UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, April 27, 1995
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Post-graduation job hunt can require perseverance
By Brian Vandervillet
Kansan staff writer
Like many seniors who soon will graduate, Gabrielle Favreau, Hutchinson, needs a job. But she, along with others, has experienced the frustration of the job search.
She recently interviewed with a company that advertised opportunities for college graduates.
Favreau found out halfway through the interview, however, that the only opportunity was a job cleaning hotel rooms.
"I told [the interviewer] that I frankly did not go to college for four years to get a job cleaning toilets, with the possibility of getting a supervisor position," she said. "She took it quite well, actually."
But despite setbacks such as Favreau's, Terry Glenn, director of the University Placement Center, said that graduates should not give up. He said that the job outlook had improved since a year ago.
"Now that a lot of restructuring is over, we're seeing a lot more hiring taking place," he said. "I don't think students ought to be panicking. There will still be a lot of students finding jobs six months after graduation."
Glenn said students should use as
many sources as possible, such as newspapers, placement offices, the Internet and friends or relatives. Another tactic, he said, was the cold call — a phone call to a company
not advertising available positions.
"Random calls would not necessarily uncover a lot of opportunities, but it could uncover one, and that's all it takes," he said.
He said that students should be alert and enthusiastic when interviewing for a position. Employers
director for the School of Business, used to review more than 60 resumes a day when recruiting employees for the Burroughs Corporation in Detroit. He advised
"Now that a lot of restructuring is over, we're seeing a lot more hiring taking place."
often make a decision to hire within the first few minutes of an interview, he said.
Terry Glenn Director, University Placement Center
Glenn said the highest-paying positions for graduates were in the fields of pharmacy, engineering, accounting and health care. He said that most openings, however, were among service industries, such as retail sales, insurance and financial companies.
against wordy or brightly colored resumes.
Frederick Madaus, placement
"With that many, we wanted someone who could tell you what they wanted rather quickly," he said. "My advise is to use white. Otherwise, you just give people headaches."
Madaus said that in the last two years there
had been a steady increase in jobs, but that the jobs were not always easily found. The days of lining up and signing up for jobs had died by the mid-80s, he said. New jobs, however, could be found at mid-size companies that don't usually recruit on campus.
"Now you have to prepare yourself a bit," Madaus said. "You've got to continue to work at it. Keep turning over all the rocks."
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