Research Assistant (Former Employee), Putnam's – May 17, 2013
Pros: free lunches
Cons: there is not a lot of advancement or positions that are related to career goal
Great job to have exactly when you want to earn some money on your free time with other students and people who will adjust your work schedule to your class schedule.
Staff Assistant (Current Employee), South Campus – May 13, 2013
Easy going place to work. very flexible to your individual needs for scheduling. hardest part of job is waiting for others to get thier part of the job done first
Senator/ Finance Committee (Former Employee), Buffalo, NY – November 29, 2012
This job was basically to determine the budget for the undergraduate students, and determine where the money that every attending student pays to the Student Association will be spent. There were bi-weekly meetings to determine the upcoming bi-weekly spending and account the previous bi-weekly spending's.
This job was crucial in helping me understand – more... how to work with large groups of people, and allocate large sums of money from one branch to another through reasoning members of student association to only think in a set way. This was also the hardest part of the job, each member had different clubs and organizations that were responsible for their votes, and thus they had obligations to increase the semester budget to say 15k-20k, but which meant shortening other clubs that others were reliable to. It was a great task and learning experience to be able to get everyone thinking in unison.
I learned to manage effectively, became leader of 11 other senators that were elected. Became the member of the finance committee, which further my involvement in our monetary system that was set up. Updated the system that was previously set up. And I found what I wanted to do in life was to sell and trade, and found biology which i always liked was not what i wanted to do. – less
Postdoctoral Fellow (Current Employee), Nuffalo, NY – June 11, 2012
Pros: very intellectually stimulating environment
Cons: less involvement with social events of school
The laboratory that I work in has a fantastic atmosphere with everybody supporting each other. The Postdoctoral experience is quite detached from the day to day activities of the school and
Govenor's Fitness Center (Former Employee), Receptionist – November 8, 2011
The environment is friendly and laid back. The pay was low but most of the people working were under work study. Management was usually unavailable during the weekends but most of the time you never needed them.
Athlete Support Administrator (Former Employee), Buffalo, NY – February 13, 2013
Pros: flexible work hours
assisting administrative staff with daily duties and athletes in the athlete study centre filing, bookkeeping, office organization great management great coworkers enjoyed working with great staff