On campus jobs account for the majority of student employment, but some students may not be receiving enough hours.
In dining, some students are receiving five hours a week. John Lewis, director of campus dining services, said dining employs more than 1,000 people, students and non-students.
"We have hired 990 student employees this year, 154 full-time, non-exempt, non-student employees and 188 part-time non-student employees," Lewis said.
The dining managers try to hire as many part-time and full-time student employees as needed to successfully run the department.
Students are competing to try to find enough hours to pay for bills, rent and other daily necessities. Because many students are returning and have worked in dining for more than a year, they are able to get the shifts they really want.
"Returning dining students have the first opportunity to pick shifts they want," Lewis said. "[It] could be a shift of 2-3 hours or multiple shifts up to 20 hours."
The number of students working in dining has increased every year; many students find that dining is the easiest job to get. Because of this ease, some students are sharing a locker with three other employees, and there are sometimes not enough hours.
"This year we have 97.8 percent of shifts filled, last year at this time it was 91.3 percent," Lewis said.
Dining services has a rolling hire throughout the year in which they will hire people when it is necessary.
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