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~Casie Harker sparks spikers Sports Insert Page 4 Special Insert: Sportswatch Sports Guide Clackamas $cint Vol. XXIII No. 6 November 8,1989 Clackamas Community College Oregon City, Oregon Students have opportunity to meet professionals Career Market: a learning experience by Jim Titus Editor-in-Chicf Over 70 professionals from a variety of careers, including KGW- TV news anchor Pete Schulberg, will be participating in the 1989 Career Market today from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Community Cen ter Mall, according to Gail Lafer riere, coordinator of the event. The event is being held to give people an opportunity to talk with professionals in a variety of fields to help answer questions they may have about certain ca reers, and to help them make a decision about what career they will enter. The Career Market will in clude representatives from the following career fields: administra tion, bookkeeping and account ing, electricity and electronics, engineering, federal agencies, graphicarts, health services, math and computer science, metalwork ing, police and security services, sales and social services. “All of the people who are coming have said they are really excited about what they’re doing,” Laferriere said. Representatives from the various careers will answer ques tions concerning educational re quirements, what the job is like, and how to prepare for the career but will not, Laferriere stressed, be recruiting employees. “Presenters at these events sometimes talk more about their job and try to recruit people, but the ones who are coming to Car reer Market are vety good at avoid ing that,” Laferriere stated. Laferriere said that she “se lects participants based on if there is a reasonable employment out look for the career, and on how enthusiastic the participants are.” She added that “almost all of the career areas with shortages are represented.” The participants in Career Market range in educational back ground from 2-year degrees to Ph.Ds. The participants also rep resent both large and small com panies. “People always seem to re spond to big name (companies) - they’re a good resource - but the trend in this country is that small businesses are hiring more than larger ones,” Laferriere pointed out. Some of the participants even have connections to Clackamas Community College. “Some of them graduated from CCC and are even on department advisory boards - that’s where their commitment (to the college) comes from,” Laferriere said. This is the second year Lafer riere, a career development spe cialist, has organized the event, although the Career Market was held before Laferriere worked for CCC. Last year between 800 and There's a rat in ASG After a rat, Office, died . .. ASG members bought two new onesto take its place. Deni Gardner gets acquainted with the new rodents. Photo JMton Portw News Digest Correction In last week’s "News Di gest" a misleading headline appeared over a news breif for the 1989 Career Market. The headline, "Need a job?" falsely created the im pression that jobs would be offered at the Career Mar ket. This is not the case, as the Career Market is only pre senting examples of various careers so informed career choises can be made. The Clackamas Print apologizes for this error. Slides slated Gail Laferriere, coordinator of the Career Market, said she enjoyed organizing the annual event. Photo by Lane Schektem,n 1,000 students participated in the event, according to Laferriere. Laferriere also noted that there wasn’t much support for Career Market in the past, but this year that has changed. “One instructor even required his students to attend Career Market,” Laferriere said. She went on to say that student government has been a big help this year in promoting the event. Part of the reason Laferriere enjoys organizing the event is that her own experience in choosing a career was less than satisfactory. “When I went to high school I didn’t have any idea of what I wanted to do. There was no career center; there were no tools to help me find out what I wanted to do. I would have been ecstatic if there would have been something like Career Market. That’s why I’m so excited about the event. It makes me feel good about working here (at CCC),” explained Laferriere. Laferriere described the Ca reer Market as a learning experi ence, stating that it “allows us to see what a job is like before the first day of work.” She also added that “it’s kind of a two-way street. Both the students and the pre senters learn something.” Smoking solution sought by CCC students Associated Student Govern ment President Garett Lytle pre sented a packet on the smoking issue to the President’s Council yesterday. The packet included a letter to President John Keyser that outlined plans for the smoking forum Nov. 21 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. and Nov. 22 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Community Center Mall. The packet also included a draft of the campus-wide opinion poll. Polling on the smoking issue will take place Nov. 27-30 from 5- 8:30 p.m. for evening students, and noon-Sp.m. Nov. 29,8 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 30, and 8 a.m.-l p.m. Dec 1 for day students. Results of the poll will be presented to the President’s Council on Dec. 5. “This is just an opinion poll and is only a recommendation to the President’s Council,” Lytle stated. President Keyser will be in New Zealand from Nov. 9 to Dec. 6 and will not be at the meeting when the poll is presented, but he doesn’t feel his absence will affect the council’s decision on the smoking ban. The CCC Science dept, will be hosting a slide show about the Great Basin National Park, the nation’s newest national park. The presentation will begin at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in P101. Scholarships offered The following scholarships are available in the Financial Aid Office: Elk National foundation Harry S.Truman Natl. Scholarship Many others are also available. You can find them by looking through the Scholarship notebook at the Financial aid Office. Important dates Nov. 10-11: Veterans Day Closure Nov. 16: Great American Smokcout N0Vi 23-26: Thanksgiving Closure Dec. 4: Winter Term Registration Begins Dec 11-16 Finals Week Dec. 16 Fall Term ends I—............ ........................................ „