Student Employment High Impact Practice

Handshake serves as the posting site for all part-time and full-time positions, along with internships and UTA student employment opportunities. 

• If you are not familiar with hiring a student and/or Handshake please review our Handshake Supervisor Training. 
• To make the process of hiring a student employee as easy and laid out as possible, we created a Student Employment Process Step-by-Step Guide to ensure your department checks all the boxes necessary.

• Ensure that your student position job description is an accurate reflection of the job you are hiring for. We have provided a template outlining the required fields to help you create or update your student job for Handshake.

  • Student Job Titles and Position Descriptions
  • Student Pay Ranges and Job Codes
  • More about Handshake

Department's selection process involves resume screening and interviews based on the application's submitted on Handshake. This ensures you hire students who not only meet the job requirements but also align with your department's values and culture. 

• Is your student employee working remotely? Check out our Remote Work Ideas for Student Employees and 8 Tips for Student Employees Working Remotely.
• If your department is unsure on what to ask during an interview, please review our pre-approved interview questions. 
• Need an interview space?Request an interview room in the Career Development Center.
• We also have reference check questions to help with making reference checks as well.
• See our standard offer letter template that you can customize for each position you have.

Engage with the student on day one and schedule ongoing meetings, to ensure that they are set up for success. This will allow your student employees to integrate seamlessly into their roles and the workplace. 

• We have created a Onboarding Checklist for Student Employees as a guide to successfully on-board and train your new student employee. 
• This Student Employee Confidentiality Agreement has been approved by legal for use in your departments with students.
• Student Employment Performance Review Tool
  
• Supervisor Completion Form

The Career Development Center and Student Affairs offers resources to support supervisors in implementing experiential learning activities, helping teams choose relevant activities and execute them effectively.

• To explore and create impactful learning experiences for students, review our Supervisor Workforce Skills Guide.
• The four core Mavs GROW® questions should be asked in every work-academic connection conversation. Any other questions that you may ask should be asked in addition to the four core questions. The four core
  questions are essential to Mavs GROW® and will be assessed at the end of the academic year.
  • How is this job fitting in with your academics?
  • What are you learning here that’s helping you in school?
  • What are you learning in class that you can apply here at work?
  • Can you give me a couple of examples of things you’ve learned here that you think you’ll use in your chosen profession?

To show appreciation for your student employees, there are several ways you can acknowledge their contributions and motivate them to do their best for the university:

• Encourage your student to attend our yearly Student Employee Appreciation Event - Each year, UTA recognizes outstanding student employees, and awards students as an Undergraduate Student Employee of the Year and Graduate Student Employee of the Year each winner will receive a scholarship award. In order to receive this award, student supervisor's will have the opportunity to nominate their student employee. Stay tuned for more information about this event will be released in the Spring semesters. 
• Send a card - Virtual or snail mail - This is one of the easiest ways to celebrate your student! A hand written note can mean the world to your student and virtual one's will deliver. Create an individual one or a group card for your office to sign. You can use this free website to send virtual cards to your student. 
• Post on social media boasting of the terrific work your student employee has done - Share your student worker's accomplishments on social media! Tag us on social media using @hireamav with the hashtag #studentemployee!
• Have their favorite food delivered to them - Not only can this help a small business, but you can treat your student worker to a meal delivered right to them!
• Have your staff take pictures with signs saying thank you - Make a video or card using your staff! Take a picture or video holding a sign that shows your appreciation for your student employees. If you would like to use our "We Love Our Student Employees," frame please contact us at [email protected].
• Use your screens - Post a thank you message on TV screens or monitors in lobbies or shared spaces, using images of student employees who work throughout the university to celebrate them further. 
• Spotlights posted on all Social Media platforms - Recognize your Student employee by submitting a Student Employee Spotlight Form. 

When students graduate or leave their positions, we encourage departments to conduct exit interviews to gather feedback and provide guidance for students transitioning out of the role. This valuable information helps us refine our programs and maintain strong alumni relationships.

• Please review the Student Employment Performance Review Tool.
  • Student Employee Self Evaluation
  • Student Employee Performance Review

We encourage departments to host performance evaluations biannually, allowing supervisors and students to discuss progress, set goals, and identify areas for improvement. This ensures accountability and promotes ongoing development.

• To assist with this process, review our Exit Interview template.
• The four core Mavs GROW® questions should be asked in every work-academic connection conversation. Any other questions that you may ask should be asked in addition to the four core questions. The four core
  questions are essential to Mavs GROW® and will be assessed at the end of the academic year.
  • How is this job fitting in with your academics?
  • What are you learning here that’s helping you in school?
  • What are you learning in class that you can apply here at work?
  • Can you give me a couple of examples of things you’ve learned here that you think you’ll use in your chosen profession?

If you have any questions related to Student Employment, please email us at [email protected].