Job listings ease students' dilemma
Employment offices on campus post a wide variety of prospects
By KEN KOOPMAN
Of the Em*ra4d
It's a scary situation After weathering
long registration, tuition payment and
book-buying lines, students must face a
whole new problem — where to find that
part-time job to pay the bills
The solution may lie right on campus
Student jobs listings are available at
the University branch of the state em
ployment service, located at 1511 Agate
St and right next door at the work study
job placement office
The state employment service, while
open to the general public specializes in
finding students temporary or part-time
jobs
A bulletin board displays numbered
cards with detailed job descriptions
Interested students simply give the de
sired job number to a staff member, who
then tells the student how to contact the
employer
“An average of five to seven new jobs
come into our office each day," says Ken
Masterson. supervisor of the work
placement offices
A random check of the new jobs list
ings shows openings for a pizza dough
maker, guitar instructor, statistical typist,
bartender and house cleaner Most |obs
pay between $3 50 and $4 50 an hour to
start
If a new job listing is not filled the same
day (most are), it is posted on a larger
board with categorized job listings
Masterson says students must be
prepared before coming to the office
"Students should come into our office
already prepared to make a decision
regarding their employment," Masterson
says ' Appearance, qualifications,
availability and the desire to work are
essential ingredients for beginning your
job search "
The office also lists jobs that pay less
than the minimum wage such as baby
sitting or ironing Various "how-to-fmd
a-job' pamphlets also are available
Next door, at the work-study
placement office, jobs are open only to
students classified as eligible by the
University's financial aid office
Eligible students then must register at
the work-study placement office
Current job openings also are posted
on bulletin boards at the work-study
placement office Placement office em
ployees arrange appointments with in
terviewers who review job requirements
with prospective student workers If a
student is qualified, the office gives the
student a referral certification card and
instructions to contact the employer
"We can’t and won’t refer a student
who is not qualified to fill the |Ob." Mas
terson says
"Our system is actually a self-screen
ing process The basic specifications of
the job are posted and it's up to the
student to decide if he or she is qualified
for the position "
In the past work-study students have
found an abundance of jobs
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have work-study eligibility, but not all will !
be looking for work Last year's figures
show that only two-thirds of eligible
students apply for |obs
That percentage may be higher this
year because less aid is being awarded
in loans, grants and other aid
"Some students receiving financial aid
packages use only the loans or grant
money and skip the work-study, but with
the cutbacks and the tight economy, I
would guess more of the work-study
allotment will be used this year," Mas
terson says
Future job availability is hard to
predict, but work placement offices are
finding employment for University
students who need jobs
Masterson urges students who are
looking for work to check the |ob boards
frequently
"There is usually a steady stream of
jobs that comes through our offices, but
sometimes that stream is reduced to a
trickle," he says
College gets
$10,500 for
new research
The problems of and pos
sibilities for undergraduate re
search have been the subiect of
renewed nationwide interest
according to a newsletter pub
lished by the University s Hon
ors College
The Honors College has
received a $10,500 grant to
begin undergraduate research
fellowships, modeled after a
similar program recently started
at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
The grant, presented to the
college by The Oregon Com
munity Foundation, through the
Carl and Alma Johnson Fund
will be used to encourage,
facilitate and reward"
high-quality undergraduate re
search leading to completion of
an honors college senior thesis
The grant is intended to sup
port undergraduate research
fellowships, purchase basic
reference materials and expand
computer facilities Beginning
this fall the Honors College will
offer undergraduate research
fellowships to seniors of super
ior academic accomplishment
whose thesis or project shows
particularly promising results
About 20 senior fellows will be
supported with grants of up to
$400
All seniors in the Honors Col
lege who plan to graduate dur
ing the next calendar year can
obtain more information from
Alan Kimball. Honors College
director
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