Campus Jobs Hiring Right Now
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Student Employment Outcomes
- Development of a professional mindset—treating your student job as a “real job”
- Provide and promote workplace behavior best practices
- Foster and promote student career development through employment tips and further professional developmental opportunities
- Development and understanding of key competencies, transferable skills, leadership on the job, networking abilities, and fostering a sense of professionalism with your peers and supervisors
- Development of positive peer-to-peer and supervisor interaction techniques to facilitate personal and professional growth
- Understand the difference between meeting and exceeding expectations and be able to execute strategies to perform at the next level
- The chance to network and build relationships with professional mentors on campus
- Increased enrollment retention and graduation rates for on-campus student workers
- Students working 1-20 hours per week have a higher average GPA than their non-working peers
New to Campus?
Looking for a job? The University of Iowa uses Handshake to connect students with employment listings from hundreds of partners. New students should sign up to Handshake and complete their profile as soon as possible.
Common Misconceptions
Perception: Students who work while attending school full-time struggle to keep up with their studies because of time management issues and they have a lower GPA than students who don’t work.
Reality: Working while attending school full-time increases the need for students to manage their time and thus helps students establish a more structured routine.
- From 2010-2023, University of Iowa freshman students who worked between 1-20 hours per week had GPA 0.13 higher than their non-working counterparts.
- This same data is validated with national statistics. On average, students who work on campus maintain a higher GPA than those who don’t.
Perception: Having a student job affects the focus of students away from the classroom and can cause early drop-out rates.
Reality: No campus activity has shown as much positive influence on a students’ academic success and retention as campus employment.
On‑campus employers are aware that the students they hire have a #1 priority of doing well in school; therefore, employers are flexible with students’ schedules.
- From 2010‑2023, University of Iowa data shows that student employees are retained at a 4.46% higher clip than their non-working peers.
Perception: With less time to focus on academics, student workers struggle to graduate in four years and take much longer to finish their degree requirements.
Reality: Student employees don’t just keep up, but far exceed the University of Iowa graduation rate average at both the 4 and 6-year levels.
- Since 2010, 4-year graduation rates for students who work on campus are at a 2.93% higher level than the university average.
- The 6-year graduation rates have an even more significant increase with student employees graduating at a 3.76% higher level.
Perception: It’s just a student job.
Reality: Student jobs develop skills future employers want. The UI STEP (Student to Employed Professional) program prepares students to articulate those skills.
Student Stories
Get a behind-the-scenes look at student life through the eyes of campus employees. These short videos share real stories from students balancing work and school, highlighting the skills they’ve gained, the connections they’ve made, and the impact of their on-campus jobs.
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Resources
The Pomerantz Career Center assists in the professional development of student employees by providing opportunities such as the UI STEP (Student to Employed Professional) professional development workshop and the 2-credit hour professional development academic course, along with assistance with Handshake.
Student Employment for Career Success
All-in-one assistance with career and professional preparation. Topics include: the impact of student employment on future employability, strategies for proactive job or graduate school searching and networking, resume and cover letter writing to stand out to employers, interview preparation and execution, and personal branding.
Requirements: concurrent student employment, on- or off-campus.
Workforce Development Sessions
We offer free professional development sessions to student employees called UI STEP–Workforce Development Program.
These engaging and interactive trainings equip student staff with essential skills that extend beyond their day-to-day job responsibilities. The program focuses on core areas of workforce development and professionalism, helping student employees grow as confident, capable, and career-ready individuals. Topics include transferable skills, leadership, networking, and strategies for exceeding expectations.
Supervising Today's Students
The Supervising Today's Students Series (STS) focuses on developing skills for individuals who supervise and/or represent undergraduate students, while providing insights on how to best lead and support student employees.
Student Employee & Supervisor of the Year
Each year, the University of Iowa honors outstanding contributions through awards recognizing both student employees and their supervisors. Student employees make a meaningful impact across campus, often going above and beyond in their roles. Just as essential are the supervisors who mentor and guide them—an impact reflected in the many heartfelt nominations submitted by students.
Work-Study Eligibility
Each year, around 1,000 undergraduate students are employed through work-study positions. Work-Study is not a grant or a loan but a need-based, part-time employment program in which the government and the employer share the payroll cost of employing you. Work-Study gives you the upper hand of being chosen by an employer since the government directly reimburses them a percentage of your earnings.
Handshake
Handshake is the University of Iowa's online job board. Students can research employers and apply for on- and off-campus jobs. Employers can post their student employment opportunities.
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