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Posted March 29, 2024
National Student Employment Week, April 8-12
National Student Employment Week is celebrated each year across the country in order to recognize and appreciate the invaluable service of both student employees and student employment professionals.
The National Student Employment Association (NSEA) has declared that the week of April 8th- 12th, 2024 will serve to celebrate those students who work with enthusiasm, dedication, and initiative to support their campus with a spectacular workforce.
The purpose of this week is threefold:
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To enhance awareness of student employment and its important role in higher education experience.
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To recognize students who perform outstanding work while attending college.
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To thank YOU, the employer, who hire students for part-time positions and make the student employment program such a success.
Show your appreciation for all the hard work and support your student employees provide for you and your office! We have provided a few printouts to show appreciation to your student employees during this week, or use your own creative ideas.
Ideas For Supervisors:
Below are some ways to celebrate your student employees
- Send personalized emails to each student employee in your department.
- Hold a meeting with your staff and student employees to speak encouraging words and praise to each student employee.
- Create a funny music video from your staff members to your student employees.
- Compile a video from you and your fellow staff members to each student employee.
- Write hand written notes and mail to your student employees.
- Select a date to host lunch for you and your student employees.
- Email an encouraging thought or attribute you admire about your student employee each day during National Student Employment Week.
- Design fun awards for each of your students: "Best Customer Service"; "Most Likely to Volunteer for Extra Shifts"; "Best Sense of Humor."
- Recognize your student employees in your department newsletter, website, or staff meeting.
- Create a “Compliment Jar” filled with notes from staff members expressing their gratitude
- Make a banner of appreciation to hang in the office.
- Create recognition posts on social media using #SIUENSEW2024 and #NSEW2024.
