Applications, resumes, interviews — the unrelenting search for a job, and the inevitable application process, can be daunting for some.

But as students search for part-time employment for the upcoming holidays or for that long-postponed shopping spree, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid offers a solution: its Web site, now a one-stop shop to fit their financial needs.

Julie Mallette, associate vice provost and director of scholarships and financial aid, said the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid established the Web site.

“We created it in-house,” she said. “We had a technician who worked with us — who designed the Web site.”

On the site, students can choose from several work categories to find one that suits their particular interests.

Each posting includes details such as a job description, work hours, projected salary and the employer’s contact information.

Mallette said the office created the Web site in an effort to provide students with local job opportunities that would assist with educational expenses.

“It was a service that we felt was needed,” she said. “We have a small federal works study programs here, but we don’t receive enough funding to provide jobs for every student who might be interested in working on campus.”

Potential employers fill out and submit electronic forms to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid — the office, in turn, collects the submissions and screens them.

Mallette said some of the electronic submissions have to be taken out because the Office finds some opportunities inappropriate to advertise to students.

“For example, if it looks like the job involves X-rated activity, then we’re not going to post that as an opportunity — or if it looks like the job is going to discriminate in some way as to who is hired, [it is not accepted],” she said.

David Reed, a freshman in zoology, said he thinks the site is beneficial to students.

“It is an easy way to find out what jobs are open in the area,” Reed said. “It is also easy for employers to find employees. It is cost-efficient.”

However, Mike Smith, an undecided freshman, disagrees.

“It takes about the same amount of time as searching myself,” he said. “I’ll just search for myself — period.”

Karla Klang, a freshman in international studies, said she had heard of the site and would consider using it to find a job.

“Since it would be on that Web site, it would be legitimate so I would trust it more,” Klang said.

Thom Haney, a research associate at Duke University, said he uses the site to advertise jobs relating to his research, such as the need for test subjects as well as people to distribute flyers on campus.

“We’ve had a good response from NCSU,” he said. “At the beginning of the semester, I get all kinds of response to the job position because everybody wants to do it.”

Haney said his concern is that the Web site lists the jobs in order of when employers posted them.

“A lot of students will go down to the first week or so of posts and then they get tired and they quit,” he said. “Because I posted the ad back in August, I always have special admiration of students who will go through two months of postings.”

Haney says that even though he posted the ad at the beginning of August, he still gets calls concerning it.

“That is pretty good return considering that it is free,” he said.

Mallette said she recommends students call the potential employer and discuss details of the work with him or her, such as what work would be required and work hours.