Student Employment
Illinois Institute of Technology believes work experience is a vital and significant component in preparing the student for a future career. Student employment is an opportunity to advance the individual's work ethic and knowledge base. This belief reflects the university's overall commitment to education and underscores its endorsement of self-development. To achieve this, the Office of Financial Aid partners with the Career Management Center to support and partner with on-campus employers and students, to develop positive and productive working relationships.
The Office of Financial Aid manages employment for all federal work study positions on campus and the Career Management Center maintains employment for all non-federal work study positions.
The Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) is an employment program for domestic undergraduate and graduate student which requires students to earn their award amount through work. FWS eligibility is determined on an annual basis using the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) submitted to the Department of Education. Up to $2,500 of Federal Work Study (FWS) funds may be awarded to students who demonstrate exceptional financial need. A federal work study award simply authorizes a student to participate in the program and sets a limit as to the amount of income a student can earn during the academic year. It is the responsibility of the student to find on campus employment and work enough hours to reach the earnings limit.
Work-study students receive a paychecks biweekly based on the number of hours worked and hourly rate of pay. After a student earns the full FWS award, the student's employment ends, unless the IIT department employer offers to pay the student employee's wages from the department's budget account.
Award Acceptance
There are many different jobs available through the federal work study program, varying in the areas of interest, degree of difficulty, and wage rate. With a variety of positions available, it is hoped that students will find jobs which are both interesting and related to their career goals. To accept this award, the student should visit the MyIIT portal, under Financial Aid Awards for the current academic year on the Finances Tab. Once this award is accepted, the student can view available federal work study positions here:
University officials must complete the Hiring Department Form to submit available jobs for federal work study positions. FWS positions must be approved by the Office of Financial Aid before available to students to apply to directly.
Hiring Department Form
Students - Available Open Positions
Student who are eligible for federal work study and have accepted the federal work study award through the portal can can view available federal work study positions on campus here:
If you are interested in an open position, please contact the hiring department directly for consideration. The hiring department contact information is listed on the spreadsheet using the link above.
Students who are eligible to participate in the federal work study program can choose utilize their federal work study (FWS) funds to perform community service. Community service is defined by the Department of Education as services that are identified by an institution of higher education with local nonprofit, government, and community-based organizations, designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their needs. These services include:
- Such fields as health care, child care, literacy training, education, welfare, social services, transportation, housing and neighborhood improvement, public safety, crime prevention and control, recreation, rural development, and community improvement;
- Work in service opportunities or youth corps as defined in Section 101 of the National and Community Service Act of 1990, and service in the agencies, institutions, and activities designated in Section 124(a) of that act;
- Support services for students with disabilities; and
- Activities in which an FWS student serves as a mentor for such purposes as tutoring, supporting educational and recreational activities and counseling.
To be considered employed in a community service job for FWS purposes, the FWS student does not have to provide a "direct" service. However, the student must provide services that are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents or to solve particular problems related to those residents' needs.
Students
Any IIT student who is awarded federal work study may utilize those funds to participate in community service. If there is an organization that you would like to work for that meets the above criteria but is not currently an approved community service program with IIT, please encourage the organization to complete the steps listed in below for Employers. All available community service positions are posted on the Career Management Center's website.
Employers
If you want to utilize IIT students to perform community service at your organization, please complete the following steps:
- Please complete the job description form. Upon completion, please e-mail the form to Kelli Goers at goersk@iit.edu.
- Within 3-5 business days, you will receive notice from IIT whether or not your program is eligible to utilize federal work study.
- After receiving notice, please complete the Off-Campus Work-Study Agreement and return the form to IIT at the address provided on the form. You may also email the form to goersk@iit.edu . Upon receipt of this form, your job description will be posted online within 3-5 business days for students to view and apply.
- Please direct any students to apply through IIT's Career Management Center. The Career Management Center will notify you when there are applications pending for your organization. The Career Management Center will also work with you to complete the proper paperwork once you have found a student that you want to hire.
The IIT Student Employment Program (Non College Work-Study) also provides jobs for students on campus. Funding for this work program is paid entirely through unsubsidized university monies from departmental annual budgets. The Career Management Center uses NACElink to allow students to view job openings on campus.
To apply for a non college work-study position, administered through the Career Management Center, please follow the following directions:
- Log-in to your NACElink account (If you would like to set-up a NACElink account, please click here)
- Go to the CSM job tab and search for 'IIT'.
- In the search results, look for IIT-On campus Jobs. This is the place where all the IIT on-campus jobs are posted. Good Luck!
Not all departments at IIT use this system to list on-campus jobs. If you do not find an appropriate on-campus job opportunity through the CMC system, you should try contacting departments directly.
The IIT Student Employment Program requires students to work while earning money. International students can search for employment opportunities at IIT's Career Management Center website. With proper work authorization from the International Office, students may be eligible to work off-campus. Note that students who work on-campus will receive a paycheck every two weeks based on the number of hours worked and hourly rate of pay. Funding for the IIT Student Employment Program (Non-College Work-Study) is paid entirely through unsubsidized university monies from departmental annual budgets.
Note: International students are eligible only for non-federal work-study positions.
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