University Daily Kansan, May 7, 1985
CAMPUS AND AREA
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Engineering grads receive multiple offers
A strengthening economy and an increase in college recruiting used to mean higher salary offers but not this year, the director of engineering job placement said recently.
"In the School of Engineering, salary offers have increased only 2 to 3 percent over last year, and that isn't enough to even cover inflation, and Julie Webster, the director.
“But I have to say the starting salaries are still good,” she said. This year, petroleum engineers, who receive the highest salaries offers of all engineering majors, make an average starting salary of $23,000. Civil engineers, at the bottom, receive an average starting salary on an average starting salary of $24,000.
Students in engineering aren't worried this year about getting job offers, she said. This school year.
Petroleum, civil and chemical engineering majors are averaging a little more than one job offer a person, and students with master's degrees in aerospace and electrical engineering are in demand. Webster said.
electrical and mechanical engineering majors are averaging two job offers a person.
"Very technical companies want someone with a specialty," she said, "and students with more education in their background have this. The job market looks great for engineers. I'm really optimistic."
panies conducting interviews. Hiring has increased by only 10 percent in last year.
The number of companies interviewing on campas has increased 23 percent this year. But the increase in the number of students the companies are hiring has not kept pace with the increased number of com-
And the kinds of companies that are coming to the University are changing. Webster said.
The large industrial companies recruited on campus in the past are being replaced by smaller, high-tech companies, such as companies that manufacture testing devices and sensory equipment. Webster said.
Also, many engineering graduates are finding jobs with the government as it enters more defense contracts with national companies.
Kevin Dyer, Dodge City senior majoring in electrical engineering, said he received a job offer from General Dynamics in Ft. Worth, Texas, and would be working with software and test equipment.
Arts grads depend on talent in job search
Students graduating with a degree from the School of Fine Arts will be eligible for admission to the U.S. Military Academy.
Many people have to go to California, New York or Texas to find jobs, she said, and they have to find the school for relying on the school for placement.
Students who graduate with fine arts degrees have difficulty finding jobs because their abilities are not widely marketable in the Midwest, where Heidrich, Wellington senior marjoring in graphic design, said recently.
Sonia Robertson, Lawrence senior,
said that often the kind of work fine
art graduates were seeking was
to teach herself unless they
became self-employed.
James Moeser, dean of the school, said that whether graduates went to work for themselves or for a company, they had to be able to stand up to tough competition.
"You really have to be very good." he said. "The competition right now is not as tough as it was."
Meredith said, "The competition is so great that a lot of people come in off the streets. The design companies don't need to recruit people."
Moeser said, "We don't have a centralized placement operation. The faculty individually helps students."
The faculty helps students through contacts they have made in the professions, he said. Because faculty members are aware of the capabilities of their students, they are better able to help them job jobs than a general placement director would be.
Hallmark is the only company that actively recruits in the school, he said.
The jobs available to fine arts students vary greatly. Moeser said. Graduates go into everything from opera to interior design.
Musicians may go on to graduate school, get a teaching position or become performers, he said. Singers might get an apprenticeship in opera. Students in studio arts such as painting and sculpture often become self-employed.
Economy slows placement in journalism
The sluggish economy has created lower job openings for graduates from the School of Journalism, the director of the school said recently.
"So far it's been a little slower year," said Dana Leibengood, the director and associate dean of the department and is a direct effect of the economy.
But Leibengood said he thought that by June of most of the 217 graduates would have found jobs if they were offered a job or the exact job they wanted.
Reporters and copy editors will not have any problems finding jobs, Leibengood said. But students in advertising and magazine will be faced with a more competitive job market.
The school tries to place as many graduates as possible by bringing in newspapers to interview students at the school and by personally contacting outside sources, he said.
Beth Wallace, Kansas City, Kan,
junior, said she had found a job as
assistant editor for publications at
Cramer Products Inc because Lei-
nard notified her that the company was interviewing students on campus.
Cramer Products Inc. was the first company Wallace had an interview with, she said After her third interview with the company, she was hired
"The journalism school helps you as long as you're eager to be helped," she said.
Wallace said she thought the business school was the only other school that actively helped students to find jobs.
Without the notices that are posted in Stauffer-Flint Hall or for the help of the journalism faculty, Wallace said, she may not have found her job.
Leibengood said, "We make a concentrated effort to make graduates aware of openings. Placement is a team effort, and our faculty is good about participating."
After graduation, he said, the school still is in contact with graduates. Surveys are sent to graduates after 30, 60 and 90 days to determine how they are doing and whether they have found jobs.
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