Explore Your Student Employment Opportunities
Your professional career starts here. As a Duquesne student, you have horizon-expanding opportunities to work on campus gaining valuable experience while tending to your studies. All jobs matter and you will take the professional experience and skills that you develop here with you into your chosen career. Explore your options and join the more than 800+ student workers already making an impact on the University.
Your Duquesne Student Worker Benefits Include:
- Earnings to assist in reducing education/tuition cost
- Valuable and rewarding experience working in a professional environment
- Connections with other students, faculty, staff, and community partners
A path to bigger goals!
Federal College Work-Study
The Federal College Work-Study Program is a need based financial aid award made available to the eligible U.S. Citizens. Interested students must apply for the Federal College Work-Study award with the Financial Aid Office. Eligible candidates work with the Office of Human Resources to submit an employment application and assistance in identifying job opportunities once the award of work-study is granted. Review open positions.
General Student Employment
Various campus departments support student employment which is not part of the Federal College Work-Study. For example, these positions may be more skill focused such as Language Tutors or Intramural Referees.
Graduate Assistantships
Duquesne University graduate students seeking Graduate Assistant (GA) positions can view open positions via Handshake. Handshake is accessed via your Duquesne Multi-Pass login. Once logged on, select “Jobs” and quickly find open Graduate Assistantships by filtering “Duquesne University” as the Employer. Review each GA job description carefully and apply following the instructions provided in the posting. Questions about available GA positions should be directed to the contact provided in the posting or you may also contact Dan Sadler at gradadmissions@duq.edu.
More Employment Opportunities to Explore
Parkhurst Dining
Offers food service and hospitality positions with the various campus dining locations. Application and inquiries for dining services can be made at Parkhurst Dining Services. Locations include The Rev. Sean Hogan Dining Hall (Towers) * Connections * Chick-fil-A * Cinco Cantina * The Incline * Starbucks * Campus Market-Towers * Freshens
Barnes & Noble Bookstore
Barnes and Noble partners with universities to operate world-class campus stores. Our Bookstore team works hard to meet the needs of the entire campus community. Barnes and Noble offers rewarding opportunities for students who may not qualify for work-study.
Center for Career Development
The Center for Career Development Office provides a wealth of services for Duquesne University Students inclusive of career development resources, career fairs, job and/or internship postings and much more. Link with the Career Development Center and explore possibilities.
Having a Rewarding Experience
Working on campus as a student provided flexibility and professional opportunities that benefitted my Duquesne experience. As a student employee, I was able to build my work schedule around my classes and learn how to best manage my time.