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<li><p>As used above, RA = research assistant.</p></li>
<li><p>It’s undoubtedly a down time to be looking for a job. I suspect most jobs that really need filling get filled within a week or so of the beginning of a quarter. Look for people who may be going away spring quarter, and offer to “fill in” for them.</p></li>
<li><p>My kids’ experience is that the jobs are out there. One of my kids was working so many hours at multiple jobs at one point last year that the University had to restrict her to keep her from qualifying as full-time.</p></li>
<li><p>Phone. Talk to a person. They’ll probably tell you what you need to know.</p></li>
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