Oakton Community College provides employment opportunities to students in order to enhance their educational experience, promote their involvement with the College and to enable the College to function in an effective and cost-efficient manner.

A student can apply to work on campus
as a student employee if:
1. He or she meets the enrollment requirement.
2. The student can show proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Enrollment Requirement
You are eligible to work as a student employee in any given fall or spring semester if you are registered in an Oakton credit or Alliance for Lifelong Learning course for that semester. You are eligible to work in the summer if you were enrolled the preceding spring, during the current summer term, or for the following fall.

Applying for a Student Employee Position
Career Services acts as Human Resources for student employment. Complete an application in Career Services, room 1125 on the Des Plaines Campus or in the Advising and Counseling Center, room A105 on the Ray Hartstein Campus.

Do not contact supervisors directly.

Find Out Which Student Employee Positions Are Currently Available
Current opportunities are displayed in a binder at each campus. The binders are located in Career Services on the Des Plaines Campus and in the Advising and Counseling Center on the Ray Hartstein Campus and are posted on CCJobNet.com. Keep in mind, the list of currently available positions changes frequently.

Simply follow the instructions in Steps to get connected to obtain your CCJobNet.com password. When you have logged onto CCJobNet.com, select “Search Jobs.” On the Search Jobs page, in “Occupation” select “On-Campus Student Employment.”

Student employee pay rates are determined by the Level of the position and the Step of a given student employee.