Job Summary
Employment Summary
The Division of Student Life is committed to making every experience at Purdue University a learning opportunity for students. Employment within our division provides you the opportunity to work with other great students and leaders. As part of your employment, we incorporate the Leadership and Professional Development Competencies and the Steps to Leaps Learning Pillars into your learning and performance management experience to ensure you are building the skills employers want.
Now hiring for Fall 2025 & Jumpstart 2025, Starting Rate: $12.50/hr
- Will take work study and non-work study
- Starting on August 12 for Jumpstart or August 25 for fall.
Work in one of Purdue Dining & Culinary locations such as dining courts, Pete's Za, 1 Bowl, or Lawson OTG. Working is a great way to meet people. Acquire new skills for your resume such as time management, communication, and teamwork. Most students work 10-12 hours per week. Free meal with every shift worked. Flexible scheduling around classes and extra-curricular activities. Moderate physical activity frequently lifts 25-50 lbs. and up to 60 lbs. occasionally.
If you participate in Jumpstart, you get to begin your employment and move into your residence hall on August 12 before Boiler Gold Rush (BGR). Purdue Dining & Culinary pays the early arrival cost, provides meals, and move-in assistant. You’ll train in specific job tasks, learn how to balance work and classes, get to know campus, and make new friends. You may even be eligible to receive a reimbursement on BGR fees. Ask about this in your interview.
Email us questions at dining-pdchiring@purdue.edu
Competencies
Core Competencies
Transferable Skill Development:
Students employed in this role will develop and demonstrate a number of transferable skills essential for future employment success and be reviewed on these skills in their performance evaluation.
Communication (Verbal, Written, Non-Verbal, Listen & Observe, Summarize & Distill Information)
• Demonstrate professional verbal communication in all interactions
• Demonstrate enthusiasm; engage and connect with customers to promote excellent customer experience
• Verbally communicates to staff on situations that may arise due to problems
• Written communication to complete accurate food usage records and food temperatures according to established procedures
Ways of Thinking (Systems Thinking & Planning, Reflective & Analytical Reasoning, Idea Generation, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Ethics)
• Utilize policies and knowledge to proactively make decisions and solve problems for area assigned
• Develop new or novel ideas through critical thinking and creative processes that address issues and/or lead to change
• Understand standards and expectations for personal and professional ethical behavior
• Demonstrate knowledge of the position and operation
Collaboration (Organization Behavior & Teamwork, Appropriate & Productive Relationships, Helping Others & Working Together, Cultural Intelligence & Inclusion, Service & Social Responsibility)
• Working together with co-workers and demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced, team atmosphere
• Establish productive relationships with customers and staff
• Acknowledge and support customers and staff with unique needs and differing backgrounds
• Work independently to complete responsibilities
• Proactively and willingly acquires new skills, tasks, procedures and projects
• Provide support to fellow team members
Self-Awareness (Self-Understanding, Continuous Learning, Initiative & Follow-Through, Personal Responsibility, Resiliency)
• Demonstrate time management skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate initiative; Understand and respond to the various needs of customers and staff
• Maintain positive attitude and enthusiasm in times of ambiguity and peak time of demand
• Complete work independently in an efficient time manner
• Demonstrate dependability and responsibility within operation
• Demonstrate punctuality by always being on time to each shift