What does that city job title actually mean?

City job titles can be hard to read. Pick one to see what the work is, which majors fit, and how the city hires for it.

Open civic micro-projects

Short, real tasks posted by city departments. Your team of 3 or 4 does one as the regular project in a career-education class you already take: 5 to 6 weeks, about 3 hours a week each. Each finished project becomes a scored work sample.

This example shows a full program with seven departments. The pilot starts with four.

My scored work samples

This is what a hiring manager can see, but only if you choose to share it. Your grades and college records are never shared. Everyone who finishes, qualifying or not, gets a certificate, written city feedback and a reference on request.

Post a civic micro-project

A good project takes 5 to 6 weeks for one team of 3 or 4, at about 3 hours a week per student in place of their usual course project. It needs no private data and gives the city something it can use. The instructor gives weekly feedback; you join a kickoff call and a midpoint call and score the final work (plan on 8 to 12 hours in all). Each student also hands in a one-page "my part" memo and gives a 10-minute walkthrough, which can be recorded or written; you score it 1 to 4. The college pays $300 to each student whose team scores 12 or more of 16 and whose own part scores 3 or more.

Interview pool

Scored students who chose to share their work. A student qualifies with a team score of 12 or more of 16 and an own-part score of 3 or more of 4. Each qualifying student gets a guaranteed first interview for Student Aide / Intern I openings (a proposed part-time class: 12 completed units, enrolled in 6 or more, no GPA minimum).

Fairness and results tracker

Results: pilot students vs comparison group

The primary measure counts every student in the pilot sections (chosen by lot where possible), whether or not they opted in, against comparison sections of the same courses. Year 1 is descriptive; the effect test comes after year 2. Opted-in students are also compared with classmates who didn't opt in.

Fairness check (made-up counts)

Does each group qualify in proportion to its size among students who opted in? Students self-report this, it is optional, and only totals are shown. "Expected" is the number who qualified times the group's share of those who opted in. A group below 80% of its expected count triggers two fixes chosen in advance for the next term: deadlines outside finals week, and 2 paid make-up hours. The same check runs on who opts in.

Scorer consistency and cost