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EMPLOYMENT SEARCH MARYANN JOHNSON Photographer | @aMaryGoodTime
Whether you need to pay for tuition, the gas money to get home every other weekend or just some extra cash, most people have a good reason to have a job in college. But where do you start? First, it never hurts to start with student employment and on-campus jobs as those supervisors will work with your class schedule and are very understanding that you are a student before anything else. Student employment options and links to the applications are easy to find; just go to https://www.nwmissouri. edu/hr/student/index.htm.
Once you apply for one, the application saves so you can easily fill out several others — I know this as I applied for 14 at one time— many I was unqualified for. Keep in mind that anyone can apply for anything, and I mean anything. I am an English education student and work in a microbiology lab as a lab prepper and as a photographer at a newspaper and yearbook. Shoot your shot and venture out there. Keep in mind that with on-campus jobs, you only get paid once a month, and you can only work 20 hours a week, so if you need a steady cash flow it may not be the option for you. However, stu-
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dents do have the option to go to seminars and work toward a higher pay with many of the on-campus job options. This program is called Employment Career Pathing; you will get plenty of emails to learn more about it. Other options involve applying for the abundance of restaurants and gas stations in town, but when in doubt, HyVee it out. They almost always hire, and you can usually work at your home HyVee in the summers as well. If nothing in Maryville catches your eye, there are many more options in surrounding towns like St. Joseph, but you’ve got to make sure your commute is worth it.
