Having a job doing research on campus gives excellent experience and looks great on a resume. It also helps when you need a professor to write a letter of recom

Having a job doing research on campus gives excellent experience and looks great on a resume. It also helps when you need a professor to write a letter of recommendation if they know you outside of the classroom environment. Assuming you are going to a research university, there should be no shortage of opportunities. Your school website should have a list of professors along with what areas they are researching, pick something that sounds like fun and go an ask.