Student Employment Program For Supervisors

The Student Employment Program gives offices and departments across SLCC the opportunity to partner with Career Services to create meaningful paid positions for SLCC students. The goal is to provide students with professional development, new learning opportunities, and career mentorship at any SLCC campus.

Students are paid $15.00 per hour and are expected to work 20 hours per week. It's an opportunity for your office or academic department to benefit from student support through peer-to-peer interactions, project-based work, or other experiences that allow students to build skills relevant to their educational and career goals.

Any office or department across all SLCC campuses is welcome to request funding. To get started, email Annastayzia Wilson at awils221@slcc.edu to confirm funding availability. If approved, your next step is to post the position in NeoEd.

Career Services provides the funding for participating departments. Funding is limited, does not roll over year to year, and may require departments to join a waitlist. Work-Study and the Student Employment Program are separate programs with different funding sources — Work-Study is managed by Financial Aid. A student with a Work-Study award may participate in the Student Employment Program, but their Work-Study funding must be used first. Learn more about Work-Study.

Career Services supplies the funding for a department to have a campus internship student. Funding is only provided for internships within the program which meet program requirements - departments may also choose to hire their own interns from their own departmental funding, which is unrelated to the Student Employment Program. The Student Employment Program funding comes from the Career Services office, though funding is limited. Please note that work-study and the Student Employment Program are not same program, they are two different funding sources and are managed by two different departments (work-study is managed by Financial Aid). Career Services funding does not roll over and changes each year. There may be times that a department needs to go on a waitlist until funding is available.

You can hire a student who has work-study for a campus internship position, but they would be required to spend down their work-study award first before we use Student Employment Program funding for the remainder of their internship. What this means is the student would use their financial aid rather than Student Employment Program funding. For more information on work-study please go here:http://www.slcc.edu/financialaid/work-study-program.aspx.

The department or office hosting the intern has the responsibility of providing a detailed job description and desired qualifications to post through Handshake. Any student who is interested in the program should first meet with a Career Coach to ensure their eligibility (via a completed Eligibility Form) and review available campus internship openings. 

While we promote your open campus internship position through our team of Coaches, peer mentors, and recruitment fairs, it is also the responsibility of the supervisor to market the open position in Handshake as well as select a qualified candidate from the pool of applicants. Before offering the position to a final candidate, check with the Student Employment Program Coordinator to ensure the student is eligible.  If the student is eligible, the supervisor will need to provide a completed Hiring Outcomes Form to the Student Employment Program Coordinator who will then submit hiring paperwork to HR. 

To ensure your department’s commitment to developing and supporting student’s educational and occupational learning outcomes, we ask that you develop and complete a Learning Outcomes Agreement with the student at the beginning of their internship and return to the Student Employment Program Coordinator. Career Readiness Competencies are identified by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) as most valuable to employers and we encourage you to weave these competencies into your internship and learning agreement: critical thinking/problem solving, teamwork/collaboration, professionalism/work ethic, and oral/written communication skills. For a list of adjacent competencies or further explanation, please review this article. Whenever possible, learning outcomes should be directly related to the student’s academic program, area of study, or ultimate career goals.

To provide further exploration, professional development, and support for campus internship students, campus internship students are required to attend professional development opportunities. A list of programs and dates will be emailed at the beginning of the semester to both the supervisor and the student—supervisors are not required to attend but are welcome to participate and support their intern. Attendance at professional development opportunities is part of students' work hours for the week and students are paid for their time.  Topics for professional development could include: CliftonStrengths, resumes and cover letters, interviewing, major exploration and registration, E-portfolio, among others.

• Email Annastayzia Wilson at awils221@slcc.edu to confirm funding availability before posting.
• Once approved, post the position in NeoEd. Your posting must clearly describe the duties, learning objectives, and desired qualifications.
• Once your NeoEd posting is live, notify Annastayzia Wilson so the position can be linked in Handshake for students to find and apply.
• Your department will need its own Handshake employer account if one doesn't already exist — do not join SLCC's existing account, as that request will be denied. Instructions for creating a department account are here.
• All postings must include "Student Employment Program" at the start of the title. Example: Student Employment Program – Specialist I.
• Funding is approved for the current fiscal year only (July 1–June 30) and is not guaranteed from one year to the next.
• You have two months to fill your position once it is posted. If the position is not filled within that window, funding may be moved to another department.