Career data more visible The College’s counseling department now offers a new centralized career center. The career information has always been available to students, but it is now visable and more organized, according to Bernie Nolan, college counselor. which corporations are hiring a certain group of college graduates, such as engineers, the “College Placement An- There are several, books available explaining various careers and job opportunities. “Occupational Outlook Han dbook” is one such book, up dated yearly by the 'Depar tment of Labor. The book atves There are also several “how to” books available on helping a student perform a career search. Also located in the information on the nature of various jobs, places of em ployment, training needed, salaries, working conditions and also the future outlook for hundreds of jobs, according to Nolan. If students want to know information on job discriptions, . are designed to give stu® training needs and em formation that should' ployment outlook for the Por them make career chi tland metropolation area. such, as, the Edwards] Anyone wishing to use the sonality Profile and the S computer should contact the Vocational interest testa" For further inform! counseling secretary. The testing department also career guidance, con N offers several interest tests that counseling departme nt] nual” has that information and also general descriptions of all the major companies in the United States. Nolan voted new Focus chairpersJ career center are the college bluebooks, which give descrip tions of college and vocational schools nationwide. Bernie Nolan, new Focus on Women Chairperson, will assume chairmanship today during a steering committee meeting. Bill Hargadine, ap pointed Ms. Nolan with the ap proval of the steering commit tee. She replaces. Bernice Evans, who has been chairman since the beginning of Focus on Women. In addition to books there are other options available to seraching students. The C.I.S. ( Career Infor mation System) is a com puterized system open to all students. This system provides Bernie Nolan “The Focus on I program has been strl volving women from! munity with the Co Hopefully, we will bfl continue a strong pro' the future. With the■ support of the women! pus, Focus on Wol continue its presentfl said the new chairpeF Tax mistakes can coâ By Kelly Laughlin Of The Print C.C.C. BOOK KSTORE The BOOK STORE will be open during the spring break, March 19th, thru - March 23rd. It’s tax time again. And while many people are hurriedly filling out 1040’s and 1040A’s, errors can make that wait by the mailbox seem indefinite. One taxpayer, when filing for 1977 tax returns, waited until August merely because he signed his name on the wrong line. He alsogot stuck for a long distance call from the main of fice of the Internal Revenue Service, in Idaho. Dale Potts, Public Affairs Of ficer for the Oregon IRS, en courages all taxpayers to “double check everything before mailing.” Potts also cited tax breaks that some students and renters may be overlooking. Under certain conditions, deductions in educational ex penses for employment, trade or business can be made. “Primarily; though, you must be employed in the profession that relates to your education,” he said. Specifically, however, em- ployees must meet the ex pressed requirements of em ployers, or requirements of law or regulations, for keeping salary, status dr employment, if the requirements imposed ser ve a bona fide business pur pose of the employer. The education must main tain or improve skills required in performing xthe duties of present employment or trade, or other business. Deductions can not be made if they result in classes taken to meet the minimum educational requirements for qualification in employment or other trade or business, or are part of a program of study that will lead to qualifying persons in a new trade or business, even if the education maintains or im- proves skills required in em- ployment. Educational expenses can include amounts spent for tuition, books, supplies, laboratory fees and similar items, and some travel and transportation costs. Expenses for education are an itemized deduction that appears on Schedule A in form 1040 as a miscellaneous deduction. When parents are both em ployed or attending some form of schooling, they may be eligible for a child Care credit. “This money, however is not refunded,” Potts said, “it only reduces the liablility.” If a parent has one depen dent, maintains half the income for a child’s care, and earns less than $8,000 per year, they are eligible for an Earned Income Credit where a percentage of what they owe in taxes is sliced off the amount they owe. “The percentage taken off, depends upon their imcome bracket,” Potts said. Both students living at home, and parents that pay more than half of their support, SAVE UP TO 25% USED BOOKS WE TRADE 1 FOR 2,3 FOR 5,5 FOR 8 want lists filled hours 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. - CLOSED THURSDAY End of winter term buy back 50 VOLUMES MAXIMUM: 50*MAXIMUM/TRANSACTION begins, March 13th and ends March 23rd. BOOK STORE HOURS: 8:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Phone: 656-2631 Ext. 248 or 249. USED BOOKS ) USED BOOKS AND MAGAZINES BUY SELL TRADE LESTER F. RUSSELL, JR. TELEPHONE655-2060 OREGON CITY, OREGON 97045 615 SEVENTH STREET can claim a $750 e: on their individual ret Students may be eligi a homeowner-rental their yearly ini $15,999 or less. fl amount of the refund d upon the income | student. Energy credit] obtained for taxpay homeowners and refl spend money on enl servation in their dwa law, which is retrcf April 20, 1977, proJ tax credit up to $300 conservation materialfl in the home, with a f credit of as much as $2, taxpayers who installa energy source devices! or wind equipment. I The limited credit |d table at 15 percent ofF $2,000 used on suchf storm or thermal wind doors, insulation,■ stripping and caulking.j replacement burnj opening modification trical or mechanical systems to replace® lights and clock tlfl also qualify. Renters J homeowners are eligibly credit. In an active effort® plement the Colle® department’s budgj runners are filling out J sheets in an effort tbl eligibility to the upcom A-Thon—Walk-A-lfl Taking place at the! track on March 9,1 p.m., the hour Ion® designed to take in fl per laps basis, fhougl tual intake of funds will) upon the amount offl sponsors, the dff heads have set aj| $10,000. Clackamas Communi« inches D50 Illuminant, 2 degree observer Density