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Wednesday, May 6, 1981
Student sibling employment
available at Placement Center
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
I Since the beginning of
civilization as we know it,
students have searched valiant
ly for their own Holy Grail:
Employment. Schedule pro
blems, time allotted for
homework and extracurricular
activities all make gainful work
hard to come by, not only for
the college-level student, but
nigh school aqes as well.
I The College’s Placement
Center was designed to help,
[tot only can part-and full-time
bork be found for students, but
kvo lesser known services are
provided by the center: sum
mer work and help for younger
siblings or children.
I Kate Ellis, placement
Specialist, explains, “We’re
here to make information
available to students at the Col-
ege who have younger
brothers and sisters, or sons
and daughters. We have a lot
pf trouble finding work for that
age group. If we can’t help
pern directly, sometimes we
tan help indirectly?* ' "
! Ellis and Placement Officer,
Warv Thornley keep two
bulletin boards on the walls of
he Community Center office,
pith 3x5 cards, listing part
ime, full-time and temporary
vork in the Metro area. The
ards explain what is required,
Lho should apply and how
puch each job will pav.
“We don’t just rely- on the
pbs on the board,” Ellis said,
‘but try to check into the needs
)f the person.”
The boards are riot the Sole
puree of employment. “I don’t
pink I’ve ever said ‘Gee, that’s
111 we have’,” Ellis said. “We
Iften don’t have jobs, but we
|an direct a student to so-
meone who might.”
These are several sources of
information on jobs that
younger students should know
about, and various procedures
which come in handy. These
include:
Social Security
Numbers:
In order to have a work per
mit, one must first have a
Social Security number. To ap
ply for one, proof of age and
identity are required. The
nearest Social Security office to
the campus is located at 4005
S.E. Naef Rd., Milwaukie.
Hire a Teen:
This is a referral service for
14 and 15 year olds in the Tri-
City area. They can be con
tacted anytime between June
10 and August 28. 657-2467,
or 657-2409.
CETA Summer
Youth Program:
This agency can help only if
one is eligible (i.e,: low income
or handicapped), and aged 14
to 21. 635-4591.
Enterprise-Courier:
This Oregon City daily
newspaper will run a 15 word
plea-for-employment ad, free
of charge, for five consecutive
dayys. Anyone interested
should contact the E-C anytime
after June 1. The ad can be
renewed indefinitely.
Oregon State
Employment Service:
The Employment Service
has listings of jobs in the greater
Metro area for people ages 16
and up. To see the listings, one
must apply in person at 506
High St. in Oregon City.
Kate Ellis pointed out that
other sources of information in
clude the obvious: classified
ads, yellow pages, and that old
favorite, hitting the streets.
“The better equipped, more
prepared you are, the better
your chances,” said Ellis.
“Keep a log of who you talk to,
the date, the time, and when
you should call back. Then do
call at that time, and explain
that you’ve called beforehand
who you talked to. In other
words, sound prepared.”
Most younger people are in
adequately informed about job
hunting, explained Ellis. “I’m
working with one young man
who’s 14. It’s a tough age to
find work, but I helped him
create a resume. He listed his
activities, sports, etc. It should
help him find work.”
Another lesser known fact is
that many employed teenagers
can increase their take-home
. pay by simply claiming exempt
status on their W-4 tax forms. If
a dependant’s anticipated year
ly income is below the tax
liability level ($3,300 per year,
as of 1980), then he or she
should list “exempt.”
Of course, the Placement
Center should not be overlook
ed when hunting for work.
Said Kate, “We’re here, we do
have jobs.. We’ve just sent out
250 letters to employers in the
area, telling them that we have
students looking for part-time
and full-time work?’
“I think we do fairly well,”
said Ellis, “It’s hard to say what
percentage of people who
come through our office we
find employment for, but we
place a lot of people.” /
Toum Center job placement
bourse labeled successful
I Based on the results of a re
ent pre-employment training
rogram for Clackamas Town
renter retailers, Marni Haley
as deemed the College pro
rams a success.
I Beginning in mid-January,
le College’s Employee and
ianagement Development of-
|e (EMD) began a series of
pe-week training courses to
bincide with the March open-
|g of the 96 Town Center
ores. More than 400 persons
irolled in the class.
[“Sixty percent of the trainees
ho sought employment were
red,” reported EMD specialist
[ami Haley. “At the start of
le classes, a number of
nailers were skeptical. But
after the first graduates started
applying for jobs, stores began
contacting us for more ap
plicants.”
“The program we« very ben-
ficial to us,” commented Dana
Zjric, Ward’s personnel
manager. “People completing
the training had a basic idea of
what to expect in retail sales,
which may help us keep our
turnover rate low.”
Sherry Jones, Town Center
marketing manager, has
already suggested the class be
repeated twice a year for peak
season hiring.
community aware of how
quickly we (EMD) can respond
to a need once\it has been
identified.”
Other EMD training pro
grams have included the super
visory training program for
Safeway employees, a series of
seminars on basic human rela
tions, oral communication,
stress management, labor and
management relations and
conflict management.
EMD offers Tektronix
employees the first two years of
a six-year management training
program.
“The project was successful
for us,” Haley observed,
“because it made the business
Training programs planned
for the future include a series of
courses for school custodians,
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