What are the differences between On-campus job and Off-campus employment ?
1) Based on US immigration law, international students can only engage in on-campus work 20 hours per week, but students can work off-campus for 40 hours per week under internship jobs. 2) On-campus work usually is a non-tech position and pay minimum wage, such as food service in school cafeteria, re-arrange books in the library, or dorm cleaning. While off-campus jobs are major related professional jobs in the real business and industrial environment. Off-campus employment opportunity gives students the freedom to choose the jobs, companies and negotiate salaries. Consequently, students not only receive the training in their chosen business setting, but usually receive higher salaries. 3) On-campus jobs in their nature normally are viewed by your future employers as non-competitive jobs. In contract, through off-campus employment, you will receive strong recommendation letters from American companies and enrich your resume. Apparently, your off-campus employment experience will draw t
