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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Monday
April 13, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 131
(USPS 650-640)
Kansas House, Senate recess
By CHRISTOPHER HINES Staff writer
the state Legislature took a two and a half week recess Friday without finishing some of its homework, including several bills concerning money and programs for the University of Kansas.
"This year is exceptional in that so many bills are in conference and that so many issues are unresolved," said State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence. "This is becoming more so every year."
State lawmakers did, however,
approve a state lottery, liquor by the
drink and a bill prohibiting nuclear
waste disposal in Kansas, before
going into recess. Two weeks ago, the
Senate threw out by four votes the
death penalty, despite strong support
from Gov. Mike Hatven.
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COVER STORY
Students plug into the
Tim Sanders, Lawrence senior, is a veteran of the job hunt. He has 10 interviews under his belt this spring and he's still looking.
But when Sanders took an interview sign-up sheet to the desk of the University Placement Center last week, the secretary told him he couldn't squeeze in. So now, he said, it's time to follow up on his other leads and wait.
The trick to interviewing is to start early, he said. And don't get an interview late in the day, when recruiters already have seen a lot of candidates.
the hill without guaranteed employment.
battles.
"Unless the student wins and the employer wins, we don't win," he said.
If Geisler has anything to say about it, Sanders will get a job. The office has a good track record. Geissler said, although it's tough to nail down exactly how many students get jobs through tips, programs and advising.
"Don't take it personally if they're yawning." Sanders said "I've had them vawn."
'Everybody goes home at Easter vacation and their folks turn the screws and say, "You don't have a job yet?" '
Vernon Geissler university placement director
Each spring, hundreds of students such as Sanders come to the placement center seeking to cash in their degrees. Some are nervous, some are confident, some bold and some shy. They all want a job.
major, Janusz Adamczyk, Lawrence senior, said that although opportunities still existed in his field, he was a little worried.
Sanders is willing to relocate, so he's not too worried about finding a job. He'd just like to get one soon. His wife needs to start looking for work wherever he gets a job, Sanders said, so he doesn't want to walk down
Sanders, a computer science major, is looking for a programming job, but the market is getting tight. Some of his classmates have had to take sales positions to get their feet in the door, he said.
"Our job is to learn about the companies and the kind of people they look for," Geissler said.
Admcyzky said that although many students were getting jobs, that was no consolation for the few who still were looking.
Another computer science
Brian Cohen, Pittsburgh graduate student, doesn't want a full-time job. He just doesn't want to deliver pizzas again this summer.
The placement center, a group of offices on the first floor of the Burge Union, looks professional and smells new. Shelves on the walls of its spacious entry display information about companies and interviews. Geissler is the office's chief matchmaker.
Cohen is a psychology major seeking an internship. He was at the placement center to test the waters for a temporary job, he said. Job experience in fastfood wouldn't look great on his resume.
Geissler said that all kinds of students came to the placement center seeking employment help. They have a similar motivation.
"This is no place for window shopping," said Vernon Geisler, university placement director. "You go for the kill."
TEACHER
"We don't get a job for you," he said. "We help you get a job."
Several of the professional schools, including the engineering, business and journalism schools, have their own placement offices. The placement center helps coordinate those placement offices and works with students from other schools that don't have placement programs.
The job hunt involves risks, Geissler said, and he sometimes hears from students who aren't happy with their catch. But most of the responses he receives are positive.
On his desk, Geissler keeps several thank-you notes from satisfied students. One former student who was grateful for Geissler's help sent him a note on Thanksgiving. Geissler had helped the man, who is now a bank vice president, get a job 14 years ago.
But Marjean Garrett, St. George senior, isn't in a big rush to find an advertising job. She was at the placement center to sign up for interviews, but she wasn't having a lot of luck finding open spots.
"Everybody goes home at Easter vacation and their folks turn the screws and say, 'You don't have a job yet?' he said.
hard work.
Erica Tannenbaum, Overland Park senior, would know. She's
"They don't hire the major first," he said. "They hire the person first. It's not voodoo. It's attitude and persistence. It's hard work."
"A lot of these aren't going to be in my major," she said, "but they're opportunities to start somewhere."
Geissler said that a student's academic major wasn't the first thing corporate recruiters looked at.
Garrett said that she was just getting started in the job hunt and that she was not really sure what she wanted to do.
"It's scary," she said, "but I feel like I've still got the summer."
seen the placement center's videotapes on interviewing, she's talked with a placement counselor and she's had some interviews.
"I're really looking at companies I think I'd want to work for," she said. "I know the questions I want to ask them."
Sessions I want to ask them. She knows when an interview
is going well, she said
"When it starts working out to be where it flows like a conversation, instead of him just firing questions, it's a comfortable situation," she said. And that can make the job hunt fun.
"really like meeting people and sitting down and talking," she said.
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