Finding a job at Columbia is now only a click away.

The Columbia Works program, an ever-developing venture spearheaded by Kari Sommers, assistant dean of Student Life, is working to put all available

on-campus jobs online. The program will serve as a place where students can search for campus jobs and employers can come to find qualified students to hire.

“There are a lot of people supporting career goals for students,” Sommers said. “This is a one-stop-shop for students to get jobs both on campus and in the real world.”

The Columbia Works website will include part-time, full-time, on-campus, off-campus, work study, work aid, internship and volunteer jobs. Once students upload their resumes and update their profiles, they can choose to have alerts sent to them when jobs related to their interests become available.

The move to go online makes everything much easier, Sommers said. Instead of students having to walk to different places around campus, the online database makes it more accessible to students wanting to search one site.

Mary Williquette, a junior radio major at Columbia, found her job through her internship coordinator. Williquette works part-time on the seventh floor of the 33 E. Congress Parkway Building in the Radio Department office that handles studio time.

“Putting everything online will be better and more accessible,” Williquette said. Williquette also said students will have an easier time finding the job they want if everything is in one place.

The Columbia Works website is up and running and has all campus jobs available listed.

Maxine Evans, director of Student Employment, said steering students away from the job board outside the Student Employment Office has had a positive effect on the workspace.

“Students used to congregate in the area right in front of our office, so it has been less congested around our doors since the online move,” Evans said.

The transition to all-online postings was completed in the summer. Evans also said that some students looked forward to searching the job board frequently and will have to adjust to the learning curve of having to go online to find their jobs now.

“Now students can look 24/7 for jobs instead of having to walk over to the office, especially in the wintertime,” Evans said.

She thinks this is a win-win situation for everybody because of the feature that allows employers to recruit new employees and students to land jobs.

The paperwork process of filling out important tax forms such as the W-2 may have online opportunities as well, but it is not set in stone. As of now, students can find and apply for desired jobs online. Once they are hired, students must report to the Student Employment Office to fill out the necessary forms and receive payroll information.

To check out the new Columbia Works website, go to Colum.edu/ColumbiaWorks.