Work Study Positions Help Students
By: Lance Simons
Staff Writer
Green River College provides an opportunity for students to work on campus in order to help pay for their tuition, financial aid, or other ammenities.
Among the many extracurricular options at Green River, a large variety of on campus jobs are available to students. Natalya Bronitskiy, who specializes in Student Employment at the college, had a lot to stay about the Work-Study program offered at the college.
A work-study is a college program that allows students to work a part or full time job as an option to help pay for financial aid or act as a source of income to cover some of their tuition, books, or other amenities. The process is student employment at the college has a few steps in order to complete.
Bronitskiy explained that a student can begin by creating a personal Gator Jobs account. Once this is finished, the student would also have to have a FASFA account in order to apply for a work-study. “Once a work-study is applied for, the position would have a certain amount of funds available to the individual job,” Bronitskiy said.
In other words, the student can work a job until its funds run out. When the funds reach their limit, the student will have to wait typically until the next quarter for when more money is available. Bronitskiy stressed that a student should select a job that they could work for the necessary amount of time and not have the position reach its fund limit.
Green River offers a variety of jobs in multiple different settings. “A student can choose to work full time or part time,” Bronitskiy said. However, varying jobs may be restricted to only one of the two.
The requirements necessary to apply for a student job is to be enrolled at the college with six or more credits worth of classes. The students will receive King County minimum wage which equates to $12.60 an hour.
“Jobs are fairly flexible because the student’s main focus is education. The student jobs are built around the schedule of the student to better benefit them,” said Bronitsky.
Some of the positions students can choose from may include the front desk attendant, bookstore assistant, instructional aid, and office assistant. The field of study that a particular student is enrolled in may open opportunities for jobs unavailable to others who are not in a particular program.
For example, Bronitskiy explained that a student in a bachelor’s program may have more unique job opportunities since they are studying longer than a students that are in the associate’s program.
To go into detail of what a typical part time student job may entail, an office assistant is a popular example. An office assistant working in the financial aid department of the college would work Monday through Thursday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The job offers 11 to 16 hours per week and is based on campus.
The office assistant is in charge of tasks such as filing papers, and clerical support. The minimal qualifications for the job include basic computer skills, a knowledge of Microsoft office, and a good attention to detail This job and similar positions may be perfect for students in need of financial aid.
With nearly endless opportunities for student jobs at Green River, students are able to get the financial support they need with the convenient work-study program. Natalya Bronitskiy can be contacted in the Financial Aid department for further details.
