Graduates may have trouble finding jobs
By GALEN BLAND Kansan staff writer
Graduates this spring could find their job opportunities slimmer than in years past.
According to an article in U.S. News and World Report, companies have cancelled many of their interviews with June graduates. The placement bureaus at the University of Kansas bear out this nationwide trend.
Mrs. Mildred Young, director of the School of Business placement bureau, said Thursday that a number of firms had cancelled their interviews.
"There seems to have been fewer job offers this year," she said. She said there had been a large demand for accounting
graduates but there had been a low demand for Ph.D.'s.
The Men's Salary Survey by the College Placement Council said there had been a drop of 16 per cent in job offers to those with bachelor's degrees, a 26 per cent drop to those with masters degrees and a 14 per cent drop to Ph.D.'s.
Mrs. Young said part of the slow down could be attributed to government cutbacks in spending.
The Department of Engineering reports that 66 companies have cancelled in the last two months. "This," a spokesman said, "is way above the usual number of cancellations. Many of the companies felt it was a waste of time to interview when they only needed a few recruits."
Candidate for House presents platform
Michael G. Glover, candidate from the 39th legislative district and a KU student, spoke before the Faculty Forum Thursday at the Westminster Center.
Glover, Lawrence senior, said he based his platform on lack of communication between man and government. He said if elected he would remain in touch with the people by weekly forums to discuss problems and solutions.
Glover stated his platform dealt with air and water pollution, employment, housing, tax, welfare and the black issue.
Regarding air and water pollution, he said Lawrence didn't have the problem now, but the possibility was increasing. He said it was best to move today to correct the problem before it worsened. The box factory, the sewage plant and the fertilizer plant, he said, were currently polluting the river.
On the subject of employment and housing, he said he thought people should have a salary they were proud to work for; one that allowed future growth. He said he thought better housing in Lawrence was needed. Lower income and middle income families were not able to build or improve, he said. The best remedy was to channel capitol funds into local programs, he said.
Glover's next point was tax. He believed in a progressive income tax, distribution of wealth. He said he is against putting a lid on taxes.
Glover's position on welfare stated the problem with local welfare was not that society could not support the poor but that it could not support the rich.
Concerning the black issue, he
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said the blacks were aware of their own culture, and what they could contribute to the future of all mankind was good. He said he wanted to keep communication open between all groups in the community.
New enterprises should be controlled by the people of the 39th district, he said.
Cutbacks in federal spending, especially in the defense department, can be cited as the cause for this job slowdown, he said.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also reports some cancellations for job interviews. Mrs. Gladys Padget, director of the placement office, said the job situation was tight and that some government agencies had cancelled.
for jobs immediately, she said. A high percentage of students in the College go on to graduate studies.
Herold G. Regier, director of the educational placement bureau, said there were less recruiters this year than last. There were 141 districts here last year, he said, and although the final tally has not come in, the number this year will be less.
She said that the market could be "swamped" in some fields, Only 18 per cent of all graduates from the College will be looking
Regier said that a lack of recruiting funds, fewer vacancies and a greater supply of teachers coming from home districts were reasons for the cutback in re-
He said most Kansas and Missouri schools had not committed themselves because of their problems with legislation, such as the tax lid bill, that could affect teacher's salaries.
On the brighter side, Dana Leibengood of the School of Journalism reported that the number of interviews and job offers were not down in that school. He said the news industry was not effected in quite the same way by the economic situation as were other industries.
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