University Daily Kansan, May 7, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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Careers
should be prepared and know what to say."
Mary Koenigsman, a May 1984 KU graduate with a master's degree in business administration, said, "I was so glad I had gone through possible questions. It really helps."
Koeigensman, who is an inventory controller at Hallmark Inc. in Kansas City, Mo., advised prospective job searchers to know the ways to possible interview questions, know their resume and themselves.
With many college graduates vying for the same jobs, a student must sell himself.
GEISSLER SAID, "It is a shame when people have the grade point average and extracurricular activities, but they don't market it properly."
James henry, assistant director at the center, said, "Employers tell me
that students don't sell themselves enough in interviews."
When students make their pitch, Maddaus said, they have to be able to judge recruiters' tolerance of aggressiveness.
"You have to learn to push yourself to move up to the line of aggressiveness and confidence without aggravating an aroog and abrasive." Madus said.
Students shouldn't wait until the semester they graduate to begin looking for jobs.
Webster said some students who were graduating in May were just now coming into the placement office.
MADUASA SID IT was fortunate that many students waited until their last semester to think about their careers. By that time, half the recruiting season is over, he said. Many recruiters come to campus early in the fall.
Students should consider career planning as important as classes. Madaus said. Students should begin planning as freshmen, even if they do not know what their major will be.
"It is a shame when people have the grade point average and extracurricular activities, but they don't market it properly."
Vernon Geissler, director of the University Placement Center
Christine Adams, May 1984 graduate with a bachelor of science degree in education, said she had started planning her career the spring semester of her junior year.
Adams now works as an English and speech teacher, student government sponsor and debate coach at Center School District in Kansas City. She. So she got the job about a month before she graduated.
STUDENTS ALSO need to be flexible when seeking their first job. Placement officers said students needed to be realistic about where they wanted to live and where jobs could be found. Students who confine themselves to one area when looking for a job usually hurt themselves.
The placement of seniors from the journalism school is slow right now, Leibengood said.
"There are jobs," he said. "Students will have to be flexible with locations and the kinds of jobs. There are not that many glamorous jobs."
"yes" and the right job offer come along.
Job hunting has its ups and downs.
Glenn said, and for many students,
that means a lot of "no's" before the
"Students shouldn't panic if they don't have a job the day they graduate." Webster said.
Koenigsman said, "Rejections are kind of deflating, but everyone gets them."
She said that when a company or employer rejected her, she realized it was the best for the employer and for herself. She said that companies tried to find the right employees to join their corporate family.
City
Boysen advised students not to lose hope when they received rejection letters.
"When you get rejections, don't lose heart. Keep trying," he said. "There are plenty of jobs out there. Don't give up when it gets tough, because it only takes one job offer to get a job."
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BUT THE OWNER of the Jayhawk Cafe, a bar at 1340 Ohio St., said graduation weekend had little, if any, effect on his business. In fact, Ken Wallace, the owner, said his bar better known as The Hawk — had been closed during the last four or five graduation weekends
He said the bar traditionally had closed on the Friday night before graduation and remained closed until the fall. But Wallace said the bar would remain open for graduation weekend this year. Even so, he doesn't expect the weekend to have much of an effect on his business.
"It hasn't had that much of an impact on us," Wallace said. "Most kids who are graduating are more interested in going to clubs or to nice restaurants with their parents."
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