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If you're looking, campus may be the best place to find a job.
The U.S. Education Department reported an increase in campus jobs across the nation this year.
"We've always had a lot of student workers on campus," said Emily Wilber, assistant director of Career Services at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Most universities have some resources dedicated to career services, she said. Students at UNL can access roughly 50 on-campus positions listed on the Career Services Web site that involve such things as research work, tutoring and food processing.
"Every activity going on at the university is supported by students in some way," Wilber said. "There are a lot of different things going on out there. There may be a student out there that just does filing out there, but I doubt it."
The amount of students working on campus fluctuates between peak seasons. Students can find these jobs online at the Career Services Web site.
Carlos Lopez, a junior computer science and psychology major, spent his summer giving students tours of campus.
"That was perhaps my favorite and my most defining job," Lopez said.
Lopez has had five campus jobs, including the ones he has now. He currently works for housing and for admissions at UNL.
"It's convenient, a good location," he said. "As a former commuter, that was really important to me. I could just go to class, go to work, then go home at the end of the day ... I plan on working on campus until I graduate and then maybe after."
Location is one of the biggest reasons students are eager to work on campus, Wilber said. Students are able to work between classes and on-campus employers understand if students are having a busy week. Off-campus employers are usually not that flexible, Lopez said.
"We care about the students," Wilber said, "by the nature of what we do. It's a supportive environment."
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