Students who wish to avail themselves of the services of the Center must be full-time degree candidates or must have completed at least 12 points of study at Columbia. The Center acts as an intermediary between persons in the University community seeking employment and potential employers, who list available positions with the Center. The facilities of the Center are available to all registered students as well as to spouses of students. Positions are available in many academic and administrative departments during the school year and summer.
Schedules vary with individual employers.
Evening and weekend positions are also available. Jobs are located in mid- or downtown Manhattan and require commuting from the campus. The rate of pay varies depending on the job. There are a wide variety of jobs ranging from high-level computer programming and analysis to apartment or animal sitting. There are also many positions requiring office skills or foreign language capability.