Career & Graduation Guide
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Susan Garflald (loft), a senior graduating In June, and Will Morton, who graduated attar toll term 1992. are
hoeing a difficult time finding lobs In a tight market
Two students looking
toward the future
□ Most graduates surveyed
felt they were not adequately
prepared for employment
The end is near lor Susan Garfield, Alter live
lengthy yet fruitful years at the University, she
will receive her long awaited degree in English
at the end ol this term.
Garfield is currently taking 21 credits — including
an internship and an independent studies protect —
while working two part-time |Obs m her spare time
The light at the end of the tunnel is bright, and she's
not about to delay her graduation any longer
Will Morton graduated with his degree in English
after tall term of 1992. He decided that he wanted
to be a reporter after a summer internship in Oregon
with the LaGrande Observer in 1990. He interned as
a reporter again the next summer with the East Ore
gonian m Pendleton.
Since his graduation, he has been diligently pur
suing a career in journalism He estimates that he
has sent out well over 100 resumes to newspapers
across the country and has received about 50 rejec
tion notices. A lew ol the letters were personal
replies, but most were (orm letters saying that they
were currently cutting back and were not in a posi
tion to hire anybody.
"It's been an emotional roller coaster." Morton
said "Learning how to cope with reiection is one
thing you don't learn in school .“
Garfield and Morton have been dating tor the past
si* years After Garfield graduates, the couple plans
to find a place to live where they can each find sat
isfying careers and enjoy a good quality of life
They are both hard-working arid ambitious people
who have participated in internships and kept up
good grades throughout their college careers They
deserve everything they want, and ideally they
should get it. Realistically, however, they still have
a long way to go
The most recent University aiumm job market sta
tistics published by the Career Planning and Place
ment Service surveyed students who graduated in
1990 Ol the English majors who responded, about
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