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Nadine Hawkins
Santa Rita Hall 109
Morristown, NJ 07960-6989
Phone: (973) 290-4705
nhawkins@steu.edu
Here is the information you need to know regarding employment and internships:
A Social Security card and number are used in the United States for taxation, employment, and banking purposes. When you reach Saint Elizabeth University, someone in the Office of Student Employment will help you get your own Social Security number when you are promised employment. We sponsor trips to the local Social Security office at the start of each semester.
The Student Employment Program is designed to serve a dual purpose - to provide opportunities to our students and to help fill SEU's employment needs. Beyond the obvious opportunity to help pay some of the expenses of your college education, campus jobs also add another dimension to your experience.
Campus jobs run the gamut of clerical to technical and everything in between. SEU students are found working in all Offices of the University: setting up and maintaining Science Labs; tutoring their peers in the Academic Success Center; troubleshooting and training students and professionals alike on the latest software in the Instructional Technology Center; assisting students as well as faculty in Mahoney Library; teaching workshops in the Math & Science Departments; being receptionists or Community Assistants in the Residence Halls; and being Admissions Ambassadors to prospective students.
Most campus jobs pay $8.60 per hour and require from 8-12 hours per week, with a maximum of 20 hours per week. Students are paid the 15th and the last day of the month. Some jobs, which require more training and skills pay a higher rate.
Your success in finding a job will depend largely upon your attitude, desire, and follow-through.
All forms are available in the Office of Student Employment.
Any on-campus, part-time job during the academic year or summer held while an individual is enrolled at SEU.
Curricular Practical Training (CPT) is off-campus employment that is an integral part of your academic curriculum. It can be alternate work/study, an internship, cooperative education, or any other type of required internship or practicum. Work done through CPT must be directly related to your major, and will only be authorized for a particular job with a specific employer at a definite location and for a predetermined period of time.
You may NOT begin working under CPT until you have received approval from the Office of International and Multicultural Affairs.
Any F-1 student who has been enrolled in school full-time for one full academic year (i.e., two semesters) is eligible to apply for CPT.
CPT may be part-time or full-time, as mandated by your course of studies. Under CPT, you may work full-time for a maximum of 12 months, unless your major requires more. (Twelve months of full-time CPT will make you ineligible for Optional Practical Training.) There is currently no time limit on part-time CPT employment, so long as it is an integral part of your academic curriculum.
Bring the following items to the Office of International and Multicultural Affairs:
Once all of these items have been presented to the Office of International and Multicultural Affairs, your Curricular Practical Training may be approved. Please allow one week for approval of CPT after all the necessary papers have been submitted.
Optional Practical Training (OPT) is off-campus employment authorization that lets F-1 students get work experience in their major field of study.
You are entitled to a maximum of 12 months of full-time optional practical training for each academic level you complete. So then:
Pick up an Application for F-1 Optional Practical Training Employment Authorization, fill it out and return it to us. When you return it, we will review your application to make sure that you qualify. If we agree that you do, we will recommend that US Immigration authorize your OPT employment, and we will send your application to Immigration for processing of your work authorization.
After you return your application to the Office of International and Multicultural Affairs, plan on waiting two to three months for your EAD card (Employment Authorization Document) to be returned to us from Immigration. It could take less time or it could take more, depending on Immigration's workload. Unfortunately, there is no way to make the process go faster.
It is important to take Immigration processing time into consideration when planning the date you want to start working! You cannot begin to work until you have your EAD card!
Immigration will process your OPT application even if you leave the USA, but traveling while you await approval is risky. You may have trouble renewing your visa or entering the USA unless you have all of these documents:
We advise you NOT to travel outside the USA after your classes are completed unless you have all of the items listed above.
If you don't find a job, the only way you can try to cancel and save your OPT for future use is to contact Immigration BEFORE your employment is authorized. Even then, cancellation may be impossible. Students on post-completion OPT are limited to a maximum of 90 days of unemployment.
You cannot start working until Immigration authorizes your employment and you have received your EAD card!
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