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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 24, 1986)
way I categorized myself That's the biggest mistake I made as an undergraduate, not taking advantage of the situation to see what it was I really wanted to do. There's too much pressure at school to decide right away on a career path, but really there's no hurry There's plenty of time, and there’s nothing to say that if you're going for another degree after college you have to get started right away That's a fallacy and a dangerous fal lacy and the worst thing is not that it can set someone like me back a couple of years in the short term, but that it can push someone in the direction they don't want to go That pressure can force someone into career decisions they 're too timid to change " LOOKING BACK AT THE AMERICAN EXPRESS REAL LIFE PLANNER*" Over the past academic year, we hope that we've offered valuable tips and expert advice to help you navigate the real-life waters that lie ahead Readers who’ve followed our post-college survival guide from the start have learned how to interview for their first job, how to dress for success, where to look for a first house or apartment, and how to make a small paycheck work toward a sound and promising financial future Below, some of the highlighted words of wisdom that have appeared in these pages: Real Life Planner Installment # 1 GETTING STARTED "/ see a lot of complacence. I had a student come in in April who was graduating in June, and she hadn't started looking for a job yet By that time. I'd say about three quarters ot the jobs are filled because the companies have been recruiting since October and they've made most ot their offers She lim ited herself to one-quarter ot the market and that kind of complacency can really hurt you " John D Shmgleton, director of placement, Michigan State Uriversity "For a student to come and ask me what the hot fields are is, I think, an inappropriate question, the tail wagging the dog And the presumption is, whatever I say well then that's what they're going to do So if I say geology is hot they'll say Great, I'll be a geologist.' Well, that's ridiculous " Christopher J Shinkman, director of career planning and placement, Stanford University "The most important thing in a job interview is to be yourself That doesn't mean don't prepare Prepare and be yourself If you don't want to take time to prepare, well then don't interview with that company, you don t realty want to work tor them anyhow ” Don Fleshman. college recruiter. Goodyear Real Life Planner Installment« 2 NETWORKING "One ot the best things to do is /om a profes sional association related to your held and volunteer your time Vbu meet these people not on networking pretenses, but on the pretense ot getting to know the held and those people will tell you how they got started Vbu'li learn how they can be ol help to you and how you can be of help to them " Karen Dowd, director of placement, Darden Graduate School ot Business. University ot Virginia "Ybu have to know what’s going on in your held, and networking is a great way to do f/iaf It tells you who you are. what you re worth, where you should be. whether you're falling behind Networking tells you whir it's time to go for more money and if you can t get it from your own company you'll fine out where you can get it" George Mazzei. author. The New Office Etiquette "It's very important for young workers tc uy to understand that most millionair> - especially self-made millionaires-are t> > "0 verted and very personable people Ur r tunately, much of the college educai n doesn't reflect that." Thomas Stanley professor of marketing Georgia State University Real Life Planner Installment« 3 THE RULES OF THE GAME "The whole idea that you can do your w and ignore the interpersonal relationship among the most arrogant ideas that body could possess It you do that you ■■* your fellow workers. 7 know you have si needs and problems, but I don’t have intention of meeting them ‘" Marilyn Moats Kennedy, founder, Car Strategies. Chicago-based counseling li "It s very important to know who really S' Vfes’ or No' to whal protects, and who