University Dalv Kansan, May 2, 1983
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Graduates in India face even tougher job search
By United Press International
NEW DELHI - If American college graduates face a tough fight for jobs, consider the plight of those in India, a country already swollen with educated students.
"It's like facing a war," said Stayaean Anand, 21, a chemistry honors graduating senior at Delhi University. "You don't know the outcome, the struggle is long and finding a job is very hard."
ANAND SAID HE, would try for a government job by taking a competitive exam along with 250,000 others seeking 3,905 positions, but admitted the chances of landing one of those secure, well paying jobs was slim.
Like most other students, he has planned second-best options including returning to school for a higher degree and providing a job for which he is overqualified.
His pight is typical in India, which suffers from a severe lack of jobs for the educated among its 684 million population.
At last count in 1982, 1.6 million people with at least a college education were in the U.S.
Another 3 million graduates will enter the job market in 1983 — 250,000 more than last year — pouring into an economy that grew by about 3.3 percent less than in 1982.
MANY WILL JUST stay at home. Others will go abroad for jobs, contributing to India's "brain drain" problem.
Students from the top schools, such as Delhi University, hope for a decent entry-level professional or government position. But most will make under $80 a month.
There are few reliable statistics to show whether the problem is improving.
Government officials point to job creation programs started in recent
years to benefit the educated unemployed but, until the current economic plan is complete in 1985, their effectiveness will not be known.
SUNIT SARWAN, an English major in her last year at Delhi University, said, "We're feeling inscure. The job market is so competitive. People want experienced applicants and we have so little knowledge of the job market."
With a few exceptions, students do not hesitate to express concern over their prospects for a job after graduation.
According to Anjali Suri, another Delhi University English major, "The job market is very bad. I think I should have planned earlier and taken up something more professional, as an assistant or personnel manager."
Moonis Raza, director of the National Institute of Education Planning and Administration, said, "The problem of unemployment lies in the bloated bellies of the arts and humanities departments.
in the United States you give them
thee. "Raza said." "In India we give
thee," Raza said. "In India we give
At both Delhi University and Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi a student pays as little as $18 a year in tuition.
FOR SOME overqualified graduates in India, a traditional solution has been to leave the country for work in the developed Western nations, where they can earn more than they would in even the best jobs in India.
According to the World Health Organization, about 15,000 Indian doctors work abroad. Other reports indicate at least a third of those trained in computer and management skills leave the country.
"At a subsidized price, at state expense, they leave the country," said L.K. Jha, chairman of the Government and Administrations Reform Commission.
PITTSBURGH — The key to successful job interviews lies in preparation and first impressions, says the chief job-placement counselor at one of Carnegie-Mellon University's graduate schools.
Organization key to interview success
By United Press International
AS PART OF that preparation, those looking for jobs should take inventory of their aptitudes, weaknesses and goals. Mosier said.
"I think the thing where a lot of people miss the boat is in not preparing themselves before they sit down for the interview," said Edward J. Grant, investment director of CMIU Graduate School of Industrial Administration.
"You should do a good, in-depth self-analysis as if you are a product and you're trying to sell yourself to somebody else." he said.
Job applicants should also take time to learn something about the company they are interviewing, he said.
"The most important part of an interview is the first 30 seconds or minute — that first exchange where you set the tenor for everything that is
to follow," Mosier said. "If that first minute goes well, the chances are that the interview will go well."
He said that a smile, a firm handshake, a confident demeanor and appropriate dress were important for making a good first impression.
MOSIER SAID the applicant should "try to personalize the interview" by mentioning bobbers or other things about himself that set him apart from the competition. He said the applicant must be as confident of the talking during an interview.
"Always try to give the interviewer
back a little more than the interviewer asks you," he said.
To prepare for an interview, he said, the applicant should "do a role-playing interview with a professional or someone who can give a critique on how you can clean up your act and give a better presentation."
One pitfall people should avoid,
Mosier said, is to think of an interview
as an adversarial relationship.
Adults can earn degree without attending class
"You should go in with a positive attitude, that the interviewer wants you to succeed as much as you do," he said.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Adults who want to earn a college degree but are unable to attend college because of family or professional obligations can still get a diploma through the nationwide Regents External Degree Program.
The flexible program is sponsored by the New York State Board of Regents. Some other states have similar programs, but they are often used to residents of the state offering them.
The New York program offers eight fully accredited degrees at the associate and bachelor levels in liberal arts and sciences, business and nursing. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
THERE are no classrooms or teachers. College credit is awarded for educational programs a person may have taken in the military or on the job or from college proficiency examinations.
There also are special assessment tests given to evaluate college subjects not covered by proficiency tests.
In addition, if a student took college courses but never graduated, the credit can be applied to an external degree.
Rebecca McBride, a spokesman for the program, said many students used a combination of tests, college courses and experience to earn their external degrees.
McBride said the external degree program was the answer for many people who wanted a college degree. The students were prevented them from attending college
McBride said that more than 20,000 external degrees had been awarded by the university in 1970 and that 22,000 people were enrolled in the program at present.
The cost varies, and there is a $175 enrollment fee, a $100-150 fee for annual records maintenance and a $50 charge for graduation. There is also a $300 fee for each special assessment test.
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