Need a hand in the classroom? Want to help students build their resume? From tutoring to student assistants to help with campus operations, MVC hires students to help provide them a head start on building their career experience.

Provide Opportunities for Student Growth

Moreno Valley College’s Student Employment program helps students earn money to pay for their college expenses by working part time. Most employment opportunities are facilitated through Federal Work Study funds.  If you’d like to hire a student employee as a faculty, staff or administration member, follow the steps below to assist your student in acquiring and maintaining eligibility.

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How to Hire a Student

  • 1

    Request the Position

    Complete the Position Request and Authorized Signature on-campus hire forms and submit the originals to the MVC Student Employment (SE) Office. Processing may take 7-10 business days. You may request your job opening posted to the RCCD job board.
    If Using the RCCD Job Board
    If you requested the job to be posted to the online RCCD job board, you will be notified when it is open for recruitment. Supervisors are granted temporary access to review student applications.
  • 2

    Screen and Interview Applicants

    Supervisors may screen applications and select candidates to review using the Candidate Request Form. Email the name and ID of your selected candidates to the Student Employment office. Interviews may NOT start until eligibility has been verified by SE and candidate results returned to you. Upon receipt, you may contact the eligible candidates for interviews.
  • 3

    Informal Hire Offer

    When a decision is made to hire a student, the supervisor can make an offer of employment by completing the appropriate hiring packet, which consists of the required forms. It is the supervisor’s responsibility to ensure forms are complete and mistake-free before submitting them to the Student Employment office for processing, which takes approximately 7-10 business days. Delays may occur if any paperwork has errors, is incomplete, or if there are issues with student eligibility or funding.
  • 4

    Formal Offer and Timesheet Procedures

    Once a student is approved for hire, Student Employment will send a written approval e-mail with the employee’s hire date along with an attached timesheet. Supervisors may NOT request students work prior to official hire without written authorization from the Student Employment office.
    Supervisors may then request the student employee to begin working. Refer them to the Timesheet Procedures and the Student Payroll Calendar for information on due dates and submitting timesheets.

Resources and Forms

Find important forms and resources for student employees below. Forms are in PDF format; use Adobe Reader to access them.

Complete a New Hire Packet for a student that has never worked as a student employee. 

Supervisors may request student employees fill out hire forms with them to ensure accuracy and completeness, or instruct them to complete them on their own. Supervisors should always review packets and forms before submitting them to Student Employment. Students may not work at any point prior to official written notice of hire from the Student Employment office. 

How to save and edit this file

This packet is a PDF portfolio. You will not be able to view its contents in your web browser. To edit this file, save the packet to your local computer and open it with Adobe Reader or Acrobat.

You may either open the file and download the PDF, or right click on the button and choose "Save Link/Target As."

Open New Hire Packet (pdf)

Complete a Rehire Packet for a student who has previously worked for Student Employment, completed a full year of working and is to be rehired, or has been dismissed and is re-applying 

Supervisors may request student employees fill out hire forms with them to ensure accuracy and completeness, or instruct them to complete them on their own. Supervisors should always review packets and forms before submitting them to Student Employment. Students may not work at any point prior to official written notice of hire from the Student Employment office. 

How to save and edit this file

This packet is a PDF portfolio. You will not be able to view its contents in your web browser. To edit this file, save the packet to your local computer and open it with Adobe Reader or Acrobat.

You may either open the file and download the PDF, or right click on the button and choose "Save Link/Target As."

Open Rehire/Transfer Packet (pdf)

Student employees regularly assigned six or more hours per day shall be allowed two fifteen-minute rest periods during each day, to be set by their supervisor; one such rest period to be taken during the first half of the shift, and one to be taken during the second half of the shift. Rest periods are not cumulative nor can they be combined with meal breaks to shorten the workday. Employees working less than six hours shall be entitled to one fifteen-minute rest period during each day.

  1. All employees regularly assigned five or more hours per day shall be entitled to an uninterrupted lunch period. The lunch period shall be unpaid and shall be for at least thirty minutes. The lunch period shall be scheduled near the midpoint of the employee’s workday. The employee may waive the lunch period if working 5 hours, but will be required to take the lunch break if they work 6 or more.
  2. Those employees who are authorized to work on a day other than their normal scheduled work day shall take the lunch period unless the employee’s supervisor specifically authorizes the employee in advance to work through the lunch period and leave early. 

Options for Community Employers

If you're a business or community partner, you can share job opportunities with students using MVC's online job board, Jobspeaker. This service is free. Simply visit rccd.handshake.com, sign in and create an account as an employer, and then post your job, apprenticeship or internship. For support, reach out to Employment Placement.

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