Check the listing of available on-campus jobs at the Student Employment Office in Records Hall (behind Stonier Hall). Be sure not to look through the "work-study" listings, as these jobs are for U.S. citizens and permanent residents only. If you are unsure which jobs would be available to you as a foreign student, ask a staff member of that office. Go to individual departments and services. Many offices and service units--particularly large ones such as Dining Services and the libraries--have money in their budgets to hire students directly (often without listing in the Student Employment Office). In the summer, for example, the office of Housing and Conference Services hires a large number of students. Use the experience of other international students by asking them if they know departments or service units which hire students directly, and then go to those locations to see if any jobs are available. Go to any of the businesses which exist solely to service Rutgers students, e.g., the Rutgers bookstore or any of the food concessions in the student centers. F-1 regulations state that on-campus employment includes working for "on-location commercial firms which provide services for students on campus." Ask everyone you know--including your professors, advisers, secretaries and friends--if they know of an on-campus job available. The more people that know you are looking, the more luck you may have in finding a job.
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