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By U lfy a n Tfcdfcar. Jr.
As the United States progress towards the year 2000,
it will become increasingly difficult fo r Blacks without
J p ea He j o t training to obtain employment.
According to a recant Newsweek survey, there are 1 .4
m illion Blacks unemployed in the U.S. This figure has
tripled since 1969 and it shows no sign o f improvement -
- the only Blacks that are practically assured jobs during
the next decade are those w ith a college education,
political connections, and marketable skills.
Dana Rae Lyons, a customer representative at the
Bank o f C alifornia in downtown Portland and accoun­
ting student at the University o f Portland plans to be
ready fo r so d ety’ s rapid changes. W hen questioned
about why she chose Business as a career, the twenty-
year old Ms. Lyons made the following comment.
i selected business as a career, specifically accoun­
ting because I enjoy working with figures, and it ’s not as
much math involved like a lot o f people think. There are
several formula’s you have to know in order to do an ef­
fective job in saving yourself and client money come
A pril 15th. Also, business is a subject I feel most com­
fortable w ith,” she said.
What are your responsibilities as a customer service
representative?
"M y job responsibilities are keeping good relations
with the customers, handling daily transactions o f
travelers checks, money orders, cashiers checks, living
trust drafts, selling and cashing savings bonds, certified
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checks and balancing my cash which is the most impor­
tant,” she said.
Lyons, anative o f Los Angeles, California, is a 1978
graduate o f Rolling H ills High where she attended
school with tennis great Tracy Austin and members o f
the popular singing group, the Sylvers. Lyons gave her
opinion about what she thinks are the key careers in the
future.
"The key careers in the future,” she said, "are com­
puter operators,skilled technicians, fields in medicine,
engineering, science, accounting and experts in
marketing and banking finance. With the large influx o f
non-Americans into the U.S., I would assume that there
will be careers in land, food, and energy conservation
because we will soon be a overpopulated nation,” she
said.
Ms. Lyons career plans include graduating from the
University o f Portland in 1982 and obtaining a M .B.A.
(Masters ot Business Administration) immediately af­
terwards.
” 1 hope to pursue a job with a local or otherwise ac­
counting firm where I can utilize the knowledge that
I ’ ve gathered on a college level and then I ’ll get ready
lor the Certified Public Accountant Examination. I feel
working in a career related job during the summer or
part-time during the school year will help me.
DANA RAE LYONS
" I t a student can obtain a job in a career related job,
it’s like killing two birds with one stone because you can
students to attend a institution that specialize in your
earn creditibility and valuable work experience. Then
career choice, stick it out and get ready for the next two
when you mix all o f these factors w ith a college
decades because it’s going to be competitive, especially
education, you can’t go wrong...I urge all high school
for Blacks,” said the articulate Lyons.
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