I only intimated that perhaps people were just complaining, because up till now, no one had offered concrete reports to the contrary. The article that was linked to, was quite short on facts. So, thank you, I appreciate hearing the rest of the story.
What is MHC’s explanation? Are all you students just booked to the max between classes and EC’s, so no jobs can match up? Are there really jobs posted that are not actually hiring? I do hear you, about continuing students lining up jobs for the next year, so hopefully you’ll avail yourself of that advantage.
I have worked at a community college and my D attends a much smaller LAC than MHC, with a higher % of Pell recipients, and just slightly lower % of international students. I have heard not a peep about lack of jobs and as I said upthread, I’m not even sure they use student labor in the dining hall. My D’s roommate is international and she’s working (at not particularly skilled jobs). At the community college where I worked, this was also not an issue, so I’m really puzzled what’s going on.
As far as freshmen not realizing they can also apply to other jobs, I do have to say it took me all of about 10 seconds to find that on the website, unless they only recently updated it. Surely they mention this at the various job info sessions at orientation? With this being apparently such a big issue, it should only require a few students spreading the word to those who have missed it. Or parents might find such info and pass on to their kids? Maybe at this point it’s a moot issue.
If students’ daily schedules are really, really full, I can see employment becoming an issue, and I think that is a choice or a consequence people have to accept .