New Hires | Department of Terrestrial Magnetism

What you need to know about your position at Carnegie and what forms you must complete depend on the type of appointment you have.

Please click on the appropriate link below. If you are uncertain which position applies to you, please ask your business office.

• Full-time employee
  Scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week on a regular basis and you are not a research associate or fellow

• Non-resident alien employee
  Scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week AND are foreign born and eligible to work because you have a J-1 VISA or Optional Practical Training employment authorization, or you are Canadian with a TN VISA. You are not a research associate or fellow.

• Part-time employee
  Scheduled to work less than 20 hours per week on a regular basis

• Temporary employee
  Scheduled to work between 1-40 hrs. per week for less than 6 months

• Research Associate (postdoctoral and predoctoral)
  Has appointment as a full-time research associate

• Fellows (postdoctoral and predoctoral)
  Has appointment as a full-time fellow

• Visiting Investigators
  Scientific staff working at Carnegie, either periodically or full-time for a period, and generally paid by another Institution

• Volunteers

• Graduate and Undergraduate Students