Large increases
Job prospects appear 'bright'
Employment prospects for American college graduates will be better than ever this year, according to a survey of 208 prominent business and industrial concerns by Frank S. Endicott, director of placement at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
The College Placement Council said by percentage, the largest increases were offered by public accounting firms whose offers rose 8.7% to an average of $702.
Mrs. Mildred Young, placement director for KU's School of Business, supports this contention with her statistics revealing that KU's January placement averaged $890 per month.
Companies plan to hire six men with bachelor's degrees for every five they employed in 1968, Endicott reported after his 23rd annual survey of employment trends.
Companies also plan to hire about 16 per cent more men with master's degrees than they hired last year, he said.
Mrs. Young reported the increase for master's degrees in accounting to have jumped from an average $778 to $844. But according to the College Placement Council, the M.B.A.'s with a non-technical background experienced the largest percentage increase, 10.2 per cent to $879.
The survey also showed that salaries of college graduates were expected to average more than in 1968 with engineers getting the top pay. By curriculum, chemical engineering finished at the top for the third straight year, with average offers of $790-7.8% higher than last June. Next were electrical engineering, $774, and mechanical engineering, $768.
An increase of 20 per cent in the number of women who are expected to be hired in 1969 was indicated in reports from 132 of the companies. Mrs. Young said at KU doors have been suddenly opened this year for women — especially in accounting. She placed girls in January in the $750 slot, where the average for a B.S. in accounting was $532 las year.
Mrs. Young said the service shouldn't be a threat to a graduate looking for a job. "So far, companies take on a qualified graduate, regardless of his military situation.
Kansas Lt. Gov. talks politics at CYD meet
The Collegiate Young Democrats (CYD) will feature a question and answer period by Jim DeCoursey, Kansas lieutenant governor, at 7:30 p.m. today in the Kansas Union Forum Room, Mike Dicheson, Atchison junior and CYD president, said yesterday.
After a few introductory statements, DeCoursey will answer KU students' questions about Kansas politics.
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"KU has 175 to 200 new companies coming to us each year and we usually average 3,000 interviews before the school year is over," she said.
"We also have available for all graduating and job-seeking students a 700-page catalog, the '1969 College Placement Annual,' providing information on the positions customarily offered to college graduates by principal employers."
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