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Vol. XV, No. 13
Wednesday, February 3, 1982
Workshop prerequisite to job placement
By J. Dana Haynes
Of the Print
A new twist has been-add
ed to the College’s Job Place
ment Center. Starting this
week, a manditory one-hour
workshop is required for
everyone using the job finding
resources.
The workshop is designed
to give the unemployed
population of the College the
skills to find work. “We felt the
only way to help everyone fair
ly, was to set Up the
workshop,” Kate Ellis, place
ment specialist, explained.
“We want to do more than just
send people out to find work;
we want to give them the ‘tools’
to use.”
Those tools include how
to prepare for an interview,
how to dress and how to
“2.keep the frustration in
check,” Ellis said. “If you apply
for work at ten places and get
turned down, how do you han
dle number 11? We hope to tell
people how.” -
The new system comes in
response to Oregon’s ever-
increasing unemployment rate
LOOKING FOR A job, Brett Clason looks at the Job Board for local openings.
Staff Photo by Duane Hiersche
(currently estimated at 11.2
percent) and the imminent
demise of the. state’s job referral
program.
Sheri Schoenborn, career
development and placement
secretary, feels the hard times
are obvious on campus. “We’re
seeing twice as many people
now than we did this time last
year,” she said.
On an average day, 60 to
70 people visit the center to
search the “job board,” a cor-
kboard on the wall with index
cards listing full- and part-time
jobs. \“I wasn’t comfortable
spending five minutes with a
person and then sending them
out to apply for a job,” Ellis
said. “So we decided to do
something drastic.”
The mini-workshops are
held several times per day, and
last one hour. “We’ll talk about
basic job hunting skills, what
the job market looks like, and
maybe even form a ‘job hun
ting support group’ to deal with
the frustration,” Ellis said.
Subjects covered at the
workshops will include such
topics as who to talk to, where
to look, how to quickly
research the classified ads, and
how to approach a prospective
employer. “It’s a very com
petitive market out there,” Ellis
said, “Looking for a job these
days is a job in itself.”
According to Ellis and
Schoenborn, some people
have resisted the manditory
meeting. “Some have said ‘I
know how to dress and how to
be interviewed’,” Ellis explain
ed, “Find, then we ask them to
attend the workshop and share
their experiences. It’s an open
forum and everyone should
speak up.”
One welding student who
attended the workshop said
that he visited one company
five times, showing up every
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Board rewards management committee
By Mike Rose
Of the Print
The Board of Education
voted unanimously Jan. 13 to
award $1,800 in bonuses to
the College’s management
negotiating team. Each
member of the three-man
negotiating team received
$600 in addition to their
regular salary.
According to the Board
minutes, the cash bonus was
“in recognition of outstanding
service to ■ the College” during
the negotiations of faculty and
support staff contracts.
The $600-bonus reci
pients were Bill Ryan, ad
ministrative dean of college ser
vices, Lyle Reese, assistant
dean of business and public
service, and Jim Painter, per
sonnel officer.
College President John
Hakanson said the $600
bonuses were well deserved
because “the management
team had to spend extra time
and effort to meet and
negotiate with both faculty and
administration. ”
The practice of giving
bonuses to the management
negotiating team has been go
ing on for some time, “at least
three years,” Dr. Hakanson
said.
Hakanson said to the best
of his knowledge, this is the first
year that the press, specifically
“The Enterprise Courier” has
printed articles about the
bonuses. “Hard times may
have caused some of the reac
tion,” he said.
When asked if he thought
it was inappropriate to award
cash bonuses when the College
is experiencing budget cuts,
Hakanson said, “If I thought it
was inappropriate, I would not
have done it.”
Bonus recipients, Ryan,
Reese, and Painter were con
tacted, but they had no com
ment.
Jack Hunter, of the
Oregon Education Association,
the union that represents Col
lege faculty, said in his ex
perience it was “odd” that a
public college or school would
pay bonuses to a management
negotiating team, except for
professional negotiators. “It’s
part of the three administrators
contract to participate^ in
negotiations,” said Les Tipton,
president of the College’s facul
ty association. “No one else in
the College gets bonuses; the
faculty group didn’t get paid a
dime for their part in contract
negotiations.”
The bonuses were not
proper or reasonable because
of the shortage of funds,” Tip
ton added.
John Rau, Social Science
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instructor, suggested that the
bonuses have caused ill feelings
between administration and
faculty. Rau said,“The Board
might be throwing salt Into the
wounds of v a very difficult
negotiating process. For the job
they did in screwing the faculty,
I’m surprised they didn’t get
$6,000.”
A representative of the
College’s support staff, Carrie
Heaton, said the administrators
deserved the money, but it was
bad timing to offer cash
bonuses. Heaton explained
that the support staff was sen
sitive to expenditures because
working hours are now being
cut back, and may be cut back
further due to the budgeting
situation.
“Many workers are aware
that their hours may be reduc
ed. The $1,800 bonus is
enough money to keep one of
the support staff working for
two months,” Heaton said.
“Among support staff
there is some resentment and
difficulty understanding the
College’s inconsistencies,”
Heaton said.
One support staff worker
said, “I am confused, I don’t
understand. We were asked to
give; ‘creative suggestions’ by
the administration on how to
cut the budget and then they
give themselves $600 bonuses.
It’s a double standard. Our
union should have done
something.”
Another College staff
member said “The three ad
ministrators got a $600 bonus
for ‘doing their job.’ How can
they ask the public to vote to
pay more taxes to support the
College when they waste
money like that. The whole
thing makes us look like idiots.”
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