose to work fewer than the 12 hours you’re
eligible for per week, or to find a job sometime later in the year. Although
the academic program at Smith is rigorous, working 12 hrs or less per week
is very manageable.
The Student Employment
web page offers all job listings for Work-Study students and also provides
a great deal of information regarding student work, on and off campus.
If you have Federal Work-Study
you may wish to consider Off-Campus Work-Study at one of the local non-profits
or the America Reads/America Counts Tutoring Program, both of which allow you to get off
campus and into the community. These jobs allow you to be paid 50 cents more per hour than the campus rate for
what is, in essence, community service work. They provide excellent
opportunities not available on campus. Smith College funds work at
agencies whose services range from family planning to the arts.
If you are commuting
to Smith you can essentially take your Work-Study home with you by working
as an America Reads Tutor in your own community schools. An arrangement
such as this allows you much more freedom in earning your Work-Study since
you do not have to be on campus to do it.
Information on these
programs and job listings are available on the website and
at the Student Financial Services Office in College Hall. You do not need
to apply for a Work-Study job until you arrive on campus. There will be
plenty of positions available at that time. At that time you may log onto our student
work-study job listings at JobX to look
for and apply for positions.
Assistance is available
from the Student Employment Coordinator if any student has difficulty locating
work due to medical restrictions or a class or athletic conflict.
Payment Details
Before you can be paid,
the Payroll Office will require you to fill out a W4 Employee’s Withholding
Allowance Certificate (required by the IRS, an M-4, and an I-9 INS Employment Verification
form. Upon your arrival at Central Check-In you should be prepared
to complete these documents.
Arrangements can be made
to direct all or part of your paycheck to your tuition
account. The Payroll Office processes the student payroll and any
questions should be directed there. Direct deposit to a bank account can
be arranged with the Payroll Office as well.
EARNINGS DETAILS
Earnings limit: on
your award letter
Average # hours per
week: 10-12
# of Weeks in Semester:
14
On-Campus Pay Rate:
$8.00 per hour
Off-Campus Pay Rate:
$8.50 per hour
Payment: Bi-weekly
A Student Employment
Guide will be in your campus box providing further details regarding campus
work and you are advised to read it in full to familiarize yourself with
college policies and procedures regarding student work.
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