There are seven General positions available to all departments on campus. Please review these positions on the Student Job Database before requesting the creation of a new position. The job descriptions for these general positions may not exactly describe the job you have in mind, however, if the basic outline of the position is sufficient, please use one of the general positions. There is a comments section on the Student Employment Forms: Post Existing Position form. If you wish to include specific responsibilities or attributes of the proposed position, list them in the comments section, and SEO can include that in the job posting on Handshake.  

If you need a more specialized job:

1. Check with your department as well as the Student Job Database for previously established position descriptions and see if the position you need has already been created.
2. If you wish to create a new position, complete the form Student Employment Forms: Create a New Position on the Student Employment website at the Home Page under Quick Links. Please complete it to the best of your ability. If you want to post the position, include the date to begin accepting applications. SEO will then post the position on Handshake and to our Student Job Database. 

1. Fill out the Student Employment Forms: Post Existing Position on the Student Employment website at the Home Page under Quick Links, and we will post it on Handshake for students to apply. If you have submitted a Create a New Position or Modify Existing Position form and included a date to begin accepting applications, you do not need to also submit a Student Employment Forms: Post Existing Position form.
2. Resumes and cover letters will be sent directly to your email, or the email associated with the job posting. Interview candidates and make job offers. All campus jobs are open to all students regardless of work-study eligibility or not.
3. Determine if student is eligible to work.  Students who are United States citizens, Legal Permanent Residents, Asylees, Refugees and International Students on F or J type visas are eligible to work. Students must be living (while in school) and working in the State of Maine.  Students whose status is semester abroad (SA) are not eligible to work in student positions unless prior authorization is granted based on exceptional circumstances.  Student will be granted an exception based on verification of their interim Maine based residence address, and temporary transition period before their abroad program begins.  If you have questions about a student’s eligibility to work please contact SEO.
4. After you have offered the job to a student and they have accepted, please submit a Student Personnel Action form. All students need to be Bates Work Authorized before they begin working. This means they have completed all federal and state mandated employment forms and have established their work eligibility in the United States.
5. Students are not allowed to work, attend training, or attend staff meetings until they are Bates Work Authorized. Please verify each student’s work authorization status before completing a Student Personnel Action. A student’s work authorization is valid through their entire time as a student at Bates. If the student is Bates Work Authorized, submit a Hire – Has BWA action. If the student is not Bates Work Authorized, submit a Hire – Needs BWA action. The Student Personnel Action page provides tips for determining if a student is Bates Work Authorized. Submitting a Hire – Needs BWA action will initiate the BWA process and SEO will coordinate with the student.
6. Once the student has completed their forms and provided the Student Employment Office with their identification, their BWA document will be created. The student will be instructed to send their supervisor an email confirmation. Once this is received, they can begin working.
7. The current minimum wage is $15.10 per hour. All student jobs are set up at that rate unless otherwise approved by the Office of Finance.

1. Once the SEO has received the hiring form, an electronic timesheet will be created in the student’s Garnet Gateway Account. Students are responsible for recording their hours on their timesheet. Each pay period lasts two weeks. Please familiarize yourself with the Biweekly Staff/Student Payroll Calendar and create reminders on your Google calendar to indicate when to approve the timesheets.
2. Students may have more than one job and can work up to a maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session. It helps if you know whether your student worker has more than one job so the student does not exceed 20 hours. Any student who exceeds the 20-hour maximum is subject to termination. Students are allowed to work 21-40 hours during breaks that last a week or longer.
3.  Federal law states international students are allowed to work a maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session, and may work full-time (21-40 hours per week) over breaks of one week or longer. This applies across all jobs, including approved Curricular Practical Training (CPT). Be particularly vigilant with the international students. We want to protect their status in the United States.
4. Students must submit their timesheet by 2:59 PM on the second Sunday of the pay period. You have the right as their supervisor to require that the student submit their timesheet earlier. 
5. Do not allow or accept the recording of any hours other than those hours worked during those two weeks. Please do not suggest that they exceed the 20-hour limit and record the additional hours in a different week or pay period. A timesheet is a legal document and must reflect what was actually worked.
6. If a student does not meet the timesheet deadline or forgets to record hours on the timesheet, they must first reach out to their supervisor with the hours and dates they worked. Before 11:59 P.M. on the Monday after the pay period end date, the supervisor can make edits or data entry to the submitted timesheets as needed, enter a comment, and then approve. If it is Tuesday or beyond, students must submit an Adobe Sign Student Timesheet. Please see the Timesheet Information page for more detail.  

1. Timesheets must be approved by 11:59 P.M. on the Monday following the pay period end date. If this is not possible, please contact someone from the Payroll Office. We ask that timesheets be approved by noon on that Monday as a best practice. It may be helpful to set up a calendar reminder for every other Monday to approve student timesheets.
2. Timesheets in the IN PROGRESS status on Garnet Gateway have not been submitted by the student. Please monitor the status of your student employees timesheets in order to ensure they are submitted in a timely manner.
3. Timesheets can only be approved once they have been submitted by either the student or, if the student neglects to submit by the deadline, the Payroll Office automatically submits timesheets. Once a timesheet has been submitted, it will be in PENDING status and can then be approved by the supervisor.
4. Timesheets cannot be returned for correction after the time entry deadline for students. The time entry deadline is always the Sunday at 2:59 p.m. After that deadline, students will not have access to their timesheet. Please see the Biweekly Staff/Student Payroll Calendar to confirm dates. If corrections are needed, please use the “Details” feature on Garnet Gateway, make necessary edits, and then add a comment indicating the changes. You can then approve.
5. Always check on the Monday after the end of the pay period to double-check for timesheets in the pending list. Even if you think you have already approved all pending timesheets, it is possible that others have been submitted since you last looked. Timesheets in error status can also be approved. 
6. Every approver must have at least one Proxy Timesheet Approver. A proxy can approve the timesheets in your absence. Faculty members may ask their Academic Administrative Assistant to act as their Proxy. 
7. Student timesheets become available on the first Monday of the pay period.