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Address City. _.Htate_„-7A I* Seattle and London P«g« 4 Section 8 young marketing and manage ment majors with a successful record in their field as well as in leadership roles and ex tracurricular activities. “I might ask how someone financed their education,” Ed munds suggests. “I look at the whole profile." Many students make the brochures on their recruiting programs and what the firms are looking for. Wurzweiler visits the Univer sity three or four times a year to scout for talent as well as to fill full-time positions and in ternships. Xerox does grade on academic records and in volvement with campus ac miSldlVB ui wamiiy too long to start preparing for the job hunt, Edmunds says. She visits the Univer sity twice a year: 'You have to be able to relate well to other people/ once in ine eariy iau, for December graduates, and again in February for spring grads. “I get phone calls in June from people who are just ready to graduate, and they’re panicking. They should be contacting recruiters a lot earlier than that,” she says. Edmunds advises students to “do their homework” before showing up for the interview. They should be familiar with the company’s background and be ready to convince the recruiter that they can do the specific job listed. For Meier and Frank, that would mean completing a company train ing seminar and moving into a specific department as a manager. After about a year, the trainee is promoted to assistant buyer, and in another two or three years, to a buyer. Alan Wurzweiler, a sales planning manager for the Portland branch of the Xerox corporation, agrees that some students could be better prepared for interviews with recruiters. That’s why Wurz weiler coordinates special “day on the job” sessions and roundtable discussions for students who want to learn more about the nature of the sales business. "You don't look at an annual company report," says Wurz weiler. "That doesn’t tell you anything. You have to go talk to someone in the company; spend a day riding around with a sales representative " Both Edmunds and Wurz weiler stress the importance of regular visits to the Univer sity Career Planning and Placement Center. The center keeps files on particular com panies, some of which publish OREGON ELECTRIC STATION RESTAURANT SUNSET SUPPER 5 to 6:30 pm 5.95 to 6.95 Entree, Tossed Salad, Rice Pilaf, Fresh Veg. 485-4444 Stk * WIUuiMtle Downtown Eugene JOIN THE FUN! tivities, he says, because those things help tell him how a potential employee will per form on the job. Personality and com munications skills are very im portant for anyone wanting to work for the Price Waterhouse public accounting firm, says Robert Gootoo, a manager in charge of recruiting for the firm's Portland office. “You have to be able to relate well to other people,” he says. “That’s just as important as grade point averages." During the interview, students should ask ques tions about the firm instead of letting the recruiter do all the talking, Gootoo suggests. “It has to be a two-way thing," he says. "If someone came in and didn’t ask me anything, I would think he hadn’t learned anything from the interview.” This means researching all the background material available on different firms to become familiar with different firms in the held. Gootoo says students ap proaching the accounting job market should get as much in terviewing experience as possible by talking to recruiters from other firms. Some student business organizations sponsor mock interviews with local Price Waterhouse employees, pro viding a learning experience without quite as much pressure. All three recruiters say preparing for the interview well in advance is important. “I think everyone is a little ner vous when they’re interview ed," says Gootoo, “but the more prepared you are, the better you will do." 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