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Local employers can benefit from KY Work Study Programs Area businesses and organizations take advantage 0f Lindsey Wilson College Kentucky Work-Study program Click on headline for complete story with photo(s) By Duane Bonifer COLUMBIA, KY - A state program that gives area businesses and organizations help from Lindsey Wilson College students is a benefit to both the organization and the student. The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority Work Study Program allows area businesses and organizations to hire LWC students for positions that are relevant to students' majors. The state program -- which is administered by the LWC Office of Career Services -- reimburses employers $2 for each hour the work-study student works. Students are allowed to work up to 20 hours a week during the school year and 40 hours a week during breaks, according to LWC Director of Career Services Ashley Miller. "The whole point of the program is to give students relevant experience for their resume before they graduate from college," Miller said. "And it's also a great program for area businesses and organizations because they get an additional employee at a discount, and get to hire a person who is eager to do well and help pay their way through college." Miller said that some organizations have hired work-study students as full-time employees after the student graduates from LWC. Employers get to select who they hire, and they do not have to keep the student worker if they fail to meet performance expectations, Miller said. "A vast majority of our work-study students are successful because they recognize this program as being a great way to prepare for the workplace after college," Miller said. The program's restrictions include that the student must be financially eligible, a Kentucky resident, have a position that falls within their major and not participate in another work-study program. The work-study student must also maintain a minimum grade point average. "If a small business wants to launch a website, a communication or media studies student could be an ideal fit for them," Miller said. The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority Work Study Program also allows businesses and organizations to hire students for seasonal work, Miller said. "For example, some accounting firms like to hire Lindsey Wilson accounting majors during tax season," she said. Miller said the KHEAA Work Study Program is a kind of economic stimulus to the area economy because it provides businesses and organizations with qualified employees at a reduced rate. And area businesses say the program is a good investment. United Citizens Bank of Southern Kentucky has employed LWC students to fill part-time positions since the bank opened in December 2004, according to Roger Meadows, the bank's chief operating officer. "We viewed this as a great opportunity to allow these young people the chance to learn about the banking industry and to work within the community," Meadows said. "These future business professionals have proved to be a real asset to United Citizens Bank with their positive attitudes and ability to quickly learn the different roles they have been placed into at the bank. The $2 per hour provided by the Kentucky Work Study program to offset the hourly cost was an added bonus we receive when employing these students." For more information about the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority Work Study Program, contact Miller at millera@lindsey.edu or 270-384-8065 or go to: lindsey.edu.careers This story was posted on 2015-06-24 13:39:57
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