Career Services will hire a new part-time internship coordinator, following limited approval of a funding request by the Priorities Committee in late January.
Director of Career Services Beverly Hamilton-Chandler said the request was made because "there are concerns" about the lack of sufficient staff.
Due to budgetary restraints, the Priorities Committee rejected the office's request for funds for two positions paying $41,500 each, and designated $20,000 for one halftime employee instead.
"During the peak application period of November to February, our processing time for recommendation letters has been 10 working days," Hamilton-Chandler wrote in her request. "Peer institutions with dedicated staff for the credentials function are turning recommendations around in 72 hours."
Currently, one employee both manages the credentials system and provides information to visitors and callers. The office hires temporary employees during particularly busy times, Hamilton-Chandler said.
The credentials service currently holds 4,135 files. Last year, Career Services sent out 3,218 letters of recommendation from these files, Hamilton said.
Career Services particularly noted a need for more staff to expand services to the Graduate School. David Redman, associate dean of the Graduate School, has requested that they process full dossiers for graduate students seeking academic positions.
"Without additional support in credentials, [Career Services] cannot begin to imagine attempting to accommodate the Graduate School's request," Hamilton-Chandler wrote in her request to the Priorities Committee.
"This will give [Internship Coordinator Cami Ressler] more time to work in the relationship-building aspect that goes into internship coordinating," Hamilton-Chandler said.
Executive Secretary of the Priorities Committee Katherine Rohrer said budget constraints restricted the amount the committee could allocate to career services.
"This year, many presenters to the committee pared down their requests in recognition of the very tight budget situation. Nevertheless, the committee received requests . . . that would have cost roughly four times the amount the committee had to allocate," Rohrer said.
The funds will become available in July 2005, the beginning of the next fiscal year.
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