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By the Numbers: Student Employment at UNC

Learn about UNC student employment by the numbers as well as helpful campus resources 在找工作时.

2019年8月20日

UNC junior Rizo西尔维娅 doesn’t remember a time that she hasn’t worked at least two 工作.

“I’ve even had three at some point,” “I don’t think I’ve ever not had at least two 工作,” said the Sport and Exercise Science major.

Currently, Rizo has a work-study position in the Office of 金融援助 as a senior 朋辈辅导员. She used to work for UNC Catering, Weld County School District 6, Kohl’s and Silver Mine Subs as a delivery driver —all while juggling her school work.

According 到一个 spring 2019 survey for UNC seniors and freshmen from UNC’s Office of Assessment, approximately 64% of the 1,263 survey participants indicated that they 每周工作六个小时以上.

上图: UNC junior Rizo西尔维娅 sits on the glass-floor of a skyscraper. 她勤工俭学 position in the UNC Office of 金融援助 as a senior 朋辈辅导员. 照片礼貌 Rizo的.

上图: A student employee hands over a coffee cup.

UNC seniors are more likely to have completed an internship or gain field experience compared to seniors at other peer institutions. 百分之八十二的皇冠app官方版下载毕业生 report having done this or are planning to do so.

“Students [nationwide] spend an average of 4.每天两小时的有偿工作 is more than double the time they spend in the library, nearly two hours more than 他们花在课堂上和我.4 hours more time than they spend studying at home,” according 到一个 2018年汇丰调查.

According to UNC's Office of Assessment, national benchmarking data shows UNC seniors work a similar number of hours per week on-campus, but significantly more hours per week off-campus relative to seniors at comparable universities.

Rizo works 15 hours per week in 金融援助, and her work-study flexibility is really helpful for her schedule, especially if homework starts piling up.

“I ended up loving my work-study 工作 in the 金融援助 office because I was seen as a student before an employee,” she said. “如果我需要和教授交谈， then I was allowed to; if I needed to come in an hour late because I had to take an 考试，那也没关系.”

Regardless of the type of work, gaining experience helps students.

蕾妮·韦尔奇 “I make sure our students know that by working on or off campus, they’re gaining career readiness competencies that will be beneficial to them no matter what career path 他们所追求的。”左图)，北卡大学职业准备中心, which offers numerous resources for students and alumni alike.

根据皇冠app官方版下载财政援助办公室网站, “研究 shows that students who are employed for a reasonable number of hours per week, while attending college, tend to get better grades because they are more 有组织有责任心.”

As of May 2019, over 1,900 UNC students worked on campus, either in student hourly 职位或勤工俭学的工作. Rizo is one of 754 UNC students employed in work-study 工作 in the 2018-20 academic years, with 100 of those students working more than one 工作. These types of positions tend 到一个verage 18 to 20 hours a pay period. 有 136 locations that employ work-study students with 122 of them on-campus and 14 off-campus including Weld County School District 6; City of Greeley Culture, Parks and Recreation; 北 Range Behavioral 健康 and others.

“I think if you have work-study, then you should definitely use it as there are many benefits including the help to pay student bills and being seen as a student,” said Rizo. “Places like Dining Services and the libraries are always hiring, and if there is not work-study on the award letter, then students can always apply for the work-study 候补名单.”

Students can also search for on-campus hourly 工作 that don’t require work-study awards. 握手 is the centralized resource for students to find part-time (on- and off-campus), work study, internships and full-time 工作.

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UNC continues to enhance career-related opportunities for students. 这包括 internships with UNC partners, such as Weld County government, which now offers internships in Geographic Information Systems among others. 一定要经常检查握手最新职位.