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THE STUDENT CORPS PROGRAM

Student Corps is a program, offered by the Career Center, designed to promote jobs for students by simplifying employment procedures for UCSC unit/department employers needing temporary help. Members of the Student Corps pool are selected on the basis of their skills and availability for short term and/or intermittent jobs. The types of jobs available through Student Corps vary considerably (e.g., clerical office work, filing, photocopying, running errands, reception, sorting mail, preparing & sending bulk mail, processing, sorting, collating, labeling, packet assembly, stuffing envelopes, shredding, archiving, tape recording, posting flyers, banner & poster creating, answering phones, typing, data entry, transcription, translation, custodial & maintenance, testing equipment, driving, moving, yard work, weeding, directing traffic, event set-up & break down, clean up, ushering, and more). As a Student Corps member, you will have the opportunity to work for many different departments on and off campus in a variety of jobs. Student Corps consists of approximately 25 student members who are responsible for setting up their own temporary assignments (via the Student Corps job listings posted on the web site) each day. Student Corps workers are independently responsible for setting up their own jobs by contacting the department supervisor listed on the Student Corps job listing web site.

HOURS YOU CAN WORK/YOUR CLASSIFICATION

As a student employee, you are allowed to work a MAXIMUM OF 19 HOURS PER WEEK while school is in session. However, the maximum number of hours a Student Corps employee may work is 76 hours per calendar month (this includes quarter breaks and summer months). Because Student Corps is a temporary job service, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE as to the number of hours (based on job availability) you will actually work each month. There tend to be peak periods in which you will be able to work fairly consistently, and other times when there are very few jobs available. Student Corps members are classified at the Assistant II level with a pay rate of $7.12 an hour.

EMPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS

While you are participating in Student Corps program, at the Career Center, YOU MAY NOT HOLD ANOTHER JOB AT UCSC (paid by another UCSC unit/department). We want you to be available for Student Corps temporary jobs, from the Career Center, as they are faxed in and displayed on the Career Center's Student Corps web site; therefore, we ask that you make this a commitment. Your Student Corps employment totals for one month should not exceed 76 hours for the temporary work you do anywhere throughout the UCSC system, both on and off campus in any unit/department. If the duration of the job assignment is estimated to be longer, the employing department is required to go through the open recruitment process (via posting their job on the ER System).

CHECKING IN FOR JOBS/ACCEPTING JOBS/CONTACTING THE CAREER CENTER

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO LOG INTO THE STUDENT CORPS JOB LISTING WEB SITE (www2.ucsc.edu/careers/jobs/studentcorpswkr.html) AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. We will be monitoring your logging into the web database activity each week (the job listing web site database will record each day & time you log in). Those student employees who miss three weeks of logging into the Student Corps Job Listing web site, without first making arrangements with the Student Corps program assistant (459-4019, studentcorps@ucsc.edu), will be dismissed from Corps.

YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT ONE JOB PER MONTH (AT A MINIMUM). Visiting the web site (listed above), with password access, to find these jobs is the quickest way for you to set up your temporary job assignment(s). On the web site (listed above) there will be a listing with all the current job openings. The best time to check the job listings would be between 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday (while staff is available to data enter & post all SC jobs). If you know that you will be available to work early in the morning, you may want to visit the web site during the prior afternoon, to see if there are any jobs available for the next day. CONTACT THE JOB SUPERVISOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE JOB. You are competing with 24 other students for each job on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Once you contact and agree to work with a job supervisor (listed in the job listing), YOU ARE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY CLICK THE "NOTIFY US" BUTTON (ON THE JOB LISTING WEB SITE) OF YOUR JOB ACCEPTANCE. Notifying the assistants will allow us to remove the listing from the web so that the employer is not continually contacted about the job that is already filled. In addition to posting the jobs on the web, the Student Corps Program Assistants & Manager will be emailing important announcements. Responding to email & voice mail messages is also mandatory.

REPORTING OF HOURS AND YOUR PAYCHECK

After finishing a work assignment, your WEEKLY TIME SHEET MUST BE COMPLETED AND SIGNED BY YOUR JOB SUPERVISOR (only full-time University employees are eligible to sign as supervisors). ONLY USE ONE WEEKLY TIME SHEET PER JOB & PER WEEK.

In addition to your weekly timesheet(s), YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BRING ALL WEEKLY TIME SHEETS & COMPLETE A MONTHLY TIME SHEET WITH YOUR SIGNATURE AT THE CAREER CENTER (WITH ALL WEEKLY TIME SHEETS ATTACHED) TO THE STUDENT CORPS ASSISTANT, BY 10AM ON THE 23RD OF EACH MONTH (or the last working day prior to the 23rd) IN ORDER TO BE PAID ON TIME (the Career Center hours are 9:30am-4:00pm, M-F)! You may be notified during certain months that the turn-in date is earlier in order to meet Payroll Office deadlines. Only time sheets received in the Career Center by 10AM on the deadline date will be reflected in your monthly paycheck. Pay day is on the 8th working day of each month. You can be pick up your paycheck at the Career Center or your college office (depending on what you tell the Student Employment Payroll Assistant when you sign up and are placed on UCSC payroll). Regulations governing Student Corps do not provide for sick pay, holiday, or vacation pay. Withholding taxes are the only payroll deduction. For further information regarding payroll policies please talk to the Student Corps Program Manager, Cyndi Edinger (459-2789) or the Accounting Office (459-2488).

STUDENT CORPS MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

It is your responsibility to advise the Career Center of any changes in address, phone number, email, availability or employment in another departments on campus. Attitude is of the utmost importance. You are expected to give punctual, efficient, and cooperative performance to the hiring department. If you are 15 minutes late for a Student Corps position it is considered a no show. Two "no shows" and you will be dismissed from the Student Corps program. If illness or any unforeseen circumstances prevent attendance at work, it is your responsibility to immediately notify the supervisor and the Student Corps Assistants (459-4019, studentcorps@ucsc.edu) in order to find a replacement for your job assignment.

INCENTIVE AWARD PROGRAM

Two students will be awarded a Student Employee Recogition Award (before taxes) of $300 (1st place) and $200 (2nd place) and mention at the SERAP ceremony in May. These awards will be granted to the Student Corps Workers that acheive the total highest number of different jobs worked (with different supervisors) in Student Corps during the current academic year. The winners will be determined on March 24th based on all work performed from the start of Fall quarter through March 24th of each year. Please note: Only Student Corps student workers in good academic standing are eligible to be nominated for these awards. There will also be a year-end Student Corps celebration to honor all Student Corps workers that have participated in the program throughout the year. Back to Student Corps Home Page