hours long and wages low
difficult to find students to work at certain times, especially Monday. Wednesday and Friday mornings, because of glass schedules.
Part-time job placements for women are handled by the dean of women's office. Susan Hess, assistant dean of women, said that from 300 to 400 coeds fill out applications for employment each semester. She said approximately one-fourth of these women find jobs. Most of the jobs filed with the office are clerical jobs or babysitting jobs, but Mrs. Hesse said some Lawrence businesses seek personnel through the dean of women's office. The office also handles summer employment for women.
THE FINANCIAL AID OFFICE, 26 Strong Hall, handles part-time job placements for men. Bernard Taylor, assistant director of financial aids, said that during a busy time, such as September, an average of 40 jobs were posted each week. The board currently shows 10 part-time job openings.
Taylor estimated that 300 parttime job listings had been filled since September. He said that many students get jobs without going through the placement bureau.
Another avenue open to students needing additional funds is the work-study program.
TAYLOR SAID the work-study program promotes part-time employment of college students. To qualify for the program a person must be a full-time student and in need of the earnings from such employment to pursue his education.
Under the work-study program, funds from the federal government pay 80 per cent of the student's salary while the department which hires the student furnishes 20 per cent.
Taylor said that requests from the different departments far exceeded the funds available.
"But for the first time in three years," he added, "we could still place more students."
SO FAR 280 STUDENTS have found part-time employment through the work-study program, and the number could reach 450 before the end of the school year. Taylor said.
The work-study program handles only on-campus jobs and the student is limited to a 15-hour work week.
"We like to think that we can find a job for any student who truly wants to work," Taylor said.
But because of the small number of campus jobs available, students are forced to go into the community to find work.
"IF I HAD A CHOICE I'd like to work somewhere on campus because it's more convenient." Gary Nuzum, White Cloud sophomore said, "but I couldn't find a job."
"I wanted to work in a restaurant off campus because I thought it would be more interesting than some office on campus," Nuzum said.
"On campus jobs get paid only once a month and that didn't give me much to budget," said Gary Phelps, Atwood junior. "Also when I worked on campus I worked two or three hours a day, but I worked every day. By working off campus I can work
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several hours only two or three days a week."
KATHY CURREY, Kensington junior, said, "I babysit to earn extra money primarily so I can get away from campus and into a more homelike atmosphere."
Students interviewed also indicated higher wages, more hours and an enjoyment in the type of work they were doing as reasons for taking off-campus jobs. But, for whatever reasons they decide to work, students often have a difficult time finding a job.
"Job opportunity depends on availability and luck," Conrad Dalquest, division manager of Gibson's Discount Center said. "Although we have a confidential rating system, if someone quits and I'm interviewing an applicant, when I find out about the opening, I often just hire the person I'm talking to because it's easier than trying to judge a piece of paper."
A spokesman for Lawrence Construction Co. said very few students are hired by construction companies during the school year because there are no part-time jobs available.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS facing the student seeking work is that the employer is unable or unwilling to meet the student's class schedule.
Students are forced to take jobs
during the evening or on weekends. Most of the businesses which hire students arrange work schedules so that students work from 15 to 30 hours a week and much of this time is evening work or during the day on Saturday.
MANY OF THE RESTAURANTS remain open until 11 p.m. or midnight, enabling students to work five or six hours for three or four nights a week.
Because of the scheduling factor, pizza parlors and taverns have become popular places to work.
John Turner, manager of the Draught House, said he planned to employ 30 students.
I HIRE STUDENTS only." Turner said, "and soon the Draught House will be run entirely by students."
"At the time I was looking for a job and I saw the ad so I applied," said Sandy Johnson, Overland Park sophomore and employee at the Draft House. "The wages aren't great but I like it better than the other jobs I've had because I'm working with persons my own age. There's no messing around and we get a lot done. It's a nice job to have (three nights a week) if you've got a heavy study schedule."
Grocery stores are another good source for part-time employment.
Hillcrest Food Center employs 50 students.
MANY OF THE MAJOR service stations in Lawrence hire two or three students for part-time work. Winter weather conditions sometimes make these jobs appear less attractive, however.
Drive-in restaurants, such as Sandy's and Griffs, usually employ around 20 students. Hotels and motels hire students as bellboys, desk clerks and waiters and waitresses. 15 out of 92 employs at Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. are KU students.
But jobs, for the most part, are difficult to find. The most obvious sources of employment, such as Kroger Family Center and Hallmark Cards Inc., fill their available positions early in the school year.
Once the main hiring is done in the fall, job openings become even fewer, and only scattered jobs become available when someone quits or at the semester when class loads and hours change.
- BUSINESSMEN SEEM to have one general comment for students seeking work—jobs are few and applicants many.
"There is no problem with the labor force in Lawrence as far as employers are concerned because so many students have to work." Gary Porteous, inkeeper at the
Holiday Inn, said. "Our only problem is that most students are not interested in working all year. Usually we hire married students who stay during the summer."