LA Hiring

Hiring Process

Welcome to the LA hiring process!

Here we will provide you with some useful information on how the hiring process works and what to expect. We recommend that you bookmark this page and come back to the Hiring Checklist if you have any questions during the hiring process. 

Before applying, we encourage you to express your interest in LA-ing to your faculty. The faculty will select and recruit their LA team. If you have any trouble with payroll or questions please contact HR at (305) 348-2181 or Ask HR. Thank you in advance for your patience with this process. 

We look forward to working with you.

Hiring Checklist

Applying to be an LA

✓ Express your interest in becoming an LA to your professor(s). 

Note: You can select more than one course and it doesn’t have to be your major. However, as a student, you are limited to 20 weekly hours of on-campus employment. You should select courses that you are interested in or did well in. You do not need to know the professor you are going to LA for.

✓ Apply to be an LA by filling the application HERE

Tip: When filling the application, provide an email that you frequently check. We recommend that once you submit your application, let your faculty know. 

✓ Check your email frequently for communication from your faculty and HR.

Note: If your faculty wants to hire you, you should hear this directly from the faculty.

Congrats! You’ve been offered a position. What’s next?

✓ Complete and submit any hiring and on-boarding paperwork for HR. 

✓ Enroll into one of the LA Seminar sections (SMT3931). The sections fill up quickly. 

Note: this is a mandatory course for new LAs. Your LA contract will be cancelled if you do not enroll by the first Monday of the semester. 

✓ Check your employee email for information related to your LA work.

Note: You will receive access to an employee portal and an employee email. Typically the email is like your student email but without the numbers (instead of hpotter002@fiu.edu, it will be hpotter@fiu.edu). This is the email that you must use to access canvas as an LA. Also, it should be used to contact your students.

Note: You will not have access to your employee email until you have fully completed the hiring process and your contract is active.

✓ Check your access to the Canvas site for your LA course using your employee email

Note: Not all faculty use Canvas in their courses. You will not have access to your LA course on Canvas until you have fully completed the hiring process and your contract is active.

✓ If you are an international student, you must have a Social Security Number (SSN) prior to beginning the hiring process.

  1. Review these steps to apply for your SSN
  2. Contact the LA Program (laprogram@fiu.edu) at least 6 weeks prior to the start of the semester to obtain an on-campus work authorization letter
  3. Get your faculty to sign your on-campus work authorization letter
  4. Head to the International Students Office of International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) Portal and fill out the required information under the “F-1 Employment Authorization Request” tab
  5. Wait for the ISSS to return your On-campus Employment Certification
  6. Visit a SSN office with all completed documentation. Allow 5-15 days for your SSN card to be mailed to your home

Note: The hiring process can take 4-6 weeks so please plan ahead. We encourage you to join the LA Program!

Payment

Payment is arranged through the FIU payroll system. If you are new to the system, you must complete all required forms that will be sent by HR (the “sign on package”). We recommend that you complete this paperwork as soon as possible to ensure that you are paid on time. 

The paperwork is simpler for those already in the system. Full details are provided when your contract is active. And note, you must check your employee email/answer your phone in case more information is required to complete the process. 

Note:

  • If you are already an FIU employee, your total hours cannot exceed 20 hours per week
  • You will receive a stipend, which is paid bi-weekly
  • Typically, LAs do not have to input their hours