Hiring and Leveraging Student Staff for IT Communications: An IT Communications CG Coffee Shop

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Abstract

Wondering how to recruit students that will best help you to meet the communications and engagement needs of your IT Department? Join us to learn how to leverage your time and budget to maximize student staff value. This coffeeshop is a blend of perspectives from both a large and small university, so the experiences and tips provided will benefit staff from all institutions. Among the topics covered in this presentation:

  • Tips for recruiting and identifying the best student applicants
  • The Student PR Specialist onboarding process: What does it look like?
  • Student PR Specialist workload: What do we have them doing?
  • The metrics: Selling the value of funding a Student PR Specialist role
  • Expectations of YOU: Mentoring and developing student staff skills 

This webinar is brought to you by the EDUCAUSE IT Communications Community Group. For more information, visit: https://www.educause.edu/community/it-communications-community-group

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