University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, October 10, 1979
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Job market steady, favorable to grads
By HAROLD CAMPBELL
Staff Reporter
This year's KU graduates should have few problems funding jobs after graduation despite recent Federal budget cuts, an inflation by slowing the U.S. economy, Vernon Geissler, director of the University Placement Center, said yesterday.
Gleisner is confident about job possibilities for KU graduates despite warnings by some economists that he could be more than 8 percent later this year.
"The current inflation problem is only an increase in the problem we had last year," he said.
Last year, he said, all KU graduates who actively looked for jobs found them.
All KU graduates who are flexible in job choice and location should be able to find jobs this year, too, he said.
Geissler said a student could find a job more easily if he left the Kansas City and Lawrence areas.
"Many areas in Kansas, especially rural areas, need workers badly," he said.
ACCORDING TO several Lawrence bankers, the increase in the interest rate
R. A. Edwards, president of Douglas County State Bank, said the rise in interest rates that banks must pay to the bank may be caused by making customers say higher interest
last weekend to 12 percent will cause a decline in construction and an increase in unemployment.
Marshall Biggsstaff, vice president of Anchor Savings Association of Lawrence, agreed that the Feds action would further the recession.
THE 'MOVE WILL' definitely affect people just starting got started in the job both because they will need more skill and will be harder to find and the cost of housing could be as much as 10 percent higher.
Runalid Olsen, KU director of the department of economics, said, "The board is asking to constrain the money supply. I think this will deepen the current recession instead of helping it and the economy will not be allowed to grow.
"The government is trying to attack the problem in the traditional way by restraining the economy instead of attaching the solution to inflation—much higher energy costs."
Man guilty;charge reduced
Joseph Cline, 31, 1168 New Jersey St. plied guilty yesterday to one count of taking indictive liberties with a minor. Cline originally admitted his involvement in connection with incidents in June and July.
Douglas County District Attorney Mike Malone said the mother of one of the girls Cline was accused of having sexual intercourse with did not want her daughter to testify in this. This was one reason that charges against Cline were reduced, be
"We were not at all interested in putting her in front of a jury." Matsou said.
"We were not at all interested in putting her in front of a jury," Malone said. "We were very nervous." Douglas County District Court Oct. 30. He is being held in the Douglas County Jail.
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Med Center short on workers
By ROSEMARY INTFEN
KANSAS CITY, Kan.- The opening of Bell Memorial Hospital at the University of Kansas Medical Center has aggravated the stress associated with the Dedicated Center's facilities operation department.
Staff Reporting
Thomas Keating, assistant director for facilities operations personnel, said yesterday that the department needed 50 more employees.
"There has always been somewhat of a shortage, but now that the new hospital needs maintenance, that really adds to the need," Keating said.
As a result of the shortage, less maintenance work is being done at the Med Center. he said.
"We're not doing preventive maintenance such as painting because the manpower has to be used on units which cannot be neglected. "Keating said.
Maintenance in heating, cooling and electronics are areas that can not be neglected, he said.
KEATING SAID there was a shortage of both skilled and semi-skilled workers, including plumbers, refrigeration/air conditioning plant operators and auto mechanics.
The facilities operations department was authorized in July to hire 80 new employees to combat the maintenance employee shortage. Since only 30 positions have been filled.
Keating said the department planned to launch an advertising campaign within the next few days to recruit applicants.
"We're having a devil of a time recruiting workers," said said someone with nearly 80 positions open, state recruiting laws and the lower state wages are keeping us from getting the traffic we need.
the hiring process by requiring applicants to take a test to evaluate their working skills and experience.
"Right now we're getting about 20 applicants a week but we only hire about four or five. We're trying to be a selective as we can," he said.
ONCE THE TEST has been scored, the applicant is put on the state register and can be hired.
"It takes about two weeks for all that and many people can find a job elsewhere in that amount of time," he said.
However, the division of personnel at the state capital has given the Med Center the privilege to hire on a conditional basis in order to fill the positions more quickly.
In addition to advertising, Keating said, he has visited area vocational-technical schools to recruit more applicants.
"This means that we don't have to wait for test scores to come back before hiring applicants," Janis Sheffield, department staff member, said.
"BY THEW we hope to have at least 30 more positions filled, leaving only about 20 open," she said.
Until the shortage of manpower is reduced, employees will continue to work overtime, Keeting said.
She said the conditional hiring would be valid until the end of the year.
Sheffield said that 10 to 20 unfilled positions were normal for the department.
Overtime has gone way up since this summer but we really don't have a choice because work in some areas just can't be "educed."
Keating said there was no limit on the number of overtime hours an employee could work.
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