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CLASS OF 1995 Career Center offers assistance in job, internship search for students Another school year is rapidly coming !o a close Do you know where your life is headed? It seems many students find themselves lost m the quest to get a job after graduation But they don't know where to go to get the |ob or where to go lor help The University Career Center, located in Hon docks Hall, 13 one place students can seek help in everything from job opportunities to summer intern ships to career-preparation workshops When they hear the word “career" students might misunderstand what the Career Center does it does not "place" people in |obs "It is a resource between students and employ ers." said Beth L Swank, a career counselor at the Career Center II students want employment oppor tun.ties, the Career -Center has pn-nty heiptui information If employers request Students' resumes, the center has several on file, she said And there are plenty of employment opportunities The |ob market is showing a national trend in cer tain areas becoming very popular, such as sales marketing, financial services, retail, computer sci ence and technology, accounting and hotel;motel management, possibly due to an increased locus on tourism. "As many ol the people being hired in those kind of entry-level jobs have liberal arts backgrounds," Swank said “So it's not just business majors ” In addition to the business-related areas, other fields are becoming popular but are difficult to obtain jobs in "There are certainly students that are interested in the journalism area and the media, the arts, the sciences, social services,” Swank said "And they are certainly finding jobs, bui it’s just more competi tive in those fields." Employment recruiters from business-related areas come to campus. But other fields do not see recruiting visits from employers This is not based on the popularity of different majors Some organizations, such as those in journalism and media, hire differently — they expect the gradu ates, or soon-to-be graduates, to approach them Many that do not recruit on campus, which include social services, science, environmental and nonprof it services, are smaller organizations without the necessary stall, money or resources But the Career Center has information in these fields even though employers do not have recruiting visits The center has employer directories and lists of organizations nationally and in the Pacific North west "People like to stay in the [Pacific Northwest]," Swank said "The most popular spots are Portland, Seattle and San Francisco " Though the majority of students stop by the Career Center within three to six months from grad uation, the center encourages freshmen and sopho mores But the best time for students to come in for help is early in their junior year "We can talk to them about getting internship-, about getting involved in some ol our classes that will help with the job search.’ Swank saxt "So they've got a couple years to do that kind ol b.ii k ground work “ The numtHir of students who come to the Career Center for help has increased during the past years Swank s.ud about 400 students come m?o the center every day, whether to register, check out the i areer library or scan through the job binders which con!a more than 10,000 job listings More and more students continue to p m the center To get an approximation of how many have come, gone and then succeeded in the job market, the center does a survey every even-numbered year June 1994 statistics are not available But Swank said in the June 199? survey, within months after graduation about 70 percent were in career related jobs An important aspect ol the Career Center is the one-on-one career counseling students can receive and help lor the graduating seniors to develop their own job search strategies, especially it the seniors have a major with a broad range of choice-; The Career Center can give them options and help them get a locus on what they want in terms of a career The Center makes its services available to all cur rentiy enrolled students and University alumni Start mg this fall, the Career Center will have eliminate*) its user fees, which include lees for placement like, and registrar I. t currently em -led , Alumni will still have to pay a basic tee lor certain programs and registration To register, a student needs to attend an office ori entation. at which they learn information atiout the services the center oilers and get a lour ol what is available Once they are registered, students will have up-to-date knowtekje ol opportune tnd they can submit their resumes mto the resume book The center also has the resources (or students to do a job search independently and the counselors there have helpful tips to prepare students for the job search "What's probably most important lor students and the ones that have the best prospects lor gelling jobs are students that have done internships in the lieid that they're interested in,” Swank said “The other thing that employers really look lor is extracurricular involvement So getting involved m campus organizations or community service or gam rations where they can really show leadership skills,” she said. Also. Swank said students need a good sense of their strengths and skills That is the focus ol the Career Center — to help students by offering class es and workshops If students know their abilities and have confidence, it is relayed on the resume and through interviews Kim H em GOING OVERSEAS? keep up on campus life with the Oregon daily emerald now available on the world wide web http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~ode Visit Us Before ^ onr Bachelor or Bachelorette Party.. Itdoesn't luwt’ to be dirty to K- pxxJ VIDEOS • TOYS • GIFTS . V///MVO//A' 1311 Lincoln IVillwiwtti? lowers Building 345-1810 I Haircuts..28 rty $ 15 with shampoo A conditioner Perms...S299S l (H>p nnts <S: spirals < (ty, $M>6S w/ conditioners, cut it style Longer, color treated hair slightly more Coupon goad nM %hatry a Carl 'rU* (>U»U Vmfc* Ha*t. IhMttUII, Wret Ct 4 VL*U sV.xK (amhI Ttvougti Hum* is jm*v. Check It Out! 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