Wayne State College offers a variety of part-time positions for current undergraduate students, all with different tasks and hours.
All students enrolled at WSC are eligible to apply for these jobs, whether it’s a position working for the library, athletics or Fresh Ideas. To apply, a student will need to complete, sign and email an application which can be found on the WSC official website. Handshake, the application used by the college, will list any specific openings for part-time positions for students.
After completing the application, students are to email it to [email protected] and include which positions they are applying for. The review process will then begin.
Natalie Stallbaum has been a student worker for the Conn Library for almost three years. Her main duties include checking in and out books, helping students find books, cleaning tables, filling printers and other small tasks.
Stallbaum gets paid directly from the college at a wage of $12.75 per hour, with a 25 cent raise from minimum wage because of how long she’s worked there. On average, she works about eight hours per week.
“We’re supposed to work eight hours a week, but sometimes it changes depending on if you’re covering for somebody,” Stallbaum said. “But mostly eight hours a week.”
Stallbaum said she’s not aware of the maximum number of hours she can work.
“I only work specific hours throughout the week, and I think if you work over in food services, they have to work mostly every day right now,” Stallbaum said.
In addition, the work environment at the library allows you to have time to work on homework and interact with other students coming up to the help desk every now and then.
Other than the Campus Service Center, the IRC and Circulation Desk are the main areas for student work in the library.
Ben Gathje, a junior, has been on the event staff for the athletics department since his sophomore year. His main duties include setting up events and at this specific time of the year, recording replays for the football team.
Gathje gets paid directly from the college at a wage of $10.50 per hour.
When discussing what the work environment is like, Gathje overall said it’s good for being a student worker.
“It is pretty relaxed and easy,” Gathje said. “It’s not fun when you have to work outside for six hours, but other than that it’s a good work environment, at least being on event staff.”
Gathje’s hours vary depending on what’s going on for events each week, but on average, he works about six hours per week.
While these are just a couple of options for student work, visit Handshake to see all of the other opportunities for employment at WSC.
