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JobX Data Reveals Low Job Acceptance Rate, Uneven Wage Distribution

For the first time, the college has collected data on student employment, made possible by JobX. Among other things, the data show that the most positions on campus are at the highest pay grade and that fewer first-years are employed than upperclassmen.

November 29, 2018
Around Campus/Around Higher Education/News

Working at Swat, Part II: The Work-Study Dilemma

This article is part of a two-part series on student labor at Swarthmore. You can find the first article, which was published in the Sept. 13 edition of The Phoenix, here.  On September 7, Twan Sia ’21 posted a typical lost-and-found bulletin in

September 27, 2018
Around Campus/News

First year work-study students struggle to find jobs

The college’s lack of a centralized system for job applications is increasing the difficulty for first year work study students to find employment. Information about the work study process is often vague for first year students, with the job fair during orientation

February 25, 2016

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