In 2005/06, I had a student job at McGill University that paid $9/hr.
The City of Vancouver is currently advertising a position for a Parking Enforcement Officer: $23.96 per hour, and a high school diploma is the only educational requirement. That job listed above - no graduate degree necessary, but they still pay $1.00 + more an hour than what I am getting right now, with my fancy degrees. My current job requires a graduate degree in library and/or archives studies. I’m also throwing 63% of what I earn towards rent right now - financial experts say you shouldn’t be paying more than 30-35% of your income towards rent/mortgage. I make less than the average hourly wage in BC. That second job posting? It pays more than my current job. Start date: To be arranged no later than May 30th, 2011Īnd here is another full-time position, for $23.96 an hour:
HOW MUCH IS PARALLELS TOOLS CENTER ARCHIVE
Position: Archive Digitization Assistant/Library Assistantĭuration: 14 weeks, 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday 9AM-5PM, $13/hrĮligibility: Full-time post-secondary student returning to full-time studies in the Fall, aged 15-30 Job Posting: Archive Digitizaion Assistant/Library Assistant Here is one full-time position, posted to a listserv.
A living wage is what you need to cover basic expenses.
That’s $10 more an hour than the current minimum wage in British Columbia, and $8 more than what the minimum wage will be around this time next year. I recently heard a random statistic on the radio that a living wage in Vancouver is determined to be around the $18/hr mark. The pay varies wildly, depending on how much money the institution has. The employer pays half, the government pays half, and a student gets a job that is related to his or her career goals. It’s spring, so it’s time for a shitload of employers to post their Young Canada Works jobs: jobs that are partially funded by the government for students between the ages of 15 and 30. Originally posted on Thursday, April 14, 2011: The original post can be found here, but I’m re-posting in its entirety, so no need to aggravate any pre-existing repetitive stress injuries you may have developed by endless clicking, clicking, clicking….
It’s still relevant: after half a decade of scanning job ads, composing cover letters and reconfiguring resumes, I’m feeling a whole lot of righteous anger whenever a ridiculous job posting appears on a job board or listserv. I’m re-posting something I wrote long before I was invited to contribute to this collective blog. Hunting for a job is all about smoke and mirrors: isn’t that what all this job searching crap teaches you, anyway? Play the game the employers want you to: we’re all a bunch of multi-tasking team players who also work well independently, right? It wasn’t my intention to do a whole lot of freelance copy-editing, proofreading - and some writing - while looking for a full-time job for half a decade, but life has a way of making things kind of wild and random. I completed my grad degree in library and information studies over five years ago. I do not have a permanent, full-time job as an archivist, and I am about to be unemployed self-employed again in two weeks, when my current (part-time!) contract ends.
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