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Summer is fast approaching and many students are still unsure of what they want to do during their break. To help solve this problem, the University of Maine offers a database of available jobs for its students.
The due date for summer work study applications has already passed, but the Office of Student Employment also offers resources to students who are just interested in finding something to do, whether it is camp counseling out of state or a local internship in their field of study.
The listing includes jobs offered on and around campus for this coming summer. It also includes payroll information, and alternative possibilities, such as paid internships. Emma Banks, an Office of Student Employment student administrative aid, said many in-state and out-of-state camps mail or fax their job descriptions to the Office of Student Employment, so they can add them to their list.
“We send out a mailing to both on and off-campus employers that usually post job offerings with us to see what they have available each year. We have a form that they fill out and send back to us with general information on their job offerings” she said. “We work with students who want to find jobs on campus that have ideas in mind. If a student really wants to work with a certain field, the department is usually very open, and helps find a position that fits the student’s expectations.”
Andrea Gifford of the Career Center said students had access to job information right on campus.
“The Career Center is also a good place to look. They have a lot of paid internships that offer you experience in your field. The department of your major may also have graduate contact information, so they could get you in a position to have an internship with a UMaine graduate.”
There is also a program for those who don’t want a steady job. “Fast Money” is a listing of jobs that range in duration from a month to a day. This is also an option for UMaine students.
The Office of Student Employment Web site also has information on what paperwork you need to have filled out to be hired, training that may be required, eligibility, possible hour limitations, and volunteer options. There are also links to almost all of the required eligibility paperwork.
One of the summer job listings is for the Fresh Air fund. They are a group of five camps, located 65 miles north of New York City. The Fresh Air fund has been a Not-for-Profit agency since 1877, who offer free summer vacations to over 1.7 million inner-city children.
Their listing states, “For many of these children, it will be their first time away from the sweltering concrete and dangerous streets. You can be one of over 400 counselors from around the world who are there to share the excitement, the tears, the achievement and the challenge.”
Banks said such camps were a common opportunity available to students
“Right now, we have a lot of summer camp listings,” said Banks. “They have been coming in as early as a month ago. They send posters and listings on their job offerings. A lot of camps need counselors for the summer.”
This week is also Student Worker Appreciation Week. The Office of Student Employment is raffling off free prizes for student workers and is also offering many other free gifts.
To find more information on summer jobs visit The Office of Student Employment has a job search database at www.umaine.edu/studemp.
