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Show " . Students face limited winter job openings BY NATALIE COOMBS Thunderbird Managing Editor Cedar City's job market offers slim pickings for students seeking employment this quarter. With only one major student employer hiring, Job Service Representative Brent Carlile said area businesses appear to be experiencing a mid-winter slump. While scattered jobs may be available, of several businesses contacted only Ntatrixx reported that it was currently hiring. Matrixx representative Sophie Robison said the company hired 30 new employees last week and will possibly hire from five to 10 new employees each week. Matrixx pays $5 per hour and its hours are from 2:50 p .m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7:50 a.m. co 4 p.m . Saturday. 86TH YEAR; NUMBER 23 Other options are sparse as a second major employer of students, Brianhead Enterprises, bas filled many of its seasonable job openings and has cut back hirings, according to Carlile. Also, McDonalds restaurant is currently taking applications but is not necessarily hiring, and neither are businesses like Burger King, Holiday Inn, Comfort Inn and the Daystop Motel. However, Carlile said for those students willing to take jobs a little less stable or out of the ordinary, there are openings for babysitters, companions for the elderly and commissioned sales agents. On-campus work-study openings are also rare, said Carlile. SUU has more students qualify for the positions than there are positions available, and Carlile said their has been limited turnover in the positions this quarter. For the best shot at obtaining those jobs that are available, Carlile urges students to register with Job Service's on-campus office in the Administration Building room 105. Registered students' interests and aptitudes are entered into a computer and are matched with jobs that fit their skills. Also, Carlile said Job Service's main office directs many of the part-time job openings to their campus office and those openings are listed on the job board. The job board is now located in the halJway next to the Placement Office on the Administration Building's fLrst floor. While openings this winter are limited, Carlile said some businesses like TW Recreational Services and similar employers are already interviewing students to fill summer positions at state and national parks. SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • CEDAR CITY, UTAH Monday 's Big Switch betwetn President Gerald Sherratt and.freshman Don Bn"nlcerhoff was 'Trading Places ' perfected. &th were busy with new exptritnces. Brinlcerhoff was president for a day whik Sherratt went off to class. Sherratt was no newcomer to the classroom, though he says he kamed a wt. Laughingly he said, ''I could be a perpetual stw.lmt, I enjoyed class and it was a nice break. " Among Sherratt 's activilus was a tango with Anjeanette McCall, in Brinlcerhoff's social dance class and a three-hour shift THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 1992 at Mountain West &oles where Bn"nlcerhoff normally works. Brinlcerhoff's day started at 7:30 a.m. with a staff meeting and eruild at JO p.m. after the gymnastic mat. Other activities included a tour of the new projects at SUU, a luncheon with the Thur.derbird Athktic Club, and matings with the Deans' Council, staff, and university recruiters. Brinlcerhoff said, ''I thought it was very productive and I was very happy that the administration was so interested in what I had lo say. " |