MustangJOBS, powered by Handshake, is Cal Poly's online job listing service where you can find over 35,000 on-campus, local part-time jobs, internships & career positions.

Current students can login directly through their my.calpoly.edu portal. To find out how to create saved searches and apply for on-campus interviews, check out our MustangJobs/Handshake Cheat Sheet.

Alumni can login directly here. Or if you do not have an account, please complete a request to create an alumni account.

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This listing is for SLO County household jobs such as child care, tutoring, and yard work. Find them in MustangJOBS, powered by Handshake. 

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• Bioresource and Agricultural Education
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Computer Engineering
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• Experience Industry Management
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• Horticulture and Crop Science
• Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Journalism
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• Landscape Architecture
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• Physics
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• Psychology and Child Development
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• Most online fraud is perpetrated by scammers located outside the U.S.
• It is often evident in their poor grasp of the language which can include poor grammar and the misspelling of common words.

• After creating a user account on sites like Monster.com or Careerbuilder.com, a job hunter might receive an e-mail saying there has been a problem with their account or they need to follow a hyperlink to install new software.
• Phishing e-mails like this are designed to convince readers to click a link within the message to fix the issue, but actually take them to a web site that will install malware or viruses on their computer.

• An employer may ask for extensive personal information such as social security or bank account numbers.
• Regardless of the reason or excuse given by the employer, a job applicant should never give out his or her Social Security or bank account numbers over the phone or e-mail.

• While there are legitimate businesses that allow employees to work from home, there are also a lot of scammers trying to take advantage of senior citizens, stay-at-home moms, students and injured or disabled people looking to make money at home.
• Job hunters should use extreme caution when considering a work-at-home offer and always research the company with their BBB first at www.bbb.org.

• Aside from paying for a uniform, it is rarely advisable for an applicant to pay upfront fees or make a required purchase to get a job.
• Most recently, the BBB of Metropolitan Dallas uncovered a scam where job hunters were told they had to pay $64.50 for a background check before they could be considered for a cleaning job. Predictably, after paying for the background check, the job seeker never heard from the company again.

• The adage holds true for job offers: if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
• Phony employers might brag about exceptionally high salary potential and excellent benefits for little experience in order to lure unsuspecting job hunters into their scam.

• Many phony jobs require the prospective employee to cash a check sent by the company through the mail and then wire a portion of the money on to another entity.
• Whatever the reason they ask, the check might clear the employee’s bank account but will eventually turn out to be a fake and the employee is out the money he or she wired back to the scammers.

• There is no specific location listed. Be suspicious if it is advertised as a local part-time position, but lists the location as “nationwide.”
• The employer tells you that the company does not have an office set up in your area, and they will need your help to get one up and running.
• There is no contact information or web address listed in the job posting. If it is a legitimate job it should give valid contact information.
• The contact email address contains a generic email domain that is not specific to the company, such as "@gmail.com" or "@yahoo.com" for example.
• The employer asks for your banking information, supposedly to help the employer make financial transactions.
• For further information about ways to protect yourself, visit the Cal Poly Information Secruity Office's Top 10 Security Practices.

• If you are a current student, you may file a report with the University Police Department by calling them at (805) 756-2281. The police are responsible for conducting an investigation (regardless of whether the scam artist is local or in another state).
• If it is a situation where you have sent money to a fraudulent employer, you should contact your bank or credit card company immediately to close the account and dispute the charges. If the incident occurred completely over the Internet, you should file an incident report with the FTC or call the FTC at: 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357).