1. Review your departmental budget to determine your available resources
to hire student employees. Employers should realize that most students
receiving a FWS award should work a limited number of hours per week in
order to prevent them from over earning.

2. Students and the duties they perform should complement, not replace, regular employees.

3. When determining your office needs, remember the student employee's first responsibility is their academic progress and success. A student's academic schedule and responsibility will dictate their work schedule, so it is important that you plan ahead and hire additional students to make sure your office's needs are met.

Keeping these factors in mind, the easiest approach to determine the number of students you will need is to determine specific duties and the number of hours it will take to complete each task. Example: If you determine that it would take an equivalent of one full-time (40/week) employee to accomplish a certain task, consider hiring 3 to 4 part-time student employees. Remember that students are not to replace full-time employees.