{"id":17969,"date":"2013-09-19T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=17969"},"modified":"2014-09-09T09:39:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T13:39:59","slug":"working-those-work-study-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/09\/19\/working-those-work-study-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Working Those Work-Study Positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting involved on campus can have you spending afternoons in ways you never thought you would. I have moved dozens of boxes of books at a college book sale, interviewed complete strangers in the Arbor Room for a blog, entered endless data for a psychology lab, and helped build a stone wall at Hart House Farm.<\/p>\r\n

So if you're looking for a way to earn some money, gain valuable experience or just have a good time, one great way to get involved (and paid!) is to apply for a work-study position at U of T. (Not all of my odd jobs were work-study positions but they certainly were interesting!)<\/p>\r\n

Work-Study\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\/w\u0259rk\u00a0\u02c8st\u0259d\u0113\/<\/span>: To you work where you study. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n

e.g., John is a student at U of T and also got a sweet gig working for one of the departments as a work-study student.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\nThe 'work-study' positions are generally more flexible than other part-time jobs and designed for students. They offer a chance to work closely with a prof or department while getting paid.\r\n\r\nThis year, there are work-study positions for opportunities like helping\u00a0a prof curate the collections\u00a0at the Royal Ontario Museum, setting up the exhibits at the Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscaping and Design, and researching \"Rainforest Livelihoods in the Amazon\" through the Department of Geography.\r\n\r\nHere's how you too can get one of these work-study positions:\r\n

Finding Work-Study Positions<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\r\n