<p>since you’re an international student, you won’t get federal work study. did you university employment as part of your financial award package? [Financial</a> Services | Brandeis University](<a href=“Office of Student Financial Services | Brandeis University”>Office of Student Financial Services | Brandeis University) if you did, then you will have priority in obtaining a job. it’s your responsibility to find a job, but they have a job fair at the start of the semester with different campus offices. the SFS Web site also lists all on-campus jobs. if you don’t have university employment as part of your package, then you’ll need to wait until October 1 to start a job in less your supervisor believes you have a special skill that students with FWS or Univ. Employment doesn’t have.</p>