1 . If you are looking for part-time jobs at the Penn State University Park campus, you’ve come to the right place! Chances are that we have right jobs for you. So, where should you begin? Just look through the jobs below and you’ll immediately find the part-time jobs you like.
PART-TIME LIBRARY STAFF ASSISTANT
Date Announced: 04/03/2019 Job Number: 84944
Work Unit: University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
Department: Common Services
DESCRIPTION: process library materials and staff service desks in the Pattee/ Paterno Library. Responsibilities include circulation of course reserves and computers; processing, sorting and shelving materials; and assisting with opening and closing areas. Service desk responsibilities include checking out materials, assisting users with accessing various types of library resources, providing users reference services and securing the entrances to the equipment. Successful applicants must be dependable, flexible, and devoted to providing excellent customer service for library visitors. Weekend and evening availability preferred. Your cover letter and CV listing scheduling availability (days and times) should accompany your completed online job application.
PART-TIME STUDENT SERVICES SUPPORT
Date Announced: 03/31/2019 Job Number: 84218
Work Unit: College of Engineering
Department: SEDTAPP
DESCRIPTION: The College of Engineering, School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs (SEDTAPP) seeks to hire numerous Penn State students at University Park to fill part-time positions in each of its programs, which include Engineering Design programs, Engineering Leadership Development programs, and Entrepreneurship (企业家精神) programs. These positions may include undergraduate teaching assistants, graduate teaching assistants, SEDTAPP Make Space assistants, or staff assistants. Hours and payments for these positions will vary and working time will not be over 20 hours per work week. Positions open until filled.
1. What is required for the library staff assistant?| A．Working experience. | B．Available working time. |
| C．Having various hobbies. | D．Professional competence. |
| A．They work mostly at weekends. |
| B．They are likely to get different wages. |
| C．They work for at least 20 hours per week. |
| D．They are required to be good at engineering. |
| A．To provide job information. | B．To compare different jobs. |
| C．To offer advice to job seeker. | D．To encourage students to do part-time jobs. |
2 . It is recently reported that people’s collective stress has reached alarming levels.
Look for meaning at work
You can tolerate stress longer if you believe you’re doing something purposeful and worthwhile. You are more likely to experience bumout-inducing stress when something seems out of control, against your will, or totally meaningless.
Look for meaning outside of work
If you are struggling to make you work meaningful, giving priority to life outside of work might be especially beneficial. A research shows that people more likely to experience a greater sense of engagement when on the job are those with a hobby.
Use separate email accounts for work and personal life, and set up boundaries between work and personal life, then you will be especially more comfortable if you work from home.
Don’t neglect yourself
Physical activity is essential to shaking out stress hormones.
Recognize when it has become too much
Talk to your boss when you feel your job should be manageable, rewarding and under your control. It’s common for bosses to increase tasks over time if you don’t communicate our needs or limitations, which may be overlooked.
| A．Work at home when necessary |
| B．Try to separate work and home |
| C．And your hormone levels can be generally affected by emotional states |
| D．Many individuals are less active when they are under stress in order to rest |
| E．Feeling constantly occupied, worried, and overwhelmed can lead to burnout |
| F．If you don’t expect things will improve,consider changing jobs or even careers |
| G．Identify ways in which even the smallest of daily tasks contributes to the lives of others |
3 . Characteristics of an excellent scientist
The dictionary defines a scientist as a person having professional knowledge on one or more sciences, especially natural science or physical science.
Curiosity
An excellent scientist must be very curious about things. Scientists such as Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse discovered things mainly because they wanted to know how things work.
Patience
Becoming a scientist takes a long time.
Ethical (道德的) qualities
In order to truly discover and use knowledge for the greater good, a scientist must have a desire to improve people’s life as well as the environment, since they are linked and they can affect one another in the long run.
Working habits
| A．To make discoveries, you have to think differently. |
| B．There are very few jobs that take longer than this one. |
| C．It also defines a scientist as someone who uses scientific methods. |
| D．A scientist must report findings honestly regardless of personal interests or public opinion. |
| E．One of the main places that many scientists work in is the research laboratory. |
| F．An excellent scientist even takes notes of the smallest observation and keeps it in mind. |
| G．Without a drive to ask questions or even wonder, a scientist will never get to the first stage of the scientific process. |
4 . It can be hard to be enthusiastic about your job after you’ve been at it for a while.
Keep busy and note your progress. Feeling a sense of accomplishment can go a long way toward improving mood. Time goes by faster when you’re busy.
Talk to your boss about changing up your responsibilities. You might feel more excited about your job if your duties and responsibilities shifted. Think about how you might like to adjust things, and then consider talking with your boss about making a switch.
Be intentional and reflective about your experience at work. To fully appreciate an experience, you need to take time to process it. This can be difficult when work has become predictable and routine.
| A．Set some goals for your work. |
| B．This doesn’t necessarily mean you need a new job. |
| C．So you might have to get a little intentional about it. |
| D．Have strong intentions to work hard to achieve your goals. |
| E．So be aware of everything you’re getting done each day at work. |
| F．Surely, a new position in the company or office will excite you a lot. |
| G．Be deliberate about this and you’ll see each week as being a little different. |
5 . If you’re searching for your dream graduate job, have faith. These top tips can help you get your perfect graduate job quickly.
Appear professional on social media.
The first thing you should be doing as a graduate job searcher is making sure you have a professional online presence.
Upload your CV (履历) to job sites.
It’s not only job seekers who use job sites — employers often search through them when looking for potential candidates too. There’s a chance that a future employer could come across your CV on a job site and realize you’re the ideal candidate for them.
The way to blow a potential employer away is by showing them you have a real interest in the company. Whether it’s for an application or when you’re through to the interview stage, knowing your business is sure to impress. Not only this, but after spending a good hour or so reading up on a company, the work they do and the role you’re applying for, we can guarantee that your covering letter will be easier to tailor.
| A．Research companies before applying for jobs. |
| B．Tailor every application for the role. |
| C．It’s too good an opportunity to miss. |
| D．And it is much more likely to impress. |
| E．In fact, we think being professional is quite important. |
| F．Smaller startup companies are too often overlooked by job seekers. |
| G．We don’t mean you have to post photos of yourself wearing a suit and tie online. |
6 . When I was a kid, I loved reading history, science fiction, detective stories, but especially comics. I had piles of them and kept talking my Dad into making more shelves for me. One day, I read about a 13-year-old boy who had actually written one of my favorite comics, Legion of Super-Heroes, and I said, “I can do that too.” That year, I was two years younger than the writer.
Three years later, a friend and I started our own fan magazine about comics. It became the first place that regularly told people when their favorite comics were coming out and writers and artists were working on them. Because of the magazine, I won the awards for The Comic Reader, but more important, it got many of the people in the field to know who I was.
One day when I was visiting DC Comics for news for my next issue, one of the editors a chance to write text for his comic. Suddenly, at 16, I was getting paid to write.
I was able to pay for my college classes working as an assistant editor at DC Comics and learned how to write comics stories while I was there. I wrote hundreds of stories. Over the years, I worked as an editor and an executive (主管) for the company, eventually serving as a president and publisher, until earlier this year. Now I’m back to my first love, writing comics again.
Every morning, I open my e-mail and find pages of art sent in by artists across the country who draw my stories. When I’m tired of working on the stories, I can go online and find my readers commenting on my stories or telling me when I make mistakes.
Keep reading and writing, it’s a wonderful way to live.
1. At what age did the author win the awards for The Comic Reader?| A．13 | B．14 . | C．15. | D．16. |
| A．An editor. . | B．A painter. | C．A publisher | D．A comics writer. |
| A．By listing some data. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By following time order. | D．By making comparisons. |
7 . I began working in journalism when I was eight.It was my mother's idea.She wanted me to “make something” of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.
With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was supper time,I walked back home.
“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked. “None.”
“Where did you go?”
“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.” “What did you do?”
“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.” “You just stood there? Didn't sell a single one? My God,Russell.”
Uncle Allen put in, “I've decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he paid me a nickle(五分镍币)．It was the first nickle I earned.
Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence,and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.
One day,I told my mother I'd changed my mind.I didn't want to make a success in the magazine business.
“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you'll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that,as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines.Whenever I said no, she would scold me.
My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother, dissatisfied with my father's plain workman's life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband's people for true life and love.
1. Why did the boy start his job young?| A．He wanted to be famous in the future. | B．The job was quite easy for him. |
| C．His mother had great hope for him. | D．The competition for the job was fierce. |
| A．excited | B．interested |
| C．ashamed | D．disappointed |
| A．She forced him to continue. |
| B．She punished him. |
| C．She gave him some money. |
| D．She changed her plan. |
| A．the war between the boy's parents |
| B．the arguing between the boy and his mother |
| C．the quarrel between the boy and his customers |
| D．the fight between the boy and his father |
8 . A large number of women in Western European countries wish that they were born men. The number is said as high as 60% in West Germany.
“Women often wish that they had the same chance as men have, and believe it is still men’s world,” said Dr. James Holden, one of the scientists who did the study.
Anne Harper has a very good job for an international oil company. She also believes in “Women’s Liberation”.
“I don’t wish that I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think many women do. But I do wish that people would stop looking down upon us women. A work, for example, we often do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs that are usually the best ones and open only to men. If you’re a man, you have a much better chance of leading an exciting life. How many women pilots are there… or engineers or scientists?”
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．60% women in West Germany wish that they were born men. |
| B．Most women in Western European countries wish that their babies were all boys. |
| C．60% Western European women wish that they were born men. |
| D．60% Western European women who wish that they were born men are from West Germany. |
| A．There’re more men than women in the world |
| B．There’re more men scientists or engineers than women scientists or engineers in the world |
| C．Women have not been given the same chance as men |
| D．Women cannot live without men |
| A．live a better life than men |
| B．be really liberated |
| C．be well paid |
| D．get better jobs than men |
| A．Usually the best jobs are not open to women. |
| B．Women are less paid than men for the same job. |
| C．There’re more men pilots, engineers and scientists than women ones. |
| D．Women are looked down upon because they’re the second - class citizens. |
Ideas for summer work:
● Parks and Recreation Programs.
● Babysitting (当临时保姆) during the day of school.
● Working part-time at a day care for the summer.
● Car washing.
● Working at local vegetable stands.
The easiest way for you to find ways for your child to make money is to think about others’ inconveniences (不方便). Think of things you need done, or would like to have done, and what you would consider paying for these things to get done. Once you have some ideas, you can sit down with your child and talk to them about what they would be interested in doing. Then once you have an idea of what they want to do you can help them come up with fair prices.
Preferably you would want to only have your child working with people you know and trust, or in the least bit you could have your child pick a partner. That way with each of them carrying cell phones, even those without service can call 911, they will be much safer.
You can find out more information and many more ideas for kids to use to make money during their summer holidays by visiting http://www.kidswantmoney.com.
1. The author wrote the passage to _____.
| A．share his discoveries online | B．introduce jobs for teenagers |
| C．advertise a website for teenagers | D．talk about his summer work experience |
| A．Who they’d better work for. | B．How much should be charged. |
| C．Whether the jobs are safe. | D．Where the workplace is. |
| A．The author set up the website. |
| B．It gives information about educating children. |
| C．People need to pay to visit the website. |
| D．It offers ideas for children to make money. |
