Cedar Crest Hiring High School Students for Dining Services

Cedar Crest, an active continuing care retirement community in Pompton Plains, is currently hiring high school and college students as wait staff or utility workers in Dining Services. In addition to receiving a wage and gaining valuable work experience, Cedar Crest offers college scholarships to eligible high school students.

The Cedar Crest Scholar’s Program is funded by the residents of Cedar Crest to support high school students employed on campus. Qualifications include working 1,000 hours at Cedar Crest during their Junior and Senior years high school, maintaining a 2.0 GPA for their senior year, and remaining in good standing in their job. 2016 Awardees will receive $8,000 for four years, awarded as $1000 per semester. In 2015, the Scholars’ Fund provided 21 student-worker scholarships valued at $147,000.

More than 200 students from local high schools and colleges work in the five dining areas/restaurants on campus after school and on weekends. Students are required to work a minimum of 3 shifts per week, including at least one weekend day. Shifts are 4 to 7 p.m. or 4 to 8 p.m. depending on age. Pay rate is $9 an hour for wait staff, $10 for dishwashers and $10.50 for college students working in Cedar Crest’s continuing care neighborhood.

Free bus transportation is available to Cedar Crest from Kinnelon High School, Butler High School, Pequannock Township High School, Pompton Lakes High School, Wayne Hills High School and Lakeland Regional High School High School.

For more information and to submit an application, visit http://jobs.ericksonliving.com or contact Tori Heimall at 973-831-3582.

Cedar Crest is one of 18 continuing care retirement communities managed by Erickson Living. The scenic 104-acre campus is located in Pompton Plains, New Jersey and is home to more than 2,000 residents.

Photo: from left, Brian Maier, Anne Jacobs, Gary Kypers from Cedar Crest Dining Services, 2015