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Tuesday, February 27, 1990
Oregon Daily Emerald
Issue 1
Career fears can be conquered
Miri Sophia Sophomore.
sour average l niversitv
Duck. Sin's successfully
finished her lirsr year of college, hut
is still very unsure what her major
will he. She's not even sure what m
terests her yet. Where do 1 go lor
help.’ she laments. What it there s
not/r/tig out there tor me and Im
wasting my time in college.'
Then there's Jonas Junior, who is
pretty sure ot the direction he wants
his career to take. Now lie needs to
know the specifics ot Ins career
choice, sue Jr as the ever important
salary averages ot the profession.
Also, he asks, how should 1 go about
getting an internship in mv chosen
field.’ Do 1 have to have connections
or is there another wav.
Finally, «'i' meet Stanley Senior,
who after tour some-odd years is
ready to finish m hool and step into
the real world. He is set on a career
choire and is eontident ol his ability
in the field; now he just has to pet
;nro the field. So he asks himself,
what is the easiest way to pet a real
ioh.' I ike Jonas, he asks, do 1 have to
kium s,aneh, >dv i >r wh.at ’
It the questions that am of these
students are askinst sound like ones
you have asked yourself, the ( areer
Planning and Placement Serve e may
he just the ticket out of the land of
contusion. (ITS, lo. ited m Hen
dm ks Hall on campus, provides an
uhundatKe of services to students
who aie at the very least just mullinc
I ei then luture after . >iie..;e
(or those w ln> .lit- -till unsure
about ihoiif of major, or that tin.'
major they .hose i-ti t juin right foi
them, tin ( a reel .A- ■e----ment it
gram at t, ITS i- spe. iti. illv deugned
to aid in that problem. I he program
u-e- tour standardized te t- to lielj
the person Jetermine their .areer in
tere-t-, \ alue- anJ 'kill-.
Orient at ton- tor the l aieei A
sessment Program are held eiu h
Iue--lav at p.m. Individual .mu
-ellln: i- also prov ided b\ the e\peri
enced professional counselors at
C'l’PS, who eaeh have different area
ot expertise i areer u i-e
l or students wanting to go a step
further in determining the -pe. ifi(
careei tor them, ( ITS otters a three
credit special studies course that
helps students develop a custom dr
signed - areer plan.
I , >r those like Iona- Junior, who
have decided on a career direction
and arc mm concerned about the
spec lfn s of ttie job, the V areet la
brary in room _21 mas hold the an
-seer- I he librars provides sal.trv m
formation, job re.jimement- and oth
er needed aii-Mers !■ r more than
-tv , v v A . dl t'lT I '{ ’( !> >n -
I he ci intii'inv. pres e- - . •! . ’btem
me an internship c an be simplified
bs a s i- a to (TPS Student SMth
majors or minors m the I. ollcge of
\; t and Sc len ■ ire selec ted each
term through V PPS tor intern'hij’s
svitli private and public emplovers m
the area. I pper divi-ion credit tor
the internships Is awarded throtiuh
the.- Division of t ounsehng .iikI l du
i annual I’syi hology
Surely Stanley Senior has Seen
helped In the ( PI’S at some point in
his i (illege > areer, riv’htRegardless , if
whether he ha-' in the past, nou is a
prime time for him to pay l PI’S a
y::t pyery week, the ( PPV' holds
employment workshops on srn h top
ics as resume writing and interview
me kill - V a i- 'hiip times md • ign
up heels , an he found at the l ITS
offk e.
A iruually important C PI’S ser
vice to those like Stanley is the >-t
(tie's i ampus tntervieyy program.
More than 17'1 organi/ations v ome to
the l tmelsitv eyer, year to inter
y levy graduating seniors lor i areer p-o
tii'ii'- \ m hcdule ot re miters tn>m
organizations such .is business, i;m
ernment, and education is posted in
ri 'i *in J 44 ( 4 I lendtlc ks Hall
A priority hid system is set up to
dr, i, «>n eligible indents I. a Intel
views, and orient,iiioiis tor tin- bid
dill'.’ pros ess are held al the begin
fling * >t ear 11 term.
Now Sophia, Iona ind St.lines
base some answers to die ,|iir-non
tlies were pondering over, or at b ast
t lies k ih>w w here to (mil the an
swers. I he services at ( 1’1’S ran ret
tamis help our students to plan their
tutures after gradual :oti, ot o'irM\
it' still up to t/ietn to graduati
CAREER
PLANNING &
PLACEMENT
SERVICES
244 Hendricks Hall
346-3235
l imersitN <»l < >re”en
Here are just some of the services and resources
that Career Planning and Placement Services
provides to the University community:
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I \i>c( uili:nl librars <>t on upa
iii'inil infi>rniiiti<>n. umuuil reports,
and cmploxet directories </' well us
twrttcrntts job seiirtl 1 mul job skills d<
velopment biii>ks Ktunn 221 Uni
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tcut ( ins with professional aitccr
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Earn upper division < redit and
valuahh experience through inlern
ships in of) campus placements I nr
students with maim s m maim s in the
( of \rts ami Sciences.
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I resume writing or interviewing
workshop is offered ever\ week. ( till
( P/’S til J4(> J235 lo verif\ workshop
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