Work Study Benefits

Aside from earning income, students find that work study provides them with many other benefits, including:

• Transferable Work Skills 
  • These are essential in your post-graduation employment search. While you may not be performing the same tasks in your career, you will have to understand the expectations of an employer and develop interpersonal skills, time management and other work place techniques.
• Professional Perception
  • You will see things from another point of view, which will help to develop your analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Time Management 
  • Student employees learn how to organize their schedules and plan how to divide their time between work, classes and different activities.
• Professional References
  • Good working relationships with staff members can lead to excellent letters of recommendation or references for future jobs and continuing education.
• Community Service
  
  • You are doing good for others and the community, which provides a natural sense of accomplishment. You can make a difference!
• Work-Life Balance
  • Your employer knows you are a college student first. Employers try to be as flexible as possible in scheduling work hours around your class schedule.
• Campus Connection
  • Studies show that students who work 20 hours or less per week statistically do better in school on average than their non-working peers. Also, students who are “connected” to campus report a higher satisfaction with their college life, graduate in higher numbers, and graduate more quickly.