Student Hiring Process
Hiring departments are encouraged to post student hourly vacancies through the . To request a new account and for assistance with this process, please contact the Employee Service Center at 740-593-1636 or uhr@ohio.edu.
Review Tips for Managing Students for guidance on supervising student workers and using best practice.
New students and students who are changing work locations are required to complete employment paperwork PRIOR to their first day of work. The required paperwork may be completed within your Center of Excellence, if applicable.
Minor Student Employees
Please be familiar with the .
Student employees under the age of 18 require the following documents to be completed PRIOR to their first day of work:
- Proof of Age (copy of a driver's license, birth certificate, etc.)
- Wage Agreement (to be completed by the hiring department)
- Parental Consent Form (to be completed by a parent/guardian)
- Work Permit
- Required for all employees 14 and 15 years old.
- Required for 16 and 17 year-olds IF they are currently enrolled in high school. Exception: Work permit is not required during summer break.
- 16 and 17 year-olds are not required to have a work permit if they have graduated from high school. It is the hiring department's responsibility to ensure the student has a proper work permit when continuing work into the fall.
Non-91探花 Students
Please verify enrollment status of non-91探花 students each semester. Review the Student Employment Eligibility page for further details.
Hiring Students
Hiring Managers who ARE NOT in a Center of Excellence should follow the following steps when hiring a student employee.
Only NEW student employees who do NOT exist in our systems will need to complete the full new hire paperwork packet. To determine whether your student employee is active in our systems, please check the .
- If the employee does not appear in the employee lookup, complete a . The new employee will then get an automated email with instructions regarding new hire paperwork.
- Once the student completes the I-9 verification process, they will receive a verification email from donotreply@equifax.com which confirms the I-9 is complete.
- Departments may not allow students to begin work until the email confirmation is received.
- If no confirmation is received, contact UHR at (740) 593-1636 for verbal verification that the I-9 is complete.
- Enter the student into Workforce only after confirmation of the I-9. Information and training materials for Workforce can be found on the HR System Training page.
- If the employee does appear in the employee lookup, have them complete the .
- Hiring managers should maintain proof of enrollment for each non-91探花 student employee each semester.
- All newly hired student employees will have 30 days from their date of hire to complete state-mandated Fraud Reporting Training. Within a week of being hired, student employees should receive an email from 鈥91探花 Compliance Training by Vector Solutions鈥 with instructions for the training. Student employees can also access the training directly using this . If the Ohio Auditor of State Fraud Training does not yet appear on the landing page, the employee should select 鈥淓xtra Training鈥 from the left menu and enter the word 鈥淔raud鈥 in the search bar to find the training. The video for the state mandated training program takes less than 8 minutes to complete, and the training program as whole will take less than 11 minutes to complete. Emails from 91探花 Compliance Training by Vector Solutions will be sent weekly until the training is completed. Hiring mangers must verify their student employees completed this training as soon as employment begins.
For general questions regarding student employment paperwork, please contact Human Resources at 740.593.1636.