Summer Hiring: Next Steps
Congratulations on having your summer position approved.
- Early arrivals have not yet been approved, so no further action is needed at this time, and guidance will be shared later in the spring about hiring for that time period.
- If your position is only for "late stay" after graduation and will conclude before Block A begins (May 19th), you may email lifeworks@berry.edu to extend the student's hire if they are already working (note: no seniors may legally work after graduation). If your student's summer job is starting in late stay and extending through Block A, please see below
For all positions approved for Late Stay, Block A, Block B, and work block: Please read carefully about next steps for creating and posting your job and hiring your students.
1. Create your summer position.
Because summer jobs have unique attributes (dates, number of openings, duties, etc), please create a new summer job by using the blue "add a job" button in the JobX control panel. Important: please start your job title with the word "Summer". For example, "Summer Office Assistant" or "Summer Program Coordinator"
When creating your summer jobs, all information must match the job request you submitted and were approved (e.g. number of approved positions, job classification, hours, timeframe). As a reminder, here are the specific time blocks you may have been approved for.
- Late Stay (May 11-17)
- Block A (May 19-June 20)
- Block B (June 23-July 25)
- Work Block (July 26-August 9)
2. List your job.
If you do not currently have a student in mind for your position, please choose "active listed" when submitting your summer job. If you know who you want to hire, you may choose "active, not listed". We highly encourage you to list your job if possible, which will give our students looking for summer positions the widest range of options. The LifeWorks office will be communicating with students looking for work by email and social media, hopefully driving great candidates your way—but your job needs to be "active, listed" in order to accept applications
3. Hire your student(s) ASAP.
If you already know the student you are hiring, please hire them as soon as possible. All hiring must be completed by April 15th. If you have multiple applicants, please follow up with students you choose not to hire as soon as possible, so they can look for other positions. When your position is filled, make sure it is "active, not listed" but otherwise please keep your job listed.
4. Other/Optional.
Because you may not use this job often, you may change the job status to "inactive" in order to declutter your JobX control panel. You may always reactivate the job later should you need it, but this will streamline your list of jobs that you use on a regular basis.
Questions? Email summer@berry.edu
FAQ:
- Because summer jobs have unique attributes (dates, number of openings, duties, etc), please create a new summer job by using the blue "add a job button" in the JobX control panel. Important: please start your job title with the word "Summer". For example, "Summer Office Assistant" or "Summer Program Coordinator".
- When creating your summer jobs, all information must match the job request you submitted and were approved (e.g. number of approved positions, job classification, hours, timeframe). As a reminder, here are the specific time blocks you may have been approved for.
- Late Stay (May 11-17)
- Block A (May 19-June 20)
- Block B (June 23-July 25)
- Work Block (July 26-August 9)
- Once you receive approval, you should create your summer jobs on JobX as soon as possible. Once your jobs are created, "active - listed" jobs will be posted on Handshake for students to apply within a matter of days.
- We are asking our Gate and LifeWorks scholars to pursue job opportunities on campus to fulfill their scholarship requirements. It is Crucial that we have a wide variety of positions they can choose from.
- Some students may need a low hour job to meet summer housing requirements of at least 30 hours per week, and will need to find multiple jobs.
- If you have a student in mind for your summer jobs, list your job as "active - not listed" and the job will be posted.
- If you do not have a student in mind for your summer jobs, list your jobs as "active - listed" and it will be posted to the JobX/Handshake platform where students will apply for your job.
- If you already know the student you are hiring, please hire them as soon as possible. All hiring must be completed by April 15th. If you have multiple applicants, please follow up with students you choose not to hire as soon as possible, so they can look for other positions. When your position is filled, make sure it is "active, not listed" but otherwise please keep your job listed.
- Gate and LifeWorks scholars have specific scholarship requirements and are responsible for finding their summer job. We are asking you to post your jobs ASAP so these students have a wide variety of job options. There is no separate process for hiring these students.