How to Earn Money at School – The Dragon Chronicle

With busy schedules and abundant workloads, students struggle to find time to earn their own money. However, SUNY Cortland Student Employment Services has helped students find jobs on campus.

Career Services, located in Van Hoesen Hall, Room B-5, has created a platform for students to search and apply for part-time jobs and internships on campus. They define their services as, “…opportunities both on and off campus that will serve college students’ ever-changing schedules, and provide necessary employment skills development”.

What You Need

For each job posting, a resume is required. If a student lacks a resume or is uncertain about it, career services can help develop and optimize their resume.
Some postings ask for a cover letter and/or a disability statement
All postings require a class schedule, and at other times a student is unavailable
A human resources account, which can be created through the website along with an option to login through LinkedIn

Current Postings

Off-Campus Jobs

In addition, students can use Handshake —”the career platform for Gen Z. With a community of over 17 million students, alumni, employers, and career educators, Handshake’s network is where career advice and discovery turn into first, second, and third jobs.”—, to find tailored part-time jobs for each student.