28 | THE UNIVERSITY DAILY | KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM | BACK TO SCHOOL | MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2007
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An cashier works at The Market inside the Kansas Union. Students searching for employment often look on campus for jobs during the school year.
EMPLOYMENT
On-campus jobs available
BY TYLER HARBERT
tharbert@kansan.com
Back to school means it's time to open up the wallet and start handling over cash for books, rent and of course, tuition.
To keep that wallet full, students might first want to look within the University for their sources of income. University employers stressed there are a number of advantages to working on campus.
"It's quick and convenient because it's right on campus," said Ann Hartley, associate director of the University Career Center, located in the Burge Union. "You get to know more people on campus. You become more of the campus community."
Hartley said the University employs students in a wide range of jobs such as in the libraries, student housing, dining centers, museums and recreation services.
The Career Center posts all available campus jobs, and some off-campus jobs, on its Web site, jobs.ku.edu. Students can fill out an online application there and apply to any jobs they're interested in.
More than 1,500 jobs are posted every year on the site, Hartley said, but she warned that because so many students apply for jobs online, job-hunters need to be persistent with the positions they apply for.
"it's easier but there's more competition," she said.
If students have trouble finding
work, the Career Center can help students identify their job skills, write resumes and cover letters and offer advice for job interviews. Hartley said.
The campus libraries are always looking for student workers, said Julie Warrick, collection maintenance supervisor for Watson Library.
"We pretty much hire all the time," she said.
"We can show you things to do initially to help sell yourself," she said.
She said the libraries hire about 250 students across eight or nine KU libraries and the only work requirements are that students are enrolled in at least six credit hours and willing to work at least 10 hours a week. She said, however, different positions require different skills.
"We're always putting ourselves out of workers because they graduate and move away." Muggy said.
She said she keeps applications on file in case she needs to hire additional workers during the year or at rushes.
Student workers at the bookstore do a number of different jobs, she said, from organizing textbooks and T-shirts to working at cash registers.
Shant Thomas, marketing manager for KU Dining Services, said all of the jobs offered by the Kansas Memorial Unions are listed on their Web site, union.ku.edu.
The Jawhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Rd., employs about 15 students on a temporary basis during "book rushes" at the beginning of each semester but keeps about five of them for the rest of the semester, said Janet Muggy, co-owner of the store.
"Come to work on time and when scheduled and don't constantly ask to be off." Muggy said.
She said the store is flexible with student schedules, but she said the number one characteristic she looks for when hiring new workers is dependability.
The unions employ everything from cashiers to baristas, and students can specify the specific job they want after they apply into a
larger pool of jobs on the Web site, he said.
Edited by Maggie VanBuskirk
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Job fairs are commonly held on campus and can be useful in finding careers beyond the University
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