Purpose
Career Connections | Student Employment Center creates a comprehensive, holistic, integrated pathway to ensure that students who matriculate at Oakwood will be able to enter graduate/professional school, be employed, be an entrepreneur or be profitably engaged in community service.
Career Connections
Each semester the center provides life & career planning services such as:
- Career Guidance
- Resume Writing
- Mock Interviews
- Cover Letter Writing
- Internships and Employment Listings
- Employment Salary Calculations
- Career and Graduate Schools Fair
- Mentorship
Student Employment
Each semester the employment period begins the first official day of classes and ends two weeks after the last day of final exams. All positions during Fall and Spring semester are part time.
Employment Eligibility
All students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher and must be academically and financially cleared for the semester. All Federal Work Study positions are awarded by the Financial Aid Office.
Requirements
- All students must be E-verified
- Complete Application on NEOGov using MyOakwood
- Submit Course and Fee Statement
- Complete W-4 (federal tax form)
- Complete A-4 (state tax form)
- Complete Payroll Deduction Authorization form
- Complete Banking Information Form
General Guidelines
- Enrollment of a minimum of six credit hours is required per semester
- Fringe benefits are not part of students’ compensation
- Students will not be paid for hours worked in excess of the maximum semester amount listed on their contract or after the specified end date
- Students and supervisors are responsible for keeping track of authorized hours
- Students who accept on campus employment are expected:
- to be punctual and perform efficiently; and,
- notify supervisors in advance when illness or unforeseen circumstances prevent attendance
- Employment is cancelled for the fabrication of time or upon withdrawal from the university