Positions & Hours

Processed by the Career Center

The Student Employment Office is here to help you – University offices, departments and colleges – find qualified student employees. Specifically, we assist in hiring student assistants and instructional student assistants. 

Candidates for student assistant and instructional student assistant classified positions must be currently enrolled or admitted to a Cal State LA degree program and registered for the following academic semester, and not academically disqualified.

Hours

The number of units a student is enrolled in will determine how many hours they are eligible to work.

  • 20 hours a week if they are enrolled at least half time.
    • Undergrad: 6 units
    • Grad: 4 units (0 units for enrollment in thesis, project or comp exams at the 5000 course level)
  • 40 hours per week if they are enrolled less than half time.
    • Grad: 0 units grad students continuing thesis or project work in UNIV 9000)
  • Student employees may hold more than one job as long as the combined hours do not exceed the hourly restrictions.

Job Code

CSU ClassificationJob CodeJob Description

Student Assistant

  • Enrolled half-time or more in the current term
1870Performs clerical or other non-academic work duties. Please see the CSU Student Assistant Classification Standard for more information.

Bridge Student Assistant

  • Enrolled less than half-time in the current term
  • Students should have been half-time or more prior term; and will enroll half-time or more in upcoming term.
  • Graduating seniors may work one term immediately following graduation, up until the day before the next term starts.
1874
International Student Assistant*1868
Student Assistant with Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

Instructional Student Assistant

  • Appointments must be made by term.
1150Performs work in an academic setting such as teaching (though not being an instructor of record for a course), grading, tutoring, helping out in laboratories, mentoring other students and undergraduate research assistantships. See Faculty Affairs and the CSU Instructional Student Assistant Classification Standard for more information.

*International Students – Per U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services regulations, failure to comply with the work hours policy is a violation of the student’s visa status that could ultimately result in deportation.

Processed by Other Departments

Federal Work-Study (1871, 1872) — If you’re hiring a student with Federal Work-Study, visit the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program for more information or email [email protected].
Graduate Assistant (2355, 2325, 2326) — assists faculty or teaching staff with professional and technical duties associated with the subject or program in which the graduate is doing work. To hire a GA, contact the Office of Human Resource Management.
Teaching Associate (2354, 2353, 2324, 2309) —  provides graduate students doing practical teaching in the field related to their study. Assignments are primarily involved with class and lab instruction. To hire a TA, contact the Office of Human Resource Management.