Student Employment vs. Staff Employment

Student Employment:

  • Part-time employee who is concurrently enrolled at UA with the primary goal of achieving a degree.
  • Employment is interim or temporary in nature and is incidental to the pursuit of an academic program.
  • No guarantee of employment implied or otherwise.
  • Non-benefits eligible.

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Staff Employment:

Students are eligible to apply, yet there are some differences:

  • Regular Classified Staff - positions regularly scheduled for 20 hours/week or more and that are expected to be active for more than 6 months; benefits eligible.
  • Extended Temporary Employee (ETE) - positions expected to be active for not less than 6 nor more than 24 continuous months; benefits eligible.
  • Part-time Classified Staff - positions regularly scheduled for less than 20 hours/week and that are expected to be active for more than 6 months; not benefits-eligible.
  • Temporary Classified Staff - positions which are expected to be active for less than 6 months; non-benefits eligible.
October 1, 2004