How to recruit, motivate and retain effective student workers?

Louisiana State University’s Biomedical Research Center is on a tight state funded budget, as are most state educational institutions. Resources are constantly being exhausted and managers are stricken with the task of maximizing their resources to the fullest. Fortunately, the Technology Support Group (TSG) staff has found a way to use the asset of student employees to hurdle this obstacle. Due to the abundance of biomedical and scientific software and hardware that we support, the training period for a student worker is much longer than normal. In view of the fact that Pennington Biomedical Research Center (PBRC) is not located on the main LSU Campus, the institution is required to maintain its own infrastructure including networking, purchasing software/hardware, telephony, etc. This process Includes: • Recruit student workers with specific qualities o Contact ISDS Department Heads and teachers on Campus regarding top of the class students o Look for Motivation, Dedication and ...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: SIGUCCS
• Authors: Claire C. Lassalle, Robyn C. Richard
• Keywords: Biomedical Research Center, Information Management, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, SIGUCCS 2003, Student Workers