In Housing ... more specifically Residence Life there is a particular season when most institutions advertise job postings. You can count on it ... actually I did. I was a December '04 graduate and worked a food service job and played lots of gigs in my old band until "the first round" of Residence Life postings in April.

For someone new attempting to enter the field there are few things you should know about finding a Housing / Residence Life job in Ontario.

• 1) the community is quite small, everyone knows everyone. Fail to use your contacts - fail to get a job.
• 2) Many of the April postings will be snapped up by candidates already in professional positions at other Universities
• 3) Once they settle at a new University - their old position will be posted. The "second round" usually happens a little later in the summer
• 4) It's not a rule - but generally competition is more intense for positions closer to Toronto. (For the brave and adventurous check out the St FX posting below.)
• 5) I am using absolutely no statistics in this Top 5. Simply the anecdotal observations of my colleagues and I.

April seems to be very heavy month for postings. Below I have captured a fair number of live postings. These links will likely only be valid for a short time. Some institutions have already posted while others will likely post closer to the OACUHO Spring Conference.

In order by distance from Toronto (Yonge & Dundas Square):

McMaster University
Distance to Toronto: 69.6 km - about 52 mins
Manager, Training and Development, Residence Life

University of Guelph
Distance to Toronto: 91.6 km - about 1 hour 9 mins

Residence Life Manager

Residence Programme Coordinator

Wilfrid Laurier University
Distance to Toronto: 114 km - about 1 hour 21 mins

Residence Life Area Coordinator


Waterloo University
Distance to Toronto: 115 km - about 1 hour 23 mins

Residence Life Coordinator

Marketing Assistant - Housing and Residences


Brock University
Distance to Toronto: 117 km - about 1 hour 23 mins

Residence Life Coordinator

University of Western Ontario
Distance to Toronto: 196 km - about 2 hours 18 mins

recently closed.

Queen's University
Distance to Toronto: 265 km - about 2 hours 53 mins

Residence Life Coordinator


Saint Francis Xavier University
Distance to Toronto: 1,809 km - about 18 hours 13 mins

Residence Life Coordinator

Please add your comments! For those searching for jobs - good luck!

Labels: housing, jobs, oacuho, residence, residence life, top5, toronto

I'm excited to post the following message that Sarah sent out to the OACUHO membership earlier tonight. Looks like I will be Communications Director for the OACUHO BOD next year!

Welcome to the 2008-2009 Board of Directors

Hello OACUHO Members!

It is my great pleasure to announce the Board of Directors for 2008-2009!

But before I do - there is one position left to be filled, that of
President Elect. Nominations will remain open for this position until
Thursday, May 8. Please consider this opportunity to get involved with
OACUHO, and serve your colleagues! It is a 2 year position, first as
President elect, then as President, supported by a dynamic group of
individuals! If you don't think it's for you, but you may know someone who
would be great at this position, please encourage them to throw their hat
in the ring! Remember, nominations close for this opportunity on May 8.

The following positions have been acclaimed for the 2008-2009 Board of
Directors: (A second email will be coming out shortly to fully introduce
the new Board of Directors to you! Stay tuned!)

Members at Large
- Lynn Charron, Nipissing University
- Adam Doyle, University of Toronto at Scarborough
- Tanya McCormick, University of Toronto

Professional Development Director
Kate Kinsella, Trent University

Finance Director
Jacqueline Mellish, Mohawk College

Corporate Membership Director
Jason MacIntyre, University of Toronto

Communications Director
Chad Nuttall, Ryerson University

The new position of Sage will be announced within the upcoming weeks.

Remember! Nominations for President Elect are due May 8.

See you all at "Service Excellence, OACUHO 2008" May 25-28 at the
University of Guelph!

Sarah Burley, BA Hon
Coordinator, Residence Life

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President-Elect, 2007-2008 President, 2008-2009
Ontario Association of College and University Housing Officers
www.oacuho.com

Labels: chad, communications, nomination, oacuho

Spent a chunk of today putting together a new website. Messing around with the blogger integration, twitter updates and my shared Google Reader items.

Last week I put in my nomination for the Ontario Association of College and University Housing Offers (OACUHO) board of directors. I have some exciting ideas for the position of Communications Director.

Since I'm really hoping to concentrate on the OACUHO web site I didn't think it was right that I've had a "thanks for visiting" place holder on this site for 5+ years.

More content to come. Thanks for reading.

Labels: google reader, oacuho, twitter, website