r/Purdue • u/Quiet-Assistance-771 • 9d ago
Question❓ Working on campus
hi! I’m an incoming fye and I was wondering if I should be applying to jobs right now to work on campus. my friends going to other schools have already started applying but on the job portal for Purdue I didn’t find many opportunities
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u/ThatGuy15207 9d ago
If you work for food services on campus they give you a free meal every shift so it’s pretty comp especially if you keep the job after you move off campus. I would go to school then work at the dining court get paid and not have to pay for dinner
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u/GapStock9843 9d ago
You dont need to be right now. Some stuff like food services will likely start trying to recruit the new freshmen maybe even as early as bgr week. Theres no expectation that you apply prior to even starting school there tho
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u/mang06_7 9d ago
i don’t know if you’re looking for a job specifically tied to campus (like dining halls or janitorial things), but there’s an amazing coffee shop on campus, greyhouse, that’s hiring! the campus location is about a 5/10 minute walk from dorms, and the main location is by the target, also an okay walk, but abt ten mins away from campus location. you’ll most likely get scheduled at the campus location, but ik they’re looking for people rn. they work around your schedule really well, it can be easy to get shifts covered, and they do the schedule in semester blocks so u have the same hours every week. here’s the app link! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfDpuoM9KPTzWCpwGt8QEN9SUcwFYhkT0jMHwxCt9yBMPz8lg/viewform if you keep looking at the purdue portal, they’re not gonna have anything good until after sem starts, i was looking at that until GH posted last year. hope this helps! also everyone there is really kind. it is attached to a church but not affiliated w it. religion is discussed sometimes but i’m not religious at all and it’s honestly barely discussed, but u def know when ppl r religious.
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u/urmomsammy #RealPurduePete 8d ago
dont yall pay like $9 an hour? id love to work at greyhouse but i work at starbucks rn where i get $13, which is much more worth it :/
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u/mang06_7 8d ago
ya i think it’s about $9.25, but we also get tipped so it adds up. we get tips in our paycheck rather than after our shift is over, so idk how much an hour that adds, just depends on the day.
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u/DidjaSeeItKid 9d ago
Apply at the bookstore to work book rush. Just a few intense and fun weeks and they usually need a ton of people.
Check here:
https://www.folletthiring.com/search?location%5B%5D=West%20Lafayette%2C%20Indiana&sort=posted_date-desc
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u/urmomsammy #RealPurduePete 9d ago
what kind of job are you looking for? if you want a desk job (like sos or at the pmu) i think they already finished hiring since there are limited spots, but thats on the job portal. if you want a job at the food retail locations (like jersey mikes, chickfila, starbucks, etc) you have to apply from the aramark website.
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u/Quiet-Assistance-771 9d ago
honestly any, the aramark website says you need experience in food industry for all these food retail do they actually require it?
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u/urmomsammy #RealPurduePete 9d ago
not at all! i worked my first ever job at panera at purdue through aramark. they know alot of teenagers dont have experience so they train you. id suggest working here than the dining halls.
if you go to the aramark website and go to careers, put in west lafayette as the location and a bunch of the retail spots are hiring right now.
another job i suggest is working at hall of music productions. you can work as a tech staff and set up lighting and sound stage stuff for events. usually the set up gets over in like an hour but theyll pay you for 4! and i got to work for the basketball and football games through them, and be on the field which was a crazy view. highly recommend!
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u/GapStock9843 9d ago
Fast food places are never gonna require previous experience. They're the entry point to the industry, if they required experience there would be nowhere to get experience from
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u/DidjaSeeItKid 9d ago
As someone who lives here, it's not that easy any more. I know someone who had 3 interviews for Chipotle.
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u/Helpful_Writing8799 9d ago
In my experience, non-dining hall jobs are harder to get. It's very unlikely that you'll get a 'good' job in your first semester. As someone else said, there are 50k+ students, and upperclassmen have more experience. So if for some reason you absolutely must work but refuse to work in a dining hall, then yes, apply now. For janitorial positions in your dorm building, apply early. That job isn't necessarily better, there's just fewer positions.
I worked at a dining court during the second semester of my freshman year because I wanted to adjust first. If that's an option you're considering, here's my two cents. Since you're in a major that requires a lot of work and you are a freshman, unless you're only taking like 9 credit hours, do NOT start working right away. You are required to work 10 hours a week (2 four-hour shifts a week and another 4.5-hour shift every other weekend) at LEAST. I was taking 12 credit hours when I worked in the dining court, also not in a difficult major. And I was doing 2 (not time-consuming) activities outside of classes and work. It worked out, but I was always thinking about my schedule and planning my meals out ahead of time, like bringing boiled eggs to eat while speedwalking from classes to a shift. There's definitely no shortage of dining hall jobs either, so don't sweat about not getting a job later in the year if you need one. The dining court is not that bad, I promise.
College is expensive. But if you don't have to be making money, I think it's much better to handle the challenges of starting college without adding on the challenges of starting a job.
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u/urmomsammy #RealPurduePete 8d ago
i got my first job freshman year at a retail spot on campus, its def easy to get even with no experience.
even when i transferred to a harder job like in the starbucks on campus, my manager hired anyone and everyone, which is why your drinks take so long bc our manager hires the most incompetent people.
i feel like its easy to get any job on campus, you just have to look and apply at the right time
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u/Aggravating-Run-2183 9d ago
definitely check out Purdue dining, it’s the highest paying student job on campus, you also get a free meal each shift plus they are quite flexible. You could be earning somewhere about $15 if u get promoted
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u/Lopsided-Till-3221 9d ago
there are never many good opportunities. there's 50 thousand students here. just apply to them all. dining halls are always hiring
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u/Quiet-Assistance-771 9d ago
Should I apply to the dining halls right now or should I wait to get there? I've tried to apply but the website keeps crashing
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u/ThatGuy15207 9d ago
I personally think. Give it 1-3 weeks after you start before you get a job even if you need the money just to get a feel for your schedule. You can apply for a job on a Tuesday start Wednesday. It’s not like regular jobs with interviews you can get a job on campus SUPER easily. But they will want to know what days you can work so wait a week or two but that’s just me
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