STUDENT AFFAIRS | Student Employment Services (SES) asks departments to consider the student employment opportunities in your area. Many departments depend on student employees for their day-to-day operations. This does not have to stop because students are not physically on campus: SES encourages your area to reimagine how students can support operations through remote work.
Reimagine duties, responsibilities, and tasks so they translate to the virtual environment. Consider new initiatives or research opportunities which students can accomplish remotely. Think about creating assignments or projects students can work on independently or with other student staff team members.
Be imaginative and strategic. Be bold and creative. Be a student supervisor.
Students are currently looking for work opportunities and they want to help and want to be of support and service. SES knows many departments are eliminating student staff positions because of the remote environment, but the department asks supervisors to reconsider. Students desperately depend on the work opportunities LMU provides and without them, students will inevitably have diminished experience and benefit, both financially and professionally. Please consider helping more students, in particular those with work-study.
In this time of quarantine workplace reimagination, we are all learning to adjust and retool in order to maintain a continuity of operation. While our doors may be closed, we are still working at full capacity to deliver a top-notch university experience. This means continuing to employ LMU students so that we can all reap the benefits of their labor and engagement.
Student Employment can serve as an important component of student learning, growing, and preparing for future success. Students learn critical professional skills, practice workplace acumen and connect with university units in a deep and profound way. There is also the financial benefit students receive by the earned income of a fair wage. These additional dollars can make an impact on a student’s ability to afford the cost of an LMU education. Furthermore, students contribute to the overall workforce of our campus resources, services, support, and knowledge production. The sum cumulative effect of employing our students is a vibrant, productive, and mutually beneficial campus community.
Job opportunities should be posted on LionJobs for students to view and apply to open positions. The Student Employment Authorization (SEA) system is now open for the Academic Year 2020-21 hiring term.
Student Employment Services is available to assist with job creation, descriptions, posting or hiring. Please contact us at ses@lmu.edu or visit the Student Employment Services website.
