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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1980)
Clackamas Community College Use limited Career Fair serves “Realty successful,” were the words Career Development Specialist Sué Jacobs used to describe the student interest irr the Career Fair held Nov. 12 and 13 in the Community Center. Students were given a chance to “shop around for careers.” Career advisors found' . > most students quite interested. Questions involving salary and job availability were quite com mon. Advisors gave honest answers. | Commented’ Chemist An drew Held, '.‘“Sometimes it ose wasn’t too optimistic. I had to tell them there weren’t--.too many jobs.. Jacobi noted that this was the first career fair at the Col lege. She also stressed that suggestions for different ap proaches to career develop ment are greatly appreciated and should be turned into Trailer D-2. In, the idea stage is the possibility of specialized workshops that deal with a specific, career. For further career questions, Jacobs can be reached at the trailer or ext. 396. Egg and Poultry Scholarship offered Applications for the Egg and Poultry - Association scholar- ship?, can be obtained at thè Financial Aide Center, until Feb. 25. Two scholarships worth $750 each are available. Winners will be selected on scholastic achievement, finan- CAREER MAN--Member of Lewis and Clark College’s Education Department, chats cial need, ancTpersonal interest * with student interested in teaching Staff photo by Duffy Coffman in the poultry field. Displaced homemakers acquire confidence It’s important to know that your job is necessary. You can’t just go in and take a job just to work, or just for the in come. A person can make a job into an extension of him or herself.” '■ This ¡s how Jane Green, the director of the Confidence Clinic, explains the purpose of her ’ organization. The clinic, which is funded' by. the State Department of Human Resources and the College, is a center that helps displaced homemakers. Said Green, “We work with women who are divorced,’ widowed or whose children are graduated and away. It’s a very emotional situation. You find yourself alone, with no money, and no survival skills^” ' said Green. The Confidence Clinic is neither an original nor in novative idea. In fact, it is bas ed on a highly ’successful Roseburg based organization. The Clackamas County clinic was designed three years ago. by an assembly of welfare mqthers who contacted CETA (Comprehensive Education and Training Act), the College, and several other federal and state agencies. The idea was to create a program for women who were unable to transition to the job market because of lack of confidence. For two years it ran successfully. In 1979, severe cutbacks crippled the "original plan. Green became the director of the clinic in 1979, and it changed directions. The em- - phasis is now on “displaced homemakers,” said Green, “It’s not necessarily for women ■ Some men have never worked outside of the •' home. Also it is mostly older ' women, but with the divorce rate now, that’s not always . thie.” ‘ ^ ’It’s not a . mental health counseling. We’re focused on problem solving.” According to Green, “Jobs are a serious pro blem today. A great many stress-related problems are a ' result of your job,” she said. “ ‘‘So it’s finding something you want to do, knowing where to -look. After a life of homemak- ”ing, isolation can be pretty severe.” How did Green become the director of the clinic?' -'“Well, I had my ‘school of life.’ I was a displaced '’hotnemaker myself. I had a bachelor’s degree in ■ philosophy, which helps you ’ with absolutely nothing. No organization like this existed for m,e.” Green is an, ad ministrator, not an instructor. The Confidence Clinic has two full-time counselors, Valerie Lawson, and Judith Nelson. Lawson has an, associates degree and tqp , years ex» perience y/orKing with battered women. Nelgon i^a Pja.:D. “We have two workshops,” explained, Green, “One is a two-'week program. It em phasizes problem solving, and helps people to set goals for themselves. The other takes, three days and is a career assessment program. It’s main ly-vocational testing and infor mation on the job market.” The clinic does not usually find jobs for, women but is beginning to do so. Also, they are developing a short-term trjHhing program. Said Smith, “It’ll be on Underwriting and Rating Insurance. Garnet Weyhrich will teach it. She is retired from the insurance business arid teaches continu ing éducation classes.” The College has agreed to give credits for the class. There will be r.the regular tuition for the class, .but, said Green, “We think we can get waivers for it.” .Said Green, “Clackamas County has a lot of excellent resources for people making transitions in their lives. We try to cross-refer whenever possi ble.’^ The Confidence Clinic is located on Beavercreek Road, a half-block from the College. Those interested should con tact-Green, at 656-2091. “We’re successful, I think,” explained Green, “With a small amount of money, an organization like this can avoid long-térm, expensive pro blems.” r Bob Wynia begins Service to College Staff photo by Duffy Coffman Bob L. Wynia, a former professor of Public Adminstration at the University of Oregon, has been hired by the College with the title of Assis tant to the Deán of In struction. Wynia will be assisting Dr. Ronald Kaiser, Dean of In struction, in a variety of areas, including statistical analysis of computer data relating to space and staff allocation at the College. He will also be coordinating the annual County Skills Contest between the College and local high schools, and will also be involved in the Credit for Prior Learn ing program. Dr. Kaiser pointed out Wynia’s wealth of experience in ad- minstrative areas. Besides his years at the, University of Oregon, he also serv ed as head of Lane County’s Department of Housing and Human Services, as well as five years in the State’s Depart ment of Education. He has a twelve month contract with the College.