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NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
STUDENT APPLICATIONS FOR ON-CAMPUS JOBS
2008-2009 28,835 applications were received for 1,245 jobs posted on jobs.ku.edu.
MARKETING
2007-2008 27,223 applications were received for 1,315 jobs posted on jobs.ku.edu.
2006-2007
21,149
applications were received for 1,352 jobs posted on jobs.ku.edu.
Source: Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career Center
How to start sea of appli
Making connections and being persistent
BY ANNIE VANGSNES avangnes@kansan.com
August is approaching, and for most students that means moving in seeing old friends and finding a part-time job. After University budget cuts in the midst of a recession, even part-time jobs for students in school may be competitive.
Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career Center, said that she didn't know if there were going to be fewer campus jobs in the fall, but that budget cuts and the recent increase
in minimum wage had made it a possibility.
The University's minimum wage is $7.50 per hour.
"Well, who's paying for that? They don't give you any money to pay for that." Hartley said.
Hartley, said departments that had budget cuts might have to hire fewer students to pay their current
Hartley said there was a decrease in job postings for off-campus jobs on the UCC's Web site KUCa-reerl Hawk.com.
student employees more. She said another reason for fewer campus jobs could be that students are keeping their jobs longer.
In fall 2008 there were about 3,900 hourly and salaried students employed on campus. There were 70 fewer student job positions available in the 2008- 2009 school year than in the year before, but almost 1,300 more applications to fill those positions.
Hartley said usually 10 to 12 campus offices and about 25 off-campus employers attended the fair, but this year she is only expecting about 25 employers total.
Hartley said a drop in the number of businesses signed up for the UCC's part time job fair on August 19 indicated a worsening economy, which has made the job market more competitive.
"I think if you stick with it at least you'll have a better shot of finally getting something."
"When you have this ma ley said, "you need to make the rest."
Hartley said there were could do to make employ application.
"Everybody wants to hire reliable and who's going to job and that kind of thing," convince somebody that the that will help and make you Harley.
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