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Show Page 14 The Thundcrbird Tuesday September 25 , 1984 Campus jobs are available Finding employment is just a question of hard work by Lisa Laird can take advantage of the Students looking for employment listings in the Placement office. According to Rex Michie, director of the office, the job search is just a matter of a little work and perseverance. Contrary to popular belief, employment opportunies do exist on campus, and Rex Michie, director of placement for SUSC, believes getting a job is just a matter of a little persistence and work. The Placement Office, located in Administration Building room 102 along with the Counseling Office, is the first place students with workstudy awards or in need of regular employment should check. Students may fill out an employment application to keep on file with the office. As job opportunities become available on campus, the office will make copies for students to leave with emolovers. Another service of the placement office is the bulletin board located in the office. Workstudy and regular payroll jobs are listed, along with and job service listings. Michie notes there have been nearly 400 total workstudy and regular payroll listings thus far. Students who are genuinely looking for jobs and are willing to take the jobs that are available do get them. Michie continues, If they are persistent, they can find that job. Michie advises students to check the board often for listings that might interest them. Michie says that often it is the first student to apply for a position that will get the job. Michie also suggests to students that they make their own positions. Become aquainted with the campus and the professors often they can refer you to job openings that are in your area of interest. . Other times students can create their own position by leaving a copy of their employment application with a department on campus and let the supervisor know that they want the next opening. The jobs available on campus tend to fall into four groups. Office work, such as secretarial, clerical, and office helpers is the largest area. Custodial care for the buildings and residence halls is the next and then food service personal. The fourth group is usually regular payroll and consists of specialty workers for places like the labs and library. Michie stresses that workstudy students are not limited to looking at those listings, but are quite welcome to apply for the regular payroll positions too. Students who do not qualify for workstudy are encouraged to file with the Job Service at 106 East, 200 North. Besides the aid the Job Service can give, students can check an updated Job Service listing on the bulletin board in the placement office. Michie notes that the community is very responsive in employing students. So far, there have been nearly 100 listings from the community and the placement office is currently writing letters to employers in the Cedar City area to promote new listings. The placement office will conduct a survey later this year to find the number of employers who hire SUSC students. I suspect that there are more students who work in the community than on campus, Michie says. For one thing, employers support the college and second, the students represent inexpensive help. |