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By CHARLENE MULLER
Kansan Staff Writer
As the federal government cuts back on defense and the American economy slows down, 1970 June graduates are finding a bleak job market.
Placement directors at the University of Kansas confirmed the national trend this spring toward sharply reduced job recruiting on campuses. Recruiters at KU are offering more money but fewer jobs, they reported.
Herold Regier, placement director of the School of Education, said schools were being more selective in choosing teaching staffs.
Most school systems, he said, report more candidates applying for vacancies than last year.
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A major problem, Regier said, is that a teacher can always find a job but not necessarily where he or she desires.
"Most people prefer to teach in metropolitan areas because recreational opportunities make large cities more attractive."
Kathryn Erbacher, Kansas City, Mo., senior in education, said she had been offered only one job in a location she preferred. Many offers were made to her, she said, from small town schools but small towns do not appeal to her.
"The problem as I see it," Miss Erbacher said, "is too much competition. School systems in larger cities want to hire people with master's degrees or those who have had previous teaching experience. There doesn't seem to be a demand for first year teachers with bachelor of science degrees."
Janice Wittmeyer, Ottawa senior in education with a language arts concentration, said part of the problem was specialization.
"I'm not happy about teaching English," Miss Wittmeyer said, "and there is just not a demand for speech and drama teachers who do not teach English as well."
Salaries, Regier said, will be up about $200 this September. Across the country, elementary school teachers on the average will make about $6,384 and secondary school teachers about $6,604.
Dana Leibengood, placement director of the School of Journalism, said jobs for journalists also were tighter this year although the number of interviews was up 25 per cent over last year.
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Students can get jobs, he said, if they are willing to change their desired locations. There is more of a demand for news-editorial and photography majors and less for radio-tv and advertising.
Judy Diebelt, Atchison senior in journalism, said smaller papers were "begging" for reporters, but larger ones were not.
"The paper I wanted to work for," Miss Diebiet said, "was the Detroit Free Press, which cancelled its KU interviews this year. I wrote them several times on my own and badgered them until they asked me to come up for an interview. Luckily I got the job."
Leibengood said salaries were up for journalism graduates with a person having a B.S. degree getting about $7,200.
Mrs. Mildred Young, placement director for the School of Business, said jobs were not as plentiful for business graduates either.
The number of companies interviewing, she said, dropped about 10 per cent. Seniors, she said, are finding the market more open than graduate students because companies can pay people with undergraduate degrees less and can give them specialized training if necessary.
Salaries in business are up 6 to 7 per cent but are slightly higher for accountants. Mrs. Young said.
Elmo Lindquist, placement director for the School of Engineering, said jobs were tighter this year but all engineers who desired a position would be taken care of. Graduates, he said, set their hearts on specific geographical locations or working in their specialized fields may find it difficult to get desired positions.
Since the government companies are not in a position to hire, Lindquist said, normal companies
have a demand for engineers. They do not look at the specialized discipline of an engineer, but at his general educational background.
Lindquist reported salaries were up for engineers with first year graduates having no experience getting about $850 a month.
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