Work for Dining

Dining Center positions usually open in early summer and as needed throughout the academic year.

There are two dining centers on campus: Wilkerson and Squires.

The dining centers offer a wide variety of position types. You could be serving food, stocking food to serve, preparing food with the chef, helping clean dishware, or greeting people as they enter the facility. Doing one job all the time can get mundane, so there is flexibility in the tasks you may do in a shift.

There are many retail locations across campus. From Stomping Grounds Coffee Shops, to Xpress Convenience Stores.

In retail, some areas operate as convenience stores, coffee shops or restaurants. Each location offers unique opportunities from stocking products on shelves, making specialty coffee drinks, collecting payments or helping to keep the space clean.

The brand new Memorial Union will be home to exciting, new dining locations! This includes:

• Chick Fil A
• Panda Express
• Starbucks
• 1883 Grill
• University Ave Pizza
• Dakota Deli
• Express Convenience Store

Catering is also apart of the Dining Services operations. This unique area has a lot of needs that are different from the others. This could be setting-up and serving at the many catered events that take place across campus. Events include big days like weddings at the Gorecki Alumni Center, celebration banquets for student organizations, or fun programs for students, staff and faculty in the BRAND NEW Memorial Union!

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Each position varies, but every Dining Services Position has at least a $10 per hour starting pay.

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All student employees are able to get a free meal for each shift if the shift is longer than three hours. You are able to have that free meal before or after your shift.

Catering

You are guaranteed to work multiple positions in catering. Catering is good for someone who likes variety and flexibility. A shift is usually for a whole event, from setting up, serving food, and cleaning up tables or dishes. You will never be bored in catering!

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Doing one task all the time can get to be mundane. With this, students can work more than one position. Some students will do both line serving and dishwashing so they don’t get burned out.

Retail Operations

When you work for Retail Operations, you will always be doing a wide variety of tasks. You could be greeting customers at the register, stocking product, cleaning the store, or making food or drinks. As well, there are many different retail locations across campus, and there is an opportunity to cover shifts across all of them.

Catering

Event schedules vary based on the season, time of year, and event type. If you're looking for variety and flexibility, catering is the place for you. Some weeks you could have 15 hours, some weeks could be less. It all depends. There are often opportunities for students to pick up last-minute shifts for events that come up.

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Having a steady income is important, so we do our best to provide 10 to 15 hours a week. Shifts are usually between 2 and 6 hours. A good majority of our shifts are in the 4 to 5 hour range. 

Retail

At the beginning of the semester, shifts are usually set in 2 to 4 hour time blocks. Students usually sign up for that shift for the semester. If something comes up and you are unable to work that shift, you will coordinate someone else to work it for you.

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Being a student, having a social life, and balancing a job can be hard. We want to make sure that you get the most out of your college experience, so we make sure to ask for your availability before scheduling. We can offer this by altering the start or end time of a shift accordingly, or you can get someone else to cover your shift if something comes up.

Catering

With every event having different needs, shifts range from 2 hours to 8 hours. They are also dependent on the event time, which could be in the morning, afternoon, weekend, and even at night. This is great if you're looking to work hours that aren't always the same.

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During the day time hours, shifts will start at random times. Start times are all based on when the most support is needed and could range from 6:00 am to noon. We recognize this time block often will conflict with classes, so these shifts are adjusted the most often to fit around classes.

Afternoon shifts are more structured with the following times:

• 2:15 pm – 4:30 pm
• 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm
• 7:45 pm – Midnight or 12:00 am

Retail

Each location and area has a different need based on the season, day of the week, and time of day. When shifts are set up, you get to select the day of the week and time of day based on availability. So shifts are when it is best suited for you!

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Prior experience is not needed to apply! We offer in-depth training for all of the new positions so they are comfortable with the work they will be doing before getting started.

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We need experienced leaders to help keep our operations running. We rely heavily on students to help us do this. There is always an opportunity for students to grow into student leadership positions! Usually once or twice a semester, we request applications for promotion.

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With any position in Dining Services, you will gain skills in the following areas:

• Customer Service
• Teamwork
• Critical Thinking
• Communication Skills
• Timeliness
• Patience
• Empathy
• Dependability
• Adaptability