A student employed through University funds allocated by a department/area. Students who are registered for 12 or more hours are hired to work on a part-time basis. Payment is biweekly and is not applied to a student's financial package.
Primary Eligibility Requirements
Student employees must be full-time Shawnee State University students (12 hours for undergraduate and 9 hours for students in graduate programs)
How to apply for Student Employment
Complete an application on the Career Development webpage
Please submit only one application per semester. Sending multiple applications does not increase your chances of obtaining student employment. Duplicate applications will be deleted.
Student Employment Job Postings
We post open student employment positions on the Career Development web page Job Postings.
Please email the Office of Career Development at careers@shawnee.edu or stop by the Office of Career Development and request that your application be forwarded to the department(s) where the position(s) exists. Remember, filling out an application does not guarantee that you will be hired. If you are hired by a department on campus, the student must go to the Payroll Department in Human Resources to complete necessary documentation before starting work.
Current Student Employment Wage Rate
The student employment rate is $7.70 an hour.
What is the difference between Student Employment and College Work Study?
Student employees are paid from department funds. Federal College Work Study students are paid from federal funds as part of their financial aid package. Therefore, financial need is considered as part of the Federal College Work Study award process. To apply for Federal Work Study, please contact the Financial Aid Office at Shawnee State University. Payment for students working Student Employment and Federal Work Study is biweekly and is not applied to their financial aid package.
Supervisor (Administrative) Responsibilities
Posting:
When the department has a vacant student employment position available, the supervisor is required to submit a position description to the Office of Career Services by completing a Department Job Vacancy Form on the Career Services website or through a link provided on MySSU.
Once received, the Office of Career Services will provide a list of candidates matching the desired qualifications within five (5) working days. Once the decision has been made to hire a student, the department is required to notify the Office of Career Services immediately so the position can be removed.
Paperwork
Supervisors must be certain that students do not begin working until all Student Employment and Human Resource paperwork is completed.
The supervisor must complete the required Authorization to Hire or Change Notice, including account number and required signatures.
To ensure eligibility, the supervisor must then return this form to the Office of Career Services by fax to ext. 3551.
NOTE: It is very important that all employment paperwork be completed as required. The student will not be considered "employed" or paid until approvals and necessary forms are officially processed. Due to auditing purposes, departments are required to resubmit a new Authorization to Hire or Change Form to Human Resources at the beginning of each fiscal year.
