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SES offers on and off campus employment
By Drew Sandholm
 Media Credit: Ching Fung Seth Mayer (left) Resident Hall Desk Associate of Case-Hill Hall, helps Rafael Lourenco. Mayer has one of the many on campus jobs that SES has to offer.
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Like hundreds of other students on the campus of SCSU, first-year student Yuzo Asakura is hunting for a job.
Asakura said her search has been anything but easy.
"If I want to get a job in an administrative office or the bookstore, the search has been hard," Asakura said.
The city of St. Cloud has had recent reports of major gains toward an economic recovery inspiring many. SCSU Student Employment Services (SES) office provides job placement. It has noticed a slight increase in available employment opportunities.
"Prior to the economy coming around, a lot of students were coming in, but obviously not as many employers," said Director of SES and senior aviation major Jim Reed. "Since then, the employers have picked up a little bit."
Providing information regarding both on- and off-campus job opportunities, SES provides assistance to those looking for work. They provide a link between the on-campus work and local community jobs. The job opportunities showcased at SES are many and varied.
Located in the Administrative Services building, the office is sometimes unnoticed, Asakura said.
"I didn't know about that before," she said.
It seems as though many look for work here on the campus, but few utilize the benefits of the SES office. Reed feels the convenience and assistance makes visiting worthwhile.
"We are your one-stop-shop," Reed said. "We are a medium for the jobs on and off the campus. So a student could avoid driving around town by just coming here."
The office receives employment information from as far as Waite Park to as close as Stewart Hall. To acquire the job information, SES finds itself receiving information by pursuing the employer, or vice versa. Either way, the ultimate goal for SES is to get employment information to students looking for it.
Lisa Bantley manages Hour-Glass Dry Cleaners, a small business located in downtown St. Cloud. Even as her store rests deep in the downtown area, her business has yet to see evidence of the economic recovery.
She says she hasn't had any openings, as of late, although she remains positive about the future both for her store and the welfare of those on the hunt.
Bantley thinks college students are the ideal employees. Of their 11 employees, more than half of them are college students.
Student workers come to employers with a unique ordeal. With concentration on school and other extra-curricular activities, many students desire few hours. Bantley feels this to be an appealing situation and it shows. She loves hiring college students.
"Since students don't want a lot of hours because of school, it becomes a win-win situation," Bantley said.
"I don't have the hours to give out full-time positions, and they only want small part-time hours."
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