Student Employment Office

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Important Announcements

Upcoming PeopleSoft Outage
PeopleSoft will be unavailable this coming weekend, from Friday, May 8th at 5pm until Monday, May 11th at 8am. This means that no time will be able to be reported or approved during that timeframe. Please plan accordingly to ensure smooth time card...

Attention Graduating Students: Update Your Home Address!
If you work for a Harvard department and will have a different mailing address after graduation, your Home Address must be up to date in my.Harvard to ensure that paper checks and tax documents are sent to the correct place. To change your address: You...

SEO Jobs Database

The Student Employment Office (SEO) maintains a database to connect all currently enrolled students in a degree-granting program with employers both on and off-campus.

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For Students

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Learn how to sign up to use the Jobs Database

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Federal Work Study

The Federal Work Study Program (FWSP) is a federally-funded wage-share program, benefitting both students and employers.  This program subsidizes wages for eligible student employees. To learn more about who is eligible to participate, visit Federal Work Study. 

Summer Work Study
For Students

Eligibility for Summer FWSP is dependent on the student’s FWSP eligibility for the upcoming academic year. Click this thread to learn more and apply.

SEO Flagship Events

Fall Job Fair

The SEO's annual Fall Job Fair is held around the first week of classes.

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April Job Fair

Summer and upcoming Academic Year positions are promoted by Harvard and non-Harvard employers. 

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By The Numbers

39%

of seniors reported that they began working during their freshman year

78%

of students had part-time work at one point, including both on and off-campus

8

Average number of hours worked in a typical week during senior year

Faculty Aide Program

The Faculty Aide Program has introduced thousands of students in all concentrations to research and is a great program for students in the initial stages of their research careers.

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Getting Paid

All on-campus student employment is processed through Harvard's Peoplesoft system. Once you are hired, you can use Peoplesoft to report time, complete tax forms, view paychecks, sign up for direct deposit, and view W-2's.

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