jobs for seniors
and students who make it through are
to get jobs right away, or they're
still they get a job they want, to make
"off."
of w human resources for Black and architects, a Kansas City based con-dual that of 170 graduates hired each almost half had studied engineer-which was founded by KU graduates, am KU.
on the chemical, chemical and electrical," he said. "I think nationwide the chemical field because of the specialty petrochemical developments."
and Veatch placed a heavy emphasis le point average, although communi-important too.
associate dean of the School of Educacf of school administrators and interpartum this spring.
pleased with how it has been being used with the job market in general,"
the best prospects were for those in foreign language instruction and but that opportunities existed for education graduates.
not all, will get jobs if they are willing
nilly mobile," he said. "We've had
ewers from California, Texas and
/'strict states."
gift states.
students were more marketable than on graduates because of KU's five-gram
grant.
look at KU students as pretrained and
e said. "Most will pay KU graduates
Fine Arts
Don Scheid, associate dean of fine arts, said that about 70 percent of fine arts students went on to graduate school.
school.
"You're looking at a very high percentage that are moving into academically oriented fields," he said.
"Their employment coming out of graduation is difficult to anticipate because the majority of them continue their education indefinitely."
their education may have Scheid said two or three firms did recruit on camps, including Hallmark Cards, which looks for graphic artists who can design greeting cards.
Cookas used the company looked for superior abilities in drawing, illustration, design and composition.
in
"We're looking for people who stand out as far as style and concerns are concerned," she said.
Journalism
Dana Leibgood, associate dean of journalism, said he thought the journalism market was more competitive than last year, although the number of employers interviewing was about the same.
"It's certainly tighter in some areas," he said. "It's going to be very competitive for broadcast journalism and photography. There certainly won't be enough jobs in advertising agencies for all of our advertising majors."
Leibengood said jobs were most plentiful in reporting and copy editing.
Monroe Dodd, managing editor of the Kansas City Star, said the Star usually recruited employees from other newspapers and from its own student internship program.
See RECRUITERS, p. 14
program.
"Most of our recruiting is done in internships," he said. "We send city editors to campuses for a day or two and choose students to work for us during the
$starting salaries for college graduates vary with field
The average yearly salary offers for bachelor's degree candidate varies from about $30,000 for engineers to less than $17,000 for reporters. A person working a full-time job paying minimum wage would earn a little more than $7,000 annually. Listed are some different jobs and their average offers for this March.
Bioengineering 30,923
Computer design and devel-
opment 30,888
Actuarial 28,437
Investment banking (corpora-
rate finance) 26,750
Public accounting 25,727
Mathematician/Statistician 25,546
Nursing 24,958
Architecture 22,241
Design/Graphic arts 20,902
Advertising 19,358
Teaching 18,989
Counseling 17,675
Social work 16,550
Reporting 16,438
Source: College Placement Council, Inc
Stephen Kilne/KANSAN
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