Post-Pandemic Hiring and Retention Strategies for Campus Recreation Departments

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Students working at Western Kentucky University’s Raymond B. Preston Health & Activities Center earn more per hour than they would at any other campus job, and they all received a $2-per-hour raise beginning last summer. Yet Candice Douglas, assistant director of facilities for WKU Campus Recreation & Wellness, says student employees are asking for fewer hours than ever these days. While they legally can work up to 20 hours per week, most of them don’t even want more than 10.

“It’s confusing as to why,” Douglas says. “The pay rate has gone up, the time commitment is not large and student staff are not asked to do as much as I was asked to do when I was an undergraduate student in campus rec 22 years ago.”

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