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Thursday, November 13. 1975
University Daily Kansan
LA&S seniors scramble for jobs
Although job prospects appear bright for December graduates from professional schools, jobs will be scarce for graduates from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, according to several placement directors.
Joy Husden, director of Work Force, a Student Senate program to help students secure employment, said this week that the students were asking Work Force about jobs.
"They're starting to hit the pen button as far as graduation goes," Hudson said. She said it appeared that students, especially those in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, were having trouble finding jobs.
Work Force, Hudson said, contacts many companies and then sends interested students a list of the companies. It is then up to the company to decide which these companies for an interview she said.
Hudson said students who were graduating this semester wouldn't receive the list of possible employers from Work Force until December or January.
Hudson said the difference between Work Force and the University's placement bureaes was that Work Force sent information to various companies, whereas, employers themselves came to the schools for the University's placement bureaes.
Gladys Padget, placement director at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said many of the students graduating this fall were entering graduate schools. She said she thought the market for liberal arts students hadn't improved.
Pudget said that students also used placement bureauas at the other professional colleges.
They also find jobs by writing letters, sending messages and making contacts on social media.
According to Fred Maddae, placement director at the School of Business, students must be well prepared for fall rather than next spring have a slight advantage in finding a job. He said there were many immediate openings in public colleges because the tax season was in the spring.
Companies recruit at the School of Business, Madaus said, in both the fall and spring. Many of the business students secure jobs in banking, retail management,
food, manufacturing and general sales no matter when they graduate, he said.
The peak months for recruiting engineering students are October and February, Howard Smith, associate dean of engineering, said.
He said companies were very competitive and wanted the best students for positions, so they didn't necessarily wait until spring before they don't want to get here too late, be said.
Don Metzler, placement director at the School of Engineering, said he thought all the engineering students could find jobs if they were willing to limit their opportunities.
He said that most companies who recruit at KU's engineering school, such as Phillips Petroleum and Shell Oil, were located in the Midwest.
*Some companies are already booking schedules 19 and 25 because they want to keep prices low.*
Metzler said most students didn't want to live in other geographical areas.
Dana Leibengood, placement director at the School of Journalism, said the job
He said that last May many employers had a hiring freeze on, so students weren't going to work.
market had "considerably improved over last May."
Leibengoob also said students graduating in the fall rather than spring had no real advantage. He said the peak time for recruiting was between January and April.
He said that in journalism, many of the jobs depended on the personal contacts the staff had.
The student should view his first job as an extension of school, he said. During his two years of work, he merely gains experience and when he then can so wherever he wants.
Herold Regier, placement director at the Educational Placement Bureau, said he thought students majoring in education had a slight advantage by graduating in the fall.
Regler said there was less competition at midyear. There are often many vacant teachers, and the school takes time, he said. He said that there were many opportunities for substitute teachers,
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