The IUPUI Office of Student Employment serves as a partner to IUPUI campus departments interested in recruiting, employing, and engaging IUPUI students. We have specific services provided to on-campus employers and welcome any department or organization interested in college work experiences to reach out to our office.
Services for campus employers
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The IUPUI Office of Student Employment serves as a department's and supervisor’s partner in creating and maximizing student employment opportunities through delivering comprehensive coaching, consulting, and training on:
Recruiting, hiring, orienting, and training student employees
Planning, budgeting, and creating academically relevant positions
Leveraging and navigating the Federal Work-Study Program and process
Supervising, engaging, and managing student employees
As a current or prospective on-campus employer, you are invited to receive the specific services listed below upon request, free of charge, by contacting us at future@iupui.edu.
Planning and budgeting
- Guidance on timelines and deadlines affecting student employment at IUPUI, including recommended recruitment and hiring time frames and dates related to employing students who have a work-study award
- Opportunities to offset the financial cost to your department for employing students, including leveraging work-study and the IUPUI Hire Achievers Program
- Wage-setting recommendations to ensure compliance with IU policies and to appropriately compensate students based on levels of responsibility
Creating academically relevant positions
- Direction for designing student positions at an appropriate level to meet departmental needs and to create a challenging and valuable college work experience for students
- Coaching to craft a detailed and accurate position description to capture responsibilities and to highlight transferable skills gained in the role
- Review of and feedback on new or existing student employee position descriptions
Recruiting and hiring
- Guidance on developing a job posting to attract high-quality student candidates
- Support in marketing your positions to the student body through our job board, social media outlets, recruiting events, and direct coordination with our existing student services and programs
- Strategies for screening application materials to select quality interview candidates
- Interview structure planning, guidance, and assistance in selecting the most qualified student candidates
- Navigation through the process of hiring IUPUI student employees, including students who have a work-study award
Orienting and training
- Recommendations for developing a comprehensive orientation experience for new student employees, including timelines, topics, and leveraging existing resources
- Guidance to ensure training and professional development activities are rooted in the student employee experience, including compliance with IU policies and procedures, as well as training/professional development on soft skills
Supervising and engaging
- Coaching for supervisors on best practices, approaches, and techniques for supervising student employees
- Guidance for understanding and remaining in compliance with IU policies and procedures related to employing students
- Strategies for recognizing, engaging, and appreciating student employees and their contributions to departments
- Recommendations for off-boarding student employees leaving their positions, including termination and separation processing
Managing student employee performance
- Coaching to address and to mediate situational student employee performance and conduct issues
- Recommendations for designing, customizing, and implementing student employee performance management processes and tools, including evaluations and conversation tips to highlight enhanced academic and professional growth
- Referrals to campus resources to address student employee performance and employee relations concerns