The Student Educational Employment Program (SEEP)

• Permanent, career-track student employees fall under the Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) component of the SEEP umbrella.  The SCEP provides career and study-related employment for a student enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a degree- (diploma, certificate, etc.) seeking student with at least a half-time academic / vocational or technical course load in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two or four year college or university, graduate or professional school.  Under SCEP, a student may be non-competitively converted from the excepted service into the competitive service after satisfactory completion of educational and work requirements.

• Temporary student employees fall under the Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP) component of the SEEP umbrella. The STEP provides flexible, temporary employment for a student enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a degree- (diploma, certificate, etc.) seeking student with a half-time academic / vocational or technical course load in an accredited high school, technical or vocational school, two or four year college or university, graduate or professional school.  Under STEP, a student may work in a professional, administrative, technical, clerical, or trades / labor position with duties unrelated to the student’s academic and career goals.  However, a STEP participant may be converted to a SCEP appointment and work in his or her academic field.