Hiring a Research Assistant (RA) - student employee

If you know who you wish to hire, your Executive or Administrative Assistant will need the following information to complete a Student Employment Hiring Form.

  • Student Legal Name, UChicago email address, physical location/address, ID number, and registration status (undergraduate or graduate student)
  • Requested Start and End Dates
  • Hourly Wage
  • See the SSD Student Wage Schedule
  • Hours per week (estimated)

The hiring form will be routed to Econ HR to initiate the hiring process. Allow 5 business days from the date of the request for processing.

Marci Avila will work with the student to verify work eligibility and send an employment confirmation when the position is finalized, and the student can start working.

If you need to generate applicants by posting a job ad to Grad Gargoyle or Handshake (undergrads) provide a brief description of the position to Marci Avila, avilam@uchicago.edu.

Contact Marci Avila, avilam@uchicago.edu, or Joy Serletic, jserletic@uchicago.edu with questions.