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Placement centers say 1996 is a bumper crop year for jobs
By Kristle Blasi
Kansan correspondent
All four placement centers on campus have predicted that the students walking down The Hill this May will encounter one of the most promising job markets in recent years.
The business, engineering and journalism schools operate placement services within the professional schools. The University Placement Center serves all KU students including those in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the schools without individual placement services.
Terry Glenn, director of the UPC said nationwide publications had predicted a "pretty positive" job market. He said students with degrees or experience with technology-engineering or computer studies-were doing especially well finding employment. There are also indications that manufacturing jobs will be available and that students in the health services field will continue to be in demand.
To be eligible to interview with companies through the UPC, students must register with the center and pay a fee.
He said students should register at the
"A lot of employers are requesting resume referrals instead of interviewing on campus," Glenn said. "We will continue to receive requests through the summer."
center by the beginning of their senior year.
Fred Madaus, placement director for the School of Business, said the economy was the most important factor in business students finding employment.
"We're getting good vibes from employers looking for more new employees than they were last year," Madaus said. "Students who are out looking for jobs and are flexible about where they will go have a good market."
Madaus encouraged students to register with the business placement center immediately after being accepted to the school, but at the very latest during the second semester of their junior year.
Engineering students must register with Karen Kelm, director of the Engineering Career Services Center to be eligible to interview on campus. The engineering center is the only center without a registration fee. Companies interviewing engineering students request resumes of students interested in interviews, and then the company selects students to interview.
Kelm said the job market looked promising. "We still have some companies coming to campus and we will continue to send resumes in May," she said. "Sometimes the employers didn't realize what they needed or how great their need was."
Kelm recommended that engineering
See Placement, Page 20.
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