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Admissions Student Telecounselors (11/12/09)

Michigan Tech’s admissions office is looking for outgoing, enthusiastic students to serve as Student Telecounselors for spring semester. You must be interested in sharing your Tech experience with prospective undergraduate students, answering questions about the university, and be comfortable talking on the phone.

Calling takes place Monday through Thursday from 6-10 pm in the Admin building; you must work a minimum of two(2) 4-hour shifts each week. Training is provided.

Positions are open to current Michigan Tech students with excellent communication skills. Applicants must have completed at least two semesters at Michigan Tech and have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher. Graduate students must have completed an undergraduate degree at Michigan Tech.

Stop by the admissions office or email ramisenh@mtu.edu for an application. Applications must be submitted by November 30.

CONTACT: Rachel Misenheimer, Michigan Tech Admissions
1400 Townsend Dr.
Phone: 906-487-2335 Fax: 906-487-2125 Email: ramisenh@mtu.edu

testing equipment (11/9/09)

My company is working with a large agricultural company. They are going to be setting up an experimental testing location in Calumet, MI. We are currently looking for 10-15 people that would be interested in testing experimental snow removal equipment. This would last approximately 4 months in length (ideally having people start Dec. 1st and go through March). However, this could turn into something a little longer term in regards to the testing location. We are looking for people that have heavy equipment operating experience or snow removal experience. As well, we would like for them to be mechanically inclined. This will be a 1st shift position from about 6 am-2:30 pm M-F and possibly overtime on Sat. The pay on the job is $12 hr, this does require to have a Valid Driver’s license. I also have a more detailed job description.

CONTACT: Nicole Nodeen, Volt
100 E. Kimberly rd. Suite 601
Davenport IA 52806
Phone: 563-391-7938 Fax: 563-391-8803 Email: nnodeen@volt.com

Student Programmer (11/5/09)

Student Programmer
IT Enterprise Application Services is looking to hire a student programmer. We currently have a project to move Banner system jobs from Unix cronjobs into a job scheduling system. At the same time the new job scheduling system will allow for abstraction of variables,
structured notification, and step-by-step processing. Some jobs would also be placed into an on-demand scheduler within the Banner System. A qualified candidate would move on to other projects.

Requirements:
* Knowledge/Experience with a structured programming language
* Ability to learn new programming languages and apply current skills
* Ability to work 15-20 hours per week (most of which should be between 8 am and 5 pm, some after hours work would be acceptable)
* Ability to commit to working through the end of the Academic Year (or longer)

Desirable:
* Unix knowledge (crons, shell scripts)
* SQL knowledge/experience

Pay rate would depend upon experience, but would be in the range of $8-10/hour.

Contact Jarrod Karau, jlkarau@mtu.edu

CONTACT: Jarrod Karau, Michigan Tech
211A Admin
Phone: 906-487-3577 Fax: N/A Email: jlkarau@mtu.edu

Office Staff / Field Staff (11/3/09)

The U.S. Census Bureau is opening a new office in your area and will begin operations for conducting the 2010 Census. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your job skills, further your career and improve your community!

Call Toll-Free at: 1-866-861-2010 or go to: www.census.gov/detroit fro more information on how to apply.

US Census Office Regional Job Openings:

Office Staff Fall 2009 & Early 2010

Office Clerk - $8.25-12.50 per hour

Recruiting Assistant - $12.25-18.00 per hour

Administrative Assistant - $9.75-15.00 per hour

Office Operations Supervisor - $11.25-17.00 per hour

Field Staff Early 2010

Enumerator - $11.50 - 16.50 per hour

Crew Leader - $12.25 - 18.00 per hour

Crew Leader Assistant - $10.75-16.50 per hour

Field Operations Supervisor - $13.75-19.50 per hour







CONTACT: Sue Hack , The U.S. Census Bureau
300 River Place Dr., Suite 2950
Detroit, MI 48207
Phone: 1-866-861-2010 Fax: N/A Email: N/A

Programming Developer (11/3/09)

ITOxygen, a part of Michigan Tech's Enterprise program, is looking for programmers willing to join an enterprise. ITOxygen works on designing software for non-profits companies/organizations. Some of the companies we've worked for include Lake Linden City Board, Big Brothers Big Sisters, IBM, Boy Scouts, The Nature Conservatory and many others. For more information please go to www.itoxygen.com

We even pay our programmers, something that is unique to our Enteprise. Starting pay is 8 dollars an hour with the opportunity to grow to 12 dollars an hour. Time is flexible around your school schedule.

Desired

The ability to work 1-10 hours a week.

1 year of programming knowledge.

Able to attend general meeting at 5pm Wednesday afternoon

CONTACT: Nathan Atteberry, Todd Reid, ITOxygen
719 M&M
Phone: 269-267-9187 Fax: N/A Email: njattebe@mtu.edu, tereid@mtu.edu