Let’s make lots of money

Here at Missouri Western students long for an easy way to make money on the side. Currently the easiest ways for students to earn money without straying too far from campus is an on-campus job. As the number of students has greatly increased, the demand for campus work has also increased. So drop that classified newspaper page and read this article to score a job right here and only a few feet away from your classes.

If any student desires a campus job, the first thing they should do is contact student employment for assistance. Student Employment Coordinator Matthew Gregg advises students looking for work to stop by his office in the Student Employment Center, Eder 202. Gregg explains how greatly his help could guide a student in the proper direction.

“There are about 18 different campus jobs [available],” Gregg said. “The first thing [a student] should do is register with NACE Link because that’s where we house our jobs and fill out the on-campus application. And then come and see me! I talk with a lot of the supervisors on campus.”

Gregg further explains the importance of finding a job within your passion or interest. Once a student searches NACE Link, which can be found at www.missouriwestern.edu/studentemployment, a student can really focus in on a job that will help him or her in the long run.

“I think that the first thing you should do when you go look for a job is look at something in your major, something that interests you, and something you are passionate about,” Gregg said. “It benefits your school work.”

Among these 18 available jobs resides a job within the dining services. The dining services include dishwashing, cooking, as well as serving in the cafeteria, food court, Commons, and Java City. Jim Maides, Dining Service Director, explains that the dining services are very helpful to student employees because the hours are extremely flexible.
“At the beginning of the semester we employ about 40 to 50 students with very flexible hours,” Maides said. “When they say what’s available we say almost everything.”

Currently, the Dining Services had filled almost all of their positions. However, job opportunities that involve catering are still yet to be taken.

“We consider ourselves to be at full staff. We can hire caters but it requires flexibility,” Maides said. “Some weeks we might have 25 to 30 events, and other weeks we might have two. In the past we’ve used softball players as student employees and after practice they would come in and clean silverware or [condiments]. If we find the girls to be dependable, we let them come and go as they want to.”

So, a flexible catering job that you could manage along with a sport, affiliation or another activity might just be up your alley. For more information, contact Jim Maides with dining services.

“We’re looking for dependability. We want people to show up when they are suppose to and be reliable,” Maides said.
Another job opportunity that is quite popular on campus is working in a computer lab or front desk for the residence halls. For this position you do not have to be a resident assistant nor live in the actual building that you are working for. Senior Allison Frazier, computer lab assistant, explains how her job in the Scanlon computer room allows her to get her own work done and make money at the same time.

“I like working in there,” Frazier said. “It’s beneficial for extra money. It’s an easy job and it’s like your doing nothing for something.”

Frazier was able to find this job by contacting her resident director. As we have six halls on campus, finding a job within one of them could possibly not take very long at all.

Another job opportunity could possibly involve tutoring. At the Center for Academic Support, employers are often looking for math, writing and content tutors. Content tutors include science, nursing, statistics, economics, psychology, and many other areas. As math and writing tutors receive pay through a set schedule, content tutors are able to set up the tutoring sessions on their own while receiving pay hourly. Junior and math tutor Allison Smith enjoys tutoring for the ability to be able to truly help and educate others.

“I wanted to tutor because my major is in education,” Smith said. “I wanted to have some experience and I like helping people.”

Besides being smart in a particular subject, tutoring also involves understanding a student and finding a constructive way to help them.

“If you’re good at math and good at interpreting it, then you should tutor,” Smith said. “It’s fun to see the light bulb go off when a student understands.”

So, tutoring could possibly be a route to enter as well. Especially if you are looking for a job that could give you experience in the future work force. For more information call the Center for Academic Support at 816-271-4524.
All in all, when looking for a campus job, a student must find something that they enjoy and ultimately benefit from.

These jobs could possibly include catering, lab assisting or tutoring. Among these jobs lie many others as well. The process of finding a job all depends on the future employee. If he or she can carry a long-lasting impression and be dependable, understanding and reliable, a campus job could possibly be an easy thing to obtain.