{"id":1313,"date":"2017-08-21T11:45:05","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1313"},"modified":"2017-08-21T11:45:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T15:45:05","slug":"students-start-searching-now-for-on-campus-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/08\/21\/students-start-searching-now-for-on-campus-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: Start Searching Now for On-Campus Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1314\" style=\"width: 848px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/workstudy-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1314\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/workstudy-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"848\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/workstudy-1.jpg 848w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/workstudy-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/workstudy-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 848px) 100vw, 848px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Planning to work during the school year to help pay for college?<\/p>\n<p>Incoming freshmen should start searching now to increase their odds of landing a great campus job, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2016\/07\/8-things-hs-grads-need-to-do-before-college\/\">according to a post on <em>Homeroom<\/em><\/a> \u2014 the official blog of the US Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re interested in working part-time while in school, it\u2019s best to start checking out those opportunities early, even before you get to campus or start classes,\u201d notes blog author Susan Thares, who works with the department\u2019s office of Federal Student Aid.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Starting to explore job opportunities now can be especially helpful for students whose financial aid package includes work-study funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing awarded work-study does not guarantee you a job,\u201d Thares explains. \u201cSome schools match students to jobs, but most schools require students to find, apply, and interview for positions on their own\u2026The most sought after work-study jobs are often filled quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ed.gov\/2016\/07\/8-things-hs-grads-need-to-do-before-college\/\">Read the full blog<\/a>, which includes other money management tips, and learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/knowledge-center\/financing-college\/\">paying for college<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at mstegmeir@nacacnet.org.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planning to work during the school year to help pay for college? Incoming freshmen should start searching now to increase their odds of landing a great campus job, according to a post on Homeroom \u2014 the official blog of the US Department of Education. \u201cIf you\u2019re interested in working part-time while in school, it\u2019s best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/08\/21\/students-start-searching-now-for-on-campus-jobs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Students: Start Searching Now for On-Campus Jobs<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paying-for-college"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-lb","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}