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By Claire De Roin– Balancing schedules can be stressful, but are college students spreading themselves too thin?<\/p>\n Most students with an 8 a.m. class complain about having to get out of bed so early. Waking up at 7 a.m. would have been sleeping in for Chris Levine, who spent his junior year working the morning newscast at a local news station. He knows all about balancing a work and class schedule. As a part-time Production Assistant at KTIV, Levine learned that getting enough sleep was a crucial part of balancing work and class schedules. His weekday shift ran from 4:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.<\/p>\n \u201cWith getting up at 3 a.m. to get ready and leave at 4 a.m., I planned accordingly for my sleep,\u201d Levine explains. \u201cI went to bed before 9 p.m. in order to get a minimum of six hours of sleep.\u201d But did this negatively affect his school career? No, he says. \u201cThe pain of doing the early morning show was when I had a couple night classes that ended around 9 p.m.\u201d<\/p>\n Now a part-time Master Control Operator with KTIV, Levine deals mainly with the audio for the station. He is also responsible for adjusting timing issues that may occur during a live program such as a sporting event or show such as the America\u2019s Got Talent finale.<\/p>\n With his new position, Levine\u2019s early morning shifts are history. He now works eleven hour shifts on Saturdays. Surprisingly, he does not regret the hours he had to work last year. \u201cIt was a blast with the people I worked with in the morning,\u201d Levine states.<\/p>\n Chris Levine is living proof that even jobs with stressful hours can be managed in addition to college classes. He saw the situation as beneficial. \u201cI have used what I learned from either KTIV or from the student media at Morningside College and applied it to the other.\u201d<\/p>\n Stacie Hays, Morningside\u2019s Career Counselor, gives some advice for balancing work and class schedules.<\/p>\n Hays believes that communication is key. \u201cWhen you\u2019re searching for jobs, ask if the employer will be flexible,\u201d she offers. \u201cEmployers get frustrated when a student shows up on Monday and says that they can\u2019t work Tuesday.\u201d She adds that most employers will be willing to give students time off for midterms and finals as long as students ask for the time off in advance.<\/p>\n Is working long hours during college worth it when applying for jobs? Hays believes that sometimes, less is more. \u201cIf you\u2019re putting in over 20 hours a week at work, think of your priorities and what\u2019s not getting done.<\/p>\n In the end, employers look for a very balanced portfolio. Good grades, involvement, related jobs.\u201d According to Hays, working long hours at a job during college but getting poor grades may make getting a job more difficult after college.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Claire De Roin– Many students at Morningside balance a work schedule and a class schedule. These students balance their schedule carefully, making sure classes and work shifts don\u2019t overlap, making sure there is time for homework, making sure they will get enough sleep each night. Balancing schedules can be stressful, but are college…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2902"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2902\/revisions\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.morningside.edu\/thecr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Many students at Morningside balance a work schedule and a class schedule. These students balance their schedule carefully, making sure classes and work shifts don\u2019t overlap, making sure there is time for homework, making sure they will get enough sleep each night.<\/p>\n