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Campus recruiting rises
Economy falters, but jobs are there
Lane County’s unemployment rate is
hovering around 13 percent and “help
wanted" ads in the local paper have shrunk to
a third of their former number — so it follows
that there must be fewer recruiters visiting the
campus, right?
Wrong The number of businesses and
firms coming to the University this year to find
employees is actually up slightly over the
number who recruited here last year,
according to Larry Smith, director of Career
Planning and Placement.
"We have good students at the University of
Oregon, and recruiters continue to be
impressed by them," he says
That may be partly because Smith’s office
has been recruiting recruiters
"From my point of view, we have been
relatively aggressive in contacting companies
this year, to a greater extent that in years
past,’’ he says
Also, the business school has invited 80
employers to visit the campus this May to
learn more about the master's of business
administration program Business faculty are
traveling to San Francisco and Seattle this
spring to talk to potential employers
But finding the right job in the right place at
a good salary still takes a lot of work on the
part of the graduate. Smith says, emphasizing
that the graduate should have a job goal firmly
in mind and be willing to spend several
months aggressively pursuing that goal
“It gets very discouraging My sense of a
major part of the discouragement is the 20-20
hindsight of saying, Gee, I wish I had done
something different in my undergraduate
program ' ”
Smith says students need to overcome such
psychological hurdles and get on with the
business at hand Remember, he says, that 45
percent of all University graduates typically
aren’t hired until three or more months after
they graduate
"The marketplace is tight I think that makes
it more critical for people to be prepared to
conduct a comprehensive job search, utilizing
as many resources as they possibly can,”
Smith says
The career planning office is one place to
start The office offers career counseling, lists
of major employers, a placement register
where students can list their availability,
workshops and placement seminars
Ken Rocco, a labor economist for the state
employment division, was surprised to hear
the number of recruiters still coming to the
University He speculates that the tight job
market may be working in favor of college
students Employers can afford to be
choosey, so they may choose students with
formal training, he says
"Businesses are always looking to the
future They know things are going to get
better eventually," Rocco says
He advises students to hold out a little while
in the job search, and not take the first job of
any type that comes along
"There's a trap you can fall into of getting a
job that's a little bit lower than you were
aiming for and getting trapped there," Rocco
says If that happens, take the job and keep
looking for a better one during time off, he
says
Another piece of advice Rocco passes on is
the bigger the labor market, the better the job
opportunities Rocco and Smith agree that
students willing to locate anywhere in the
United States probably are going to find the
job they want.
Of course, career planning and the state
employment division cater mainly to
business-related jobs Many students from the
University 's professional schools and colleges
aren't going to find jobs through his office,
Smith admits, but rather through the
"well-developed" networks that exist in most
professions
A man who has his ear to the
communications "network,” Journalism
School Dean Ev Dennis, reports that for
students willing to go anywhere, "Yes — you'll
find what you want " It may take two to three
months, if you have a good strategy, he says,
but he urges students to tie into networks at
the University by letting anyone who can help
know they are job hunting Make yourself as
distinctive as possible in your resume and
your contact with possible employers, he
says
Business College Dean James Reinmuth
predicts that "better students" will have no
trouble finding jobs
"It's worse than it has been, but it's a heck
of a lot better than the traditional areas." like
sociology and English, Reinmuth says
Bob Berdahl, deans of the arts and
sciences college, is keeping tabs on those
“traditional areas ” The chances that liberal
arts graduates will find jobs depends totally
on the field, although he says an amazingly
high percentage of liberal arts major typically
end up in a job related to their field of study
But the primary goal of arts and sciences isn't
vocational training, he points out
"We re not training people, we re educating
them, and we believe bright people will sooner
or later find jobs."
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