Students find jobs scarce,
Off-campus jobs in Lawrence are limited primarily to menial work
By NILA WALKER
and KENNETH CUMMINS
KENNETH CUMMINS Kansan Staff Writers
Only a small number of jobs are available to the more than 17,000 KU students, and these jobs usually disappear early in the school year.
More jobs are available on campus than in the community but these positions are filled faster because of their convenient location and the employers' willingness to meet a student's class schedule.
A TOTAL OF 1462 undergraduates and 1203 teaching assistants, assisting instructors, research assistants and graduate student assistants are employed by the University.
Undergraduate students receive an hourly wage while graduate students are paid on a monthly basis. Yearly income for graduate students working one-half of a full time work load ranges from $2,300 for the graduate assistant to a maximum of $3,100 for the teaching assistant.
A student hourly employment manual published by the University Business Office gives job descriptions and pay scales for undergraduate student appointments. A rate scale A through D has been established for each job. This scale is (A) $1.30 (B) $1.40 (C) $1.55 and D) $1.75.
THE DIFFERENT departments can make appointments at any rate within the A and D level. Higher rates are paid for printing assistants, psychometric assistants, paper graders, nursing assistants and computer programmers and operators.
Philip Rankin, personnel officer for the University, said the A rate or minimum wage the University was required by federal law to
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Most students are working at a certain job because, it was the only one I could find. Wages, location and interest in the work also enter into the considerations whenever possible.
THE COMPUTATION center hires approximately 60 students who work as computer programmers, operators, and dispatchers. As is the case with most employers, the computation center has many more applicants than they have jobs.
58 per cent of undergraduate students working are employed at the computation center, residence halls, student health service and the printing service. The remaining 42 per cent are hired by the different academic departments, the largest number going to the different departments of biological sciences.
"I took a job at the comp center," one student remarked, "because it was close to where I lived, it paid better than other jobs and because I wanted to learn how to program."
J. J. WILSON, director of residence halls, estimated that 900 students worked in the nine residence halls. These students work in the cafeteria line, at the reception desks and as resident directors.
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scheduling," Wilson said. "Some have too heavy a class load and want to cut down on their working hours while others have a light load and want to work more.
"There is a fairly good balance between the number of jobs and the number of students wanting jobs. We are always alert to employees."
THE WORKING STUDENT averages 20 hours a week on the job. Wilson said a student working for the University could not work more than 130 hours a month or he would not be considered a student but a full time employee. Graduate students are not allowed to work more than three-fourths of a full work load each month.
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Watkins Hospital employs 35 students, mostly women. These students work in the office, in the dietary department and as nursing aids.
The Buildings and Grounds department employs 39 students. Their duties range from custodial work to drafting work.
"We normally have more places than we have students," Harry Buchholz, superintendent of the physical plant said, "but this year, we are full."
THE KANSAS UNION, which has its own payroll, hires approximately 50 students. Each of the different departments hires its own personnel. Students work in
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Warner Ferguson, Union business manager, said that during the fall there are many more applicants than jobs.
"After the fall rush," he said, "then things slow down and we usually have more jobs than students."
Watson Library, which is open 93 hours a week, employs nearly 100 students. David Heron, director of the Library, said it was
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