Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, March 01, 1996, Page 18, Image 33

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grads
Have all
the luck
fit m QU STION: "So. WHAT ARt YOU GOING TO UO AFTTR YOU t.RAIH AIT?"
I You've probably Iscrn forced to answer the big Q at least a million times
| since you chose a major If a non-peer asks you The Question, it s always
in a sly, Ibis l>cttcr be good tone. It seems to be the consensus that the
M days of finding a good fob — much less a cool job you'll love — are over,
lace it. Since wc'vt been old enough to grasp catch phrases like the job mar
ket. economic status and the unemployment line, all we've heard is svc'rc head
ed lor doom. NX t ic slackers, remember? forget the American Dream. We re
Generation Hexed
Wrong. Cool jobs are out there, and recent grads are landing them. We've
tracked down some 20sorncthings who arc living proof that life after college
doesn't have to mean (etching coffee and sharpening pencils lor vour boss
•»on Lm and frtmnal. Hoy. no Fronot* hlmmJng In tt+m ofttoo!
Funny buslnnss
In Van I cr'« buune**, you won't he tnki to quit
feeding around In feet, being too ammo yould get
you in mtutdr if vou rr a lov drvigner
I he <h gfaduate of t alitmnu Stale U , long
IVath. Idl into the toy imlmm when he landed a
»weet intrtmhip at Martd Im the unit met hdutr hit
ammt real Hr wa* nothing mduutul dr-ugn. whwh
(M» everything bom VOU to tuuthhnahcv
Alter graduation. Manel rehired him to work
with the a, treaty tmt dr-ugn group
I don t think I yould do anything die. * Lee
un " Iheie w uimum lommunnaiwm and playing
aiound It * a very bin group atmoapfe-rr at Mattel *
1 Hefei no tut it thing an a typical work dar '
lee, who it involved in everything bum hrairntomi
mg toy ideai to meeting with the engineer* to
tlevide how a to* will ai tuaity uprrair
"St»me da* 1 out group will get together and go
to Venue Bea,h and *pend the whole da* their
yommg up with new akat he toy*.' lee *avt
So what will the toy maker think of t*r*t' He
won t *ay of uwrw But ho favorite pnqeat w>
far t* tome goore goop tailed l.ak
In yaw you haven t «eet» *e touahed (,»k.
hete * tor t drwtqewe* "It i a trail* tuketui. way dam*
oory uuf! thaf * odd and tiammy when i«u tn&h
Here » a tumptnun When you writ a lud. dad you
ever have Show' Ihe green euB ui the piau* tradi *an‘
In no Kuiilnit thai Mand mat that, too
Slime wa* the "0* and 80*.* lee un *(.ak n
the 'Ah Kadi lo*e it. and I m Iiifc that it » ruined a
lot of aarpet* *
S«n»« and »«»n*it>ihty
The nm tune you track open a beet or a bo* of
Ownut. thrx on ibn little moctri People actually
grt patd lo am ten (hoe product* Ihe prut call
ihemtclvr* 'crnwijv analytic,' hut to the layman,
they re taor irum
But don t think it t onh about eating and drink
mg !"h« t* a huge held that caiert lo mure than pan
the tatre bud*
I have a friend who »« doing icntoey inaivci.
on golf dub*. * aye Renee I hrechet a “92 graduate
of (.ornell L’ who work* for lienertl Millt |m
'Scntorv it uved in everything from food to can to
ink and paper *
Scnton, at the putt call it. tt becoming an tun
tible protection became more compante* than ever
are utmg it Mnt anabntt maiored in food tctcncc.
chemiury, ptyeboiogy ot btologt in college, but
iliete davt even an bnglnh nur<» can land a tatty
fob at an analvti I binhei tart that many tump*
met tend employee* to conference* to learn the
trick* of the trade
Ihe tec ret to achieving the perfec t balance of
barlev and hop* involve* a lor of people drinking un