10C THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON THE HILL
AUGUST 15,2005
UN-CAMPUS JOBS
University jobs offer close,convenient cash
Rylan Howe/KANSAN
Ashley Hersh, Topeka freshman, checks on one of the cages in Bug Town, an exhibit at the Natural History Museum. Hersh started working there in fall 2004, and says she enjoys the flexibility her job allows for homework and scheduling.
BY TY BEAVER
tbeaver@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
In need of cash and lab experience, Matt Waldron, Ottawa junior, wanted to find an on-campus job. He found one, and now he makes food for fruit flies, and loves the work he does.
Waldron has one of the more unusual jobs at the University of Kansas, but numerous other on-campus employment opportunities are out there. Whether you want to work in a chemistry lab or at a desk in Watson Library.
All on-campus jobs are listed at jobs.ku.edu, Anne Hartley, associate director of the student career center, said. The Web site requires you to register and fill out a job application to keep on file, and it's free.
Students can search for a job based on different criteria. You can search by department, job category or full- or part-time work.
Students can also apply for the Work Study program. Find out more about the program by talking to the Office of Student Financial Aid.
After finding a job to your liking, submit an online application. Make sure to proofread the application before submitting it. You won't be able to make corrections afterward, Hartley said.
Also make sure you answer each question on the application. Hartley said students are too brief in their answers and it makes it difficult for departments to decide between applicants.
Don't be discouraged if you don't get the first job you apply for. Because jobs.ku.edu is accessible and lists all jobs, competition is stiff, Hartley said. If you are denied a job, keep searching the Web site and applying. New
iobs are posted every dav.
Apply for jobs even if you don't think you have the training. Not all the work in a department can only be completed by people who are studying in that field. The KU Natural History Museum employs numerous students, and many are not studying biological sciences.
"We couldn't get a lot done without our student assistants," Brad Kemp, assistant director of public affairs, said.
Students at the museum work in public education, administrative support or even in the specimen collections, and the museum's staff is willing to train anvone for a job.
While Waldon agrees it's best that he is interested in the department he works in, anyone could do the work.
"It's important to find a job because it will help you get references and lead to more opportunities," he said.
Apply for on campus and off-campus part-time jobs
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