Campus
jobs attract students
Jennifer
Camacho/On-line Forty-Niner
By
Allison Eaton
On-line Forty-Niner
With
the semester nearing its close, the bookstore
and Forty-Niner Shops Inc. have launched
another seasonal hiring spree for spring
rush.
Job
openings for spring rush include various
bookstore, food services and art store positions.
Nancy Green, human resources director for
University Bookstore and Forty-Niner Shops
Inc., said most of the approximately 130
student positions now posted at http://www.shopthebeach.org
are temporary. Several year-round bookstore
food services and dining hall positions
are also available.
Working
on campus during rush is a perfect way for
students to earn a little spending money
at the beginning of the semester so that
they won't have to work during midterms
and finals, Green said.
No
official requirements other than being a
registered student exist, but Green said
they do look for employees with qualities
such as honesty, integrity and a cheerful
personality. Students with customer service
skills and students with no prior work experience
may apply.
Although
rush jobs are temporary there is a possibility
for staying on permanently. Green said department
managers evaluate each rush employee's performance
throughout rush to see whom they'd like
to recruit as permanent employees.
Chris
Ramirez, the bookstore's frontline cashier
supervisor, said that most employees retain
their part-time jobs well after rush is
over.
Considering
students can't work more than 20 hours per
week legally, being paid minimum wage, or
$6.75 per hour, doesn't add up to much.
The advantages of working on-campus, according
to several student employees and their supervisers,
make the opportunity worthwhile.
Joe
Demadura, a communications, nursing and
fashion student, has been working at The
Nugget for a year and a half. He said not
having to leave campus to work somewhere
far away is the main reason why he has kept
his job for so long.
"I
can go to class and then go straight to
work. It's very chill, and they always
work around your class schedule," he
said. "I can work whenever I
want."
John
Palacios, assistant manager of the dining
plaza, said working on-campus is absolutely
beneficial for students.
"You
can go to a morning class, work a three-
or four-hour shift and attend an afternoon
class, all without the hassle of commuting,"
he said.
Green
said student employees are also given discounts
on books and food items depending upon what
position they are hired for. Making new
friends and meeting other students from
various majors and cultural backgrounds
is also an added perk.
Student
employees also said they enjoy the four-hour
shifts entailed with most positions. Because
of the 20-hour per week limit, students
usually don't work shifts for much longer
than this. Porschia Baker, a print journalism
student who works behind the bookstore information
desk, said the longest shift she's had to
work was six hours.
For
additional information regarding obtaining
a job on campus, students may also contact
the Career Development Center in Brotman
Hall, room 250 at (562) 985-4151.
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