volunteer opportunity

LAB VOLUNTEERING

AND WORK STUDY

Biology Undergraduate Society

WHY WORK IN A LAB?

o  Resume builder o  Skill builder o  Awesome experiences! o  Test out if research is right for you

PARTICIPATING IN WESTERN’S VOLUNTEER PROGRAM

o  Access the career central at https://westerncareercentral.ca/home.htm

o  Select “Students”, agree to conditions and proceed to log in using your email ID

Western’s Volunteer Program

o Select the “job postings” tab o Choose “volunteer/unpaid positions”

Western’s Volunteer Program

o Select the red button reading “search volunteer/unpaid positions “

Western’s Volunteer Program

o This brings you to an advance search where you can select Western’s Volunteer Program (WVP) and where you can specify any additional search criteria

Western’s Volunteer Program

Western’s Volunteer Program

(Job ID: 647) Lab AssistantApplication Deadline Sep 24, 2012 11:59PMApplication Method: Employer EmailPosting Goes Live: Sep 10, 2012 11:59PMJob Posting Status: Approved

Job Posting Information

Position Type Western?s Volunteer Program (WVP)Job Title Lab AssistantJob Location 3057 BGS, UWO CampusJob Description

Each year, a small number of Western undergraduates assist in my lab's research; their work is highlyappreciated and contributes to the success of my own and my graduate students' research. The idealcandidate is bright, enthusiastic, meticulous, and reliable - even mundane tasks have to be donecorrectly and samples labeled accurately for our work to succeed. Our work is on ecology andevolutionary relations of soil fungi - mushrooms and moulds and their relatives - and involvesmicrobiology (culturing), basic molecular biology (DNA extraction and PCR amplification), andbioinformatics (sequence editing and analysis). Volunteers usually start on the most basic tasks andprogress as their skills and experience increase. If you have a 4-5 hour block of time each week thatyou could spare (alternate arrangements can be made in the case of exams or assignments), have therequired characteristics mentioned above, and are interested in gaining experience in a biology lab,please send me <rgthorn@uwo.ca> an email with your unofficial transcripts and cv. Selected candidateswill be contacted for a brief interview.Start Date 2012-09-17 00:00:00.0End Date 2013-04-30 00:00:00.0Hours Per Week 4.0

Application Information

Application Procedure Employer EmailIf by eMail, send to rgthorn@uwo.caApplication Material Required Resume

Cover LetterUnofficial Transcript

Company Info

Salutation Dr.Job Contact First Name R GregJob Contact Last Name ThornWebsite http://publish.uwo.ca/~rgthorn/

o Follow the instructions in each job posting to apply

Western’s Volunteer Program

o Applied and got the job, Great! Just two more steps

1.  Sign and return your volunteer contract

2.  Complete appropriate training on WebCT/OWL (WHMIS, Lab Safety, Employee Health and Safety, and Accessibility at Western)

WHAT IS WORK STUDY? o  Work part-time on campus with jobs that

accommodate studies

o  Assist students financially

o  Offer students training and

experience

o  Help staff and faculty

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? o  Must be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent

Resident.

o  Must demonstrate genuine financial need.

o  Must be registered at main campus in a minimum

60% course load (40% course load for students

with disabilities)

o  Work Study is generally not offered to first year

students, as their financial need is met through the

Admission Bursary process

APPLYING FOR WORK STUDY o  Log onto Student Services (http://studentservices.uwo.ca/) and locate the Financial Assistance Profile Application (under “My Present”)

Click me!

“HEY, NONE OF THESE POSITIONS APPEAL TO ME…”

o  Do a little digging! Some professors don’t post positions through Western’s Volunteer Program, that doesn’t mean they don’t need your help!

Take Initiative!

o  Look into research projects and contact profs that you’d be interested in working with

WHAT WILL MAKE ME

STAND OUT…

EXPERT PANEL

QUESTIONS??

Thanks so much for your time! Feel free to email us: bugs@uwo.ca