<p>In short: generally easy jobs in departments or around campus, where 80% of your salary is paid by the federal government. They generally have lower pay, but are fairly easy (besides which, you can only make x dollars a year, as per your allotment).</p>
<p>I love my work study job, personally, but mines one of the rarer ones/ harder to get ones. It also means I do more and get to study less. For many people, its largely a paid study hall. It takes a big chunk of time- I frequently find it frustrating that I lose 10 hrs of my week during class hours, hours I could otherwise study, to my job, but thats how it is.</p>
<p>Take the alottment.</p>