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Although most people are committed to serving students well, there are a lot of people who've worked their whole lives there and are stuck, very defensive about change, and not alway willing to work with anyone they see as a threat to their position.

There are too few employees asked to do too many things, with an administration that's bogged down, so change is slow.

Because there are too few jobs, and the management tends not to leave, there's literally no room for advancement in one's field. A person has to change career directions to earn more and grow professionally.

About food, UMB is on a long spit of land, with no shops or food cards. Only Sodexo. Sodexo provides horrible, overpriced food service, with bored and cold food service staff (mostly but not all). Most people bring their lunches, b/c it's so bad.

On the upside, their union is amazing and will go to the floor for you when you encounter bias, bullying, and pay issues. Especially for women. Women are not treated as having value at all by male managers unless they act like a man. Women who act like men - cold, pushy, rude, inflexible - get some measure of respect.

Extra plus, UMB has a mission to hire more POC so non-white people will find this a place more organically friendly than some places in the Boston area.

Administrative Assistant, 09/2015 to 09/2016 University of Massachusetts Boston – 100 Morrissey Boulevard
I performed administrative and office support activities for multiple supervisors. My duties included but not limited to fielding telephone calls, receiving and directing visitors, word processing, creating spreadsheets and presentations, filing, data entry, office management research and maintain professional office environment. I acquire extensive software skills, Internet research abilities and strong communication skills through this office assistant job. Assistant Teacher's Assistant, 09/2014 to 12/2014 University of Massachusetts Boston – 100 Morrissey Boulevard
Assisting the laboratory TA. Read and researched about the lab manual Guide students while the laboratory class is going on. Preparation of the laboratory supplies Attend weekly TA meetings to prepare for the next laboratory session. Help the TA to collect student's lab report and pre-lab. Pass on the lab reports to the students after evaluation Guide students if necessary Help the class and the TA with laboratory works

I provide high quality client services and complete high level tasks requiring interpretation and independent judgment, supervision of other students is often involved, handles confidential information. I also provide leadership to other Service Desk Student Consultants and direct consultation to the UMass Boston campus for faculty, staff, and students via walk-in, phone and email, as well as answering questions and resolving problems concerning: connectivity to the campus network, use of Information Technology Service Division host computers, the internet, use of personal computers, software applications and operation systems.I assist with helpdesk related general administration for such tasks as tracking clients and statistics on client usage, general information management; in addition, I help with projects involving development and maintenance of helpdesk related documentation and websites for such tasks as information collection and I perform general maintenance tasks related to Help Desk hardware and software configuration and operation, documentation and information resources, and other projects as necessary to support the client base.

Because of bad management and shortage of workers, the place won't work without overtime work. However, it is very hard, if not impossible, to take official overtime. To complete given tasks, you have to work overtime unpaid, or you are forced to lower the quality of your work. (But your reputation from that low-quality work is all yours.) 
A lot of employees think that there is no respect or appreciation for hard work. 
Very hard to get a promotion. 
There are cases of power harassment, which were not considered problems.  
The job description can be altered without notice and HR has no problem with that. Interpretation of working agreements and conditions by Workers Unions and HR are different. Supervisors do not treat subordinates in an honest manner. It is hard to trust anyone in this workplace.   


I have an ability to grow with a job, handle responsibility and build positive relationship with work colleagues at all levels. Solving client’s computing related problems to ensure that their IT use is effective and efficient would be very satisfying. I thoroughly enjoy the technical challenges of problem solving and working with clients to bring about speedy resolutions.

My studies have assisted me in gaining relevant skills and my employment experience has enabled me to extend my skills of communication and problem solving. I enjoy taking the initiative to create positive outcomes for people.

As mentioned in my resume, I am someone who knows how to set goals and achieve them. I have a proven track record of being able to conceive, develop, and execute strategies. I have had to handle many challenging customer enquiries and have learnt to resolve them in a professional and timely manner. This has also developed my ability to explain IT concepts to people who do not have a technical background

In a typical day in my last position, I fulfilled all the administrative tasks required by my jobs such as listening to the voice mails and replying, answering phones, drafting documents and emails, filing, greeting students and helping them with their day to day school challenges. 
I learned to work in a fast pace environment. It also taught me time management which made a lot of confident than ever. 
The co-workers at my work were really helpful and fun to work with. They helped me with everything and encouraged me to do better. I learned to work in a fast pace environment. It also taught me time management which made a lot of confident than ever. 
The hardest part of this job was to brainstorm on how to solve problems of students who were facing a hard time in the school. Though I sometimes had really hard time, my co-workers would always be there to help me out and make me happy. The most enjoyable part of my job was the food. We used to get lots of food and that would help be stay awake the whole day.

A lot of responsibility placed on us to make sure that this particular office of student life runs smoothly. We help students who are transitioning or in need of help to familiarize them with Umass and its features. 
I learned to work under pressure, and invaluable customer service skills. Being a friendly face for incoming staff members and students is probably one of the best jobs on this campus. Helping out students and staff in what we can provide for them, and answer any questions they may have is very rewarding. 
My co-workers are all very responsible, driven young people. We all help each other and work as a team to help people as much as we can, combining our knowledge and coming from different backgrounds we work together to succeed. 
The most difficult part of working at student activities is the limitations of being a student employee. There are certain rules as to our limit of work we can do in a day, or in a week that is difficult when we are all trying to get as many hours as possible.

commoly scheduled work shift was as little as two hours at a stretch, and never more then four hours. often however, I would come in to find the desk left empty; my co-workers having never showed up to work. annoying, but hey, free~ish hours. more annoying is when my relief would not show up. after working a midnight to 8 am shift having to wait to see if the co-worker who was supposed to relieve me was actually showing up was always vexatious

positions are being lost, hours and wages cut. What was once a 24/7 operation is now only 8a-8p mon-fri. you will be lucky to get more then 3 hours of work per week for what ammounts to minimum wage.

If I was not also attending UMass Boston as a student, and was therefore on-location already, I would not bother considering this position

Throughout the week, I would work for up to three professors, each on their specific project.  I would work on organizing and cleaning data files in SPSS, transcribing interviews, literature reviews, creating discussions for undergraduate classes, scheduling study participants, etc. The management was great because they were professors who were very open to mentoring and providing help to me when needed.  My coworkers were other students and we would have regular meetings to go over our responsibilities.  The hardest part of the job was learning how to balance school work with job responsibilities for my supervisors.  The independence they provided with deadlines taught me how to organize and prioritize my assignments.  I really enjoyed be able to learn from my supervisors and have the opportunity to contribute to their research.

It is a good opportunity for those college student who starts to achieve work experience in Information Technology field. I learned a lot while working in this company, such as computer skill in both software and hardware.  The co-workers that i work with are active and nice in helping others. The management are great enough to tell.
The hardest part of this job is to deal with student from other countries, because some of them may have the hard time to describe the issue or problem with the imperfect language. The most enjoyable part is the challenges that approach to you everyday, as long as i work there,  skills and knowledge will increase day by day.

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