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	Departments interested in hiring FWS students must fill out a Job Description Form.
		Federal Work Study Job Description Form
	General Information about the FWS Program:
		Wages start at $8.00 per hour. Students can work up to 20 hours per week while school is in session. You must maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average. You must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 units.
	Work-Study employment positions are posted in the following locations:
		San Luis Obispo Campus--Career Connections Rm. #5310 in the Student Center North County Campus--Financial Aid Office Rm. #3015, Paso Robles
		FWS students may not exceed their work-study award. If your award is exhausted during the school year, employment will be terminated unless your employer is able to retain you as an employee through department funds. It is important to keep track of your earnings to insure that you do not work over your work-study award amount and to inform your employer when your hours have been exhausted.
	If you have been awarded FWS funds
		Review positions available and schedule an appointment with the contact person listed on the form. If you are hired for the position, have your employer complete the paperwork that is on your myCuesta financial Aid Web Site. As a new employee, you will also need to attend a mandatory Employment Orientation and fill out employment papers with the Cuesta College Human Resources Office. The San Luis Obispo Campus office is located in the Administration Building, Room 8003. Timecards will be provided by the Financial Aid Office once your employment papers are completed. Timecards must be submitted to the Financial Aid Office by the last working day of each month. FWS students may not exceed their work study award. If your award is exhausted during the school year, employment will be terminated unless your employer is able to retain you as an employee through department funds. It is important to keep track of your earnings to insure that you do not work over your work study award amount and to inform your employer when your hours have been exhausted. If you have been awarded work study, and you are NOT interested in working as a work study student, please contact the Financial Aid Office, at (805) 546-3100, ext. 2505 so that we may award the funds to another student.
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