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Getting a job these days is tough, but there are some things new graduates can do to make it eas
ier
School ends, job search begins
By now we’ve ail heard
about the nightmare ol a
job market graduating
seniors are facing, and tew
people see that changing in the
near future
Bui knowing which fields are
expanding, getting practical ex
penence while in college, and
mounting a serious job hunt
during the senior year will ease
your way into the work torce
This year's seniors have
been Imdmg more jobs in entry
level business management
than any other field this year,
said Career Planning and
Placement director Lawrence
Smith
According to a recent Busi
ness Week article, manage
men! will continue to grow as
government agencies sink into
debt and taxpayers demand
more services Already, private
enterprises are managing pub
lie transit systems, prisons and
|Ob framing programs
Careers in health and lei
sure will also grow in the next
decade because ol our aging
baby boomers, according to
the article Consumer spending
on toys and sporting goods has
increased this year, even
through the recession Demand
lor quality health care will con
tinue to rise in this already sta
ble held
Demand tor computer ser
vices. software and data pro
cessing continue to expand as
technology increases As com
panies start trading texts and
video tapes, information man
agers and coordinators will find
their job market expanding As
on-line information becomes
more important, information
providers will also be in de
mand
In all of these fields, gradu
ates with hands-on experience
will stand the best chance of
finding jobs Work experience
is the hr* t thing employers look
a! when searching for new em
ployee d Chene Wheatley,
co-owner of tvans and Wheat
ley a high-end employment
agency m Eugene
Wheatley said .en a de
gree doesn't have much mean
ing if it isn t backed by good
work experience, and that
many students don't realize
this until they are faced with
the tight |Ob market
Allan Shapiro, director ot Mi
crocomputer Associates. Inc .
agreed Shapiro said he hasn't
been hiring recent graduates
because he prefers expert
enced people, but added he
would be interested in recent
graduates who had worked be
fore applying lor a pb with his
company.
Summer employment and
volunteer work will better pre
pare college students for their
prospective careers, but stu
dents also have to be aggres
sive in their pb hunts.
Leslie Wright, student em
ployment coordinator, said
most graduates who haven’t
tound employment and who
come back to the university lor
internships "haven't seemed
anxious" to lind a pb.
Instead ol waiting lor em
ployers to seek their services,
students should start their job
searches now and be persist
ent. Smith said, adding the
more time graduates spend on
a job search, the sooner they
will find |Obs
Hilary Jansen, a double ma
jor in journalism and econom
ics, said after graduation she
plans to set up shop at her fa
ther's office and have a full
time job searching for a job
' I think I have the skills I
need and I'm happy with my
self.” she said.
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