Like JMM, I'm a current student at Emory as well.
Just to clarify what aerorun found, most of the jobs are for students with the Practical Experience (PE) award which has a cap on the amount of money you can make per semester. Just for example (I don't remember how much it is exactly) let's just say you receive the PE award and it's for $2,000. Whether you make $12/hr (which most jobs are) or $20/hr, once you make $2,000 you are cut off for the semester. The way PE works is that Emory pays part of your wage and the organization you work for pays part (ex. Emory pays $6 and CDC pays $6 and you make $12)...Once you hit your $2,000 Emory stops paying half so most organizations would say "see you next semester when the award picks back up" - however, they can choose to keep you on and pay your full wage or another wage that you negotiate (all of my friends were told "see you next semester"). However, most of my friends did not finish their hours for the full award, and the ones that did finish did so close to the end of the semester...school keeps you really busy and you'll probably work a lot less than you think you will (unless you HAVE to work that much). All the students who receive PE award receive the same amount.
All that to lead to my answer about a 20 hour a week job: if you worked 20 hr/week you would run out of the PE award money more quickly and would need to negotiate a wage or find a different job (a non-PE job toward the end of the semester would probably be waiting tables). CDC is great, but they have a lot of hoops and processes and would probably be less likely to be able to negotiate a wage with you if you went over your PE than a job at the school with a professor that has grant money, etc. If you really want to work 20hr/week then I would ask about it up front, most jobs posted will be put there with the PE award in mind (so they will be structured for like 8-12 hrs/week), I would ask up front if they would be able to accommodate you for more hours and what they would do if you used all your PE hours before the end of the semester (obviously don't be pushy, haha, but it's good to know up front).
**The "8-12" hrs a week is an average, the website says 10-20, but most students don't work over Thanksgiving and may work very few hours during midterms/finals. It seems that most people average about 8-12 hrs a week over the whole semester.
There are opportunities to find jobs outside of the PE award (especially if you don't have it) which will have different pay ranges. But again, the majority of the jobs are PE because it's a great program for students AND the organization posting the job.
Like JMM said, there are a ton of jobs posted at the CDC and most of my friends that work there are research assistants, if you really want that kind of job then you have a great chance of getting it at Emory. Again, supporting what JMM said, there are a lot of jobs posted working with faculty/staff and other organizations as well which can also be amazing opportunities. Working at the CDC is great, but if there is something at the school, Care, another organization, etc that fits your interests better then I would really recommend considering that more highly (which you probably are willing to do, but the only "complaint" I've really heard from people about their jobs is that they took one because it was at the CDC or in a certain department even though it wasn't really "their thing" and now they wish they had done something that would be putting them in contact with people directly in their field of interest). That's not to say that some CDC job wouldn't be right up your alley, but just a little unsolicited information 🙂
DrRayden - I know that international students CAN work at the CDC, but it's difficult to get through the badging process because you need to have a social security number. I have a friend who is from Canada who is trying to go through the process now and it hasn't been that easy, but it is possible (and you can get visitor/contractor badges in the meantime). If you are interested in job opportunities for international students I would email admissions, they will be able to give you better facts (most of the stuff you'll get on this board will be anecdotal, like what I have said about my friend).
