Roosevelt University is committed to offering an environment for working and learning in which students are treated with respect, dignity, and equal opportunity. University employment promotes student engagement, strengthens connections to the Roosevelt community, enhances student life and success, provides professional development and training opportunities, offers service and experiential learning along with financial support. It is the policy of Roosevelt University to employ current Roosevelt University students in appropriate and available part-time student positions. All student employment positions are available exclusively to current Roosevelt University students registered for at least six undergraduate credit hours or at least 3 graduate level credit hours. The Student Employment Program is managed by the Office of Career Development in conjunction with Human Resources and Financial Aid Services (for those students who qualify for Federal Work Study).
Students who are interested in on-campus employment (including students who have been awarded the Federal Work Study grant) can search, locate, and apply to positions on our online campus job board and system, Handshake. All students must apply for positions through Handshake in order to be eligible for any Student Employment positions.
Please direct student employment questions via email to studentjobs@roosevelt.edu. You can also reach us via phone at 312-341-3560.
You can download a visual overview of the student hiring process as a PDF.
Eligibility
Students who are actively enrolled in the current terms for a minimum of either 6 undergraduate credit hours or 3 graduate level credit hour (“Half-time credit”) and are part of a degree/certificate seeking program at Roosevelt is eligible for Student Employment. A student may also be eligible only under the following circumstances:
- A student may only work during the Summer term immediately following their Spring graduation date, but may not work beyond the end of the Summer term*
- A student who is completing a degree/certificate seeking program during the Spring term and is minimally enrolled at Half-Time credits for the following Fall term, may continue to work through the Summer term
*International Students are not eligible to participate in the Student Employment Program after graduating and receiving their degree
*Students who graduate and receive their degrees in December are not eligible to work the following Summer term
Students who are no longer minimally enrolled in Half Time credit at Roosevelt University automatically terminates their eligibility for Student Employment and are automatically terminated from any current Student Employment positions they hold. Students may apply for and be awarded Federal Work Study grants through Financial Aid Services.
Student Employment Handbook
What to do once hired/Onboarding
New Student Employee Onboarding
Welcome to Student Employment at Roosevelt University. Please only sign up for a New Student Employee Onboarding session after you have been hired for an on-campus job and if you have never worked at Roosevelt University before. All student employees must complete New Student Employee Onboarding before they can begin working. A work authorization email from the Office of Career Development will be sent to your Roosevelt email account and to your supervisor once you have completed New Student Employee Onboarding and are authorized to begin working. Once you have completed New Student Employee Onboarding, you do not need to schedule or attend another Onboarding session if you are rehired again or hired into another Student Employment position.
New Student Employee Onboarding provides new student employees key information about their on campus job, such as, how to report their worked hours, where to obtain paychecks, and reviewing various university employee policies.
Scheduling and Registering for New Student Employee Onboarding
As part of the University’s response to the impact of COVID-19, The Office of Career Development has transitioned into a virtual office. All appointments will be conducted via Zoom or by phone for the Fall 2020 semester, including New Student Employee Onboarding. The Office of Career Development will be physically closed to all visitors. If you are scheduled to meet with one of our staff for any type of appointment, you should be provided instructions prior to your appointment taking place which will inform you of how you will virtually meet with our staff.
To schedule your New Student Employee Onboarding Session, please log onto Roosevelt University’s EAB/Navigate Website. Once you have logged in, you’ll want to schedule an appointment with the Office of Career Development and the service you are looking to fulfill is “Onboarding” with Nick Wong at the Chicago campus (Please remember for Fall 2020, we are meeting with students virtually via Zoom). A list of available times should appear for you to select from. Once you’ve scheduled your meeting, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions on what to expect and have prepared for New Student Employee Onboarding. If your schedule does not allow you to meet at any of the listed times, you may email studentjobs@roosevelt.edu. Within your email, please list 3 to 5 different dates and times (E.g. Thursdays at 2:30pm) that you are available and we will do our best to accommodate and confirm on when we may meet with you.
If you have completed New Student Employee Onboarding before then you do not need to attend another session, even if you are being hired into a different office/department within the university. If you would like to make updates to existing tax withholding forms (W-4) or your direct deposit allocation, please contact our office at studentjobs@roosevelt.edu.
General office hours
Mondays – Thursdays, 9:00am – 6:00pm
Fridays, 9:00am – 5:00pm