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Issue date: 8/27/07 Section: News

Bakersfield College full-time student Angelica Paredes gets help from bookstore student workers Lakeisha Pierce (left) and Rosa Cruz (right) on buying a book.

Being a full- or part-time student can be a stressful situation without the added worries of making a living. For many students, the idea of finding a job, much less one that will work around a busy school schedule, can be daunting.
However, for eligible students attending Bakersfield College, the Job Placement Office can help.
According to Meghan Holland, job developer specialist, they have placed over 100 students in four months and they expect that number to be much higher once school starts.
Before visiting job placement, students should log on to the student employment website at www.bc.cc.ca.us/student/employment to find which positions are available and write down the job number of the position they will want, suggested Holland. Students living in Delano do not need to come to the main campus for a meeting, said Holland, "I go out to Delano about once a week. So, they just need to find out what day I am going to be there."
According to the student employment Web site, Job Placement has five different categories: On-campus jobs, on-campus special requirement, off-campus, and off-campus out of the service area, and employment for students with disabilities.
"Right now there aren't many on-campus jobs available on our Web site, but when school starts there will be a whole lot more [jobs]," said Holland, "and the bookstore currently has a wait list, it's one of the more popular on-campus positions."
The requirements vary from each category. According to the Web site, on-campus jobs require students be currently enrolled in a minimum of six units at BC.
On-campus jobs include employment at all of the BC campuses, BC main campus, Weill Institute, and Delano Center.
The on-campus special requirement jobs also requires that students be enrolled in a minimum of six units at BC, as well as specific position qualifications and prerequisites depending on the department. For example, tutors would require you to have an instructor write you a recommendation letter, said Holland.
On-campus and off-campus out of the service area, which are job announcements primarily from California, only require students be currently enrolled, with no minimum amount of units, or be a BC graduate, according to the Web site. Graduates looking to move out of Kern County can look on the job bored located in the job placement office for jobs in the area where they will be living.

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