Job Responsibilities
Before I begin explaining my job situation prior to grad school,
let me tell you about my educational background. University of
Washington introduced a 5-year program in which students will be
able to get a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA. So prior
to beginning the MBA program, I've never held a full-time
position. I was only a work study student while in school. The
bulk of my time on the work study position was performing
administrative tasks, basic front desk receptionist tasks,
projects for people at the office.
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Job Requirements
Like any other program, some classes were amazing and extremely
interesting while others are more tedious. The professors, on
average, are good. From class, students can tell that our
professors are knowledgeable on their subject matter. However,
some of them do not know how to teach.
The workload is overwhelming, especially since I'm used to the
workload as an undergrad. In terms of getting into popular
classes, I've never had problem getting into the classes that I
wanted. Some of my classmates were not as lucky. We have a
bidding system where students are alloted a certain number of
points depending on what program we were in.
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Uppers
People recognized that I was valuable to them.
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Downers
Because I was a workstudy student, the office only has to pay
1/4 of my wages while the financial aid pays the rest. The
problem with this is that I felt undervalued.
Another downer was my hourly wage. I was paid $12/hr (I started
at $11/hr).
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Lifestyle
I only worked 15 hours/week. According to rules set forth by the financial aid
office, a work study student cannot work more than 19 hours per week while in
school.
There's no travel or social events, although we do have potlucks and parties at
the conference room once in a while.
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Compensation
I was paid $12/hr. I was in the position for two years and when
I first started, I was paid $11/hr, which I thought was great at
first.
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Advice to Jobseekers
It's great money as a work study position. It's one of the
easiest jobs you'll ever get. There was hardly an interview.
I'd recommend college students to take advantage of work study
positions out there.
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