/5? P / Q’UZscfb^CitiLtSt Recession makes job search like full-time work for recent grads Ten. thousand dollars, one dorm room, three apartments, one gold fish and six roommates later now what9 For the average student who has spent time — 4 to 5 years in school to get a bach elor s degree and a consid erable amount of money, peeking around the corner to take a good look at future em ployment opportunities takes guts You get all excited be cause you (see) all these things you can do and then re alize that the job may be there, but there aren’t any openings," said a recent grad uate Christina Weiss It's the hardest thing to keep your confidence up " Weiss, a sociology major who graduated in March, has just begun her job search, and she like a lot of other gradu ates is finding that getting a job during a recession is no Oregon Daily Emerald Recycle This Paper Oregon Daih Emerald easy task I'm feeling scared that i might need to go to graduate school Weiss said adding that she always considered graduate school something that a person would do later in life, but not right after grad uation Weiss said she now real izes that "once you get your bachelor s they're not going to offer you a job on a silver platter' At the University about 1.900 students are expected to receive bachelor s degrees at the end of this term Career Planning and Place ment Services director. Larry Smith, said Weiss' considers tion ot graduate school is typical behavior for recent graduates who are |ob hunt ing during a recessionary peri od Smith said that a recession means there are |obs but they're very competitive Stu dents .ire sometimes t,t- c l with asking themselves if it s better to be in grad si bool than a maintenance job. he said He suggests that student:, who are unable or don't want to go to graduate school, find a job but then work on build mg up specific |ob skills such as computer skills by taking a computer class Smith said that economists consider the Pacific North west a hot bed of job opportu mties, but the University has experienced a 14 percent do clme in the number of cornpa mes that have recruited on campus this year which does not make it feel very warm, he said Some experts have said that keying into national job trends and employ m e n t growth areas is one way to predict where the jobs are. rather than |ust looking to one area of the country — STUDENT SPECIAL 2 Month Membership plus 10 tanning sessions J75 SfX'dal includes: huM irse o( facilities ' stairmaster weights ' bikes whirlpool & 10 (20 min.) taming sessions 189 W. 8th Eugene 4854475 ,c^ 'AR: i'f- FACTS Where the new jobs will be during the next five years £ >«•**. ,VOf«’V . A .t'V rrmt\aQen,\ ;ol»s. U'fougf' 199< 1 lot Intftn 2 CalH 3 WtthiflfttHl 4 OjIUkTort Wcwlh 5 AlUntJ 6 San Prtnct^aTUkUiHl 7 CK*c«fo !>4 000 8 Katuu Count), N Y 4H ■ 9 PfcoMti, A/U. 40 10 Ttmfva Si. PH*rii>urj 44 11 Hou itwi 44 000 12 Phi ltd* Ip hu 41.000 13 Sjn lot#, Cjltf 40,000 SOURl l J Women VXJfU'f i/', A Hrf\xf n\aQ*i >i'« C optay N«ws S«»rvK:© The university reported lti.it there are already too many machine operators, butchers typists, data proces sors, firelighters and barbers Moreover a national survey conduc ted by the Career De I'm ii to \\ < >Kh I'.iivIlH SIMPLY SEND R( )SES. I liree. si\ nr .in even dozen Roses lit everybnd\ s builm't f or (iraduatiou 1 in.ils l*i( k me up See You l ater" Nugent's ftoiotTnomt THE UNIVERSITY FLORIST (>lll I . 13th at I’atti i son 485-3655 LOOK WHAT YOUR COLLEGE DEGREE CAN DO FOR YOU. With yom dec)u-e at hand you've proven vou can do something cjood for yourself. Mow let Toyota do something good for you. Mo money down. It you f«- a toui year college qraduatc ijr.uJ student or j srmoi who ; I nniduah within 120 days you re eligible tof I < *\o t.i -» spec ia) firuiru •• pu >■ j? am l he plan hrts you apply up to si* rn. >nth’ t»«• t • /IV o' ' j|> to .J V (Ml dft'-l y Ol I ('.!! f I \ • degree You don t nerd <» proven i fedit his torv to qualify and you can lake up t 90 days to begin your payments I^Alfdnso TOYOTA ‘7 loi’e what you (It) for me.” ®TOYOTA I TOYOTA QUA I ITY ST RVICT OIL FILTER & CHASSIS LUBE QujiU Oil • TOYOT A 01 NUIM Ml It K' ONLY .COO PON. j TOYOTA QUA! IT Y SI RVICI | MINOR TUNE-GP t • Zm i 87 I ONL Y I L. COUPON rOYOJA (KJAl II Y St KVK'I ANTIFREEZE SERVICE SPECIAL v$2887 JOYOIAlAC IOKY r l l t ! MAINTENANCE \ STUDENT & I FACULTY ! DISCOUNT f 10% OFF ! ; ALL MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS [ | f «' !u