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May 12, 1084 Pago 2 Daily Nebraskan Graduation Supplement Travel abroad, -at home can be adventurous pre-work diversion Considering the recent tight Job market, new graduates may be looking for temporary work cr diversion while waiting for full-time, long-term employment. Or perhaps now la the best time for graduates to take advantage of international ad venture opportunities. Whatever the reasons, graduates looking for cjob endor adventure abroad should invest in Working Holidays an overseas job guide that defies the traditional format for similar catalog. . . Book Review Often advertisements for exotic overseas Job catalogs make being hired seem inevitable. "WORK ON A LUXURY LINER IN THE MEDITER RANEAN!" one ad screams. Many of the ads almost command you to work overseas. Some of the Daily Nebraskan ads for work abroad, similar to the ad above, will have you call a toll-free number. After dialing, the job seeker gets an operator who says: "Would you like to look over our job listing?" "Of course!" the ignorant one replies. "Then send us a check for $ 1 7.95," the operator says. Working Holidays sidesteps the advertising gim micks, the trickery and sensationalism of most guides to overseas jobs. RESUMES COPIED Quality Duplicating Fins Papers Ready While Yen Wait m Days A Week j$ luff A S?JJ 0 f .F jF S FA r, LP ,em 5 P II. :., ' v 13th & R 48th ii Vine mi a i y y s s S y i P!, I I " 1 i ! I J I :-" ' ! I f- i 1 I s J 1 J L i I ! lit ? Ill : n 3 I t i : The Face-Saving Way to a Golden Tan -I lit" v I , ; I ! i :l J ' 1 I 1 1 I i i The right makeup shades can make you look tan without exposing your delicate face to the sun. We've designed a summer look that's glowing, and we'll customize it for you.; Tha CIsnna Sun Cc"rctlsn. . .for you. for summer. Priced from $4.25 to $3.00 Hi i - ..I I M . 'iM , !!! I'-'i I ; M fSif H f I is ! h ' 1 ; ' m f w U u yuLJ Vy J J L! succe& JO Working Holidays was compiled by Hilary Sewcll of the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges, based in London. The handy paperback details the pratfalls of seeking work abroad and of working abroad. , Most of the Job listings in the book deal with temporary jobs students can take during tha sum mer months. ' " The book b composed of about 20 pages of practical Information and about 200 pagca of job listings in countries like France, the countries of Africa and Asia. West Germany, China, Great Britain, India and Belgium to name a few. The Jobs include farm work, conservation work, digging canals, work ing at archeological diss, grape picking, hotel work, counseling, chauffeuring and teaching. Listings for each country are divided into categor ies like "farm work," "community service," etc' Under each heading are listed addresses and a blurb of information about the jobs available at the farm, hospital or wherever. The book is impressive because it is honest. It tells you there is no guarantee that you will get a job abroad.' It recommends a good deal of planning six months to a year in advance. That is because of the difficulty involved in getting a job by mail and because of the long time it takes to obtain the visas and work permits that are necessary to work overseas. " To get a job overseas, SeweU recommends two things: planning and perseverence. She says you probably will write quite a few letters before you receive a job offer. She says your chances will be improved if you enclose International Reply Cou pons, available at post offices, with your applica tions. Choosing countries that favor your nationality is wise, SeweU writes. A U.S. citizen would stand a better chance of being employed in West Germany than in Nicarauga. Another important warning issued by SeweU: Don't plan on paying for your trip with the money you earn abroad. The type of jobs you are likely to be doing pay low wages and they may pay less than a similar job in the United States or Canada would. You probably won't be able to save any money, and you should expect to pay your round-trip expenses out of your own funds, she writes. Foreign work in reality is a good way to extend a stay in a country, but is not a good way to make a profit, or a living. The CBIE, which compiles the book each year, is a non-profit organization with headquaters in Ottawa, Canada. Working Holidays is available only by mail. Write to: CBIE 141 Laurier Ave. West Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIP 5J3 . Prices are $8.95 for regular delivery and $10.35 for first-class mail. Payment must accompany orders. hris Velsch -gum iouuoji. f" 1 sip i j m tt I r V V 'W I guess all you graduates think you're pretty cool. You've zipped ri;;ht through thb college scam, you're getting your tz'izz. Youl! stand there, cap-lidded and gown-cbd, diploma In hand, thinking Thb w&sn't co bad after all You m'";ht even mho the old U a UUb bit. ,.i Cluiot B1 Well, lemme tell ya something you're as good as forgotten. You reached your goal too easily. Even if you've been in college for 10 years, you've reached your goal too easily. No one will follow in your footsteps, no one will carry on your work. If there's a lesson to learn from history, it's to not finish a task. Observe, if you will, the case of the alchemists of the Middle Ages. "Hey, Sir Joe, I've got an idea. Let's make gold out of that chicken soup." An impossible task, one never completed, but one never abandoned. And what about that crazy Icarus guy and his old pop? "I think we can fly, son. But don't get too close to the sun, son." Well, Icarus did get too close to the sun and whose name did we remember? Not the guy who succeeded, that's for sure. Sissyfuss, you know that one guy who pushed a rock up a hill, not quite all the way, it rolled down again and he's still grying to push it over. Hell have none of forced retirement. Sure, it'd be different if you were the first people ever to graduate. We remember those people. But you're doing something hundreds of thousands have already done! Big deal' No, the way I see it, it's better to make something seem impossible, to create a sense of peril about your chosen task; aye, there lies the road to immortality. That's what I'm doing. You might call me Sissyfuss Icaru3the alchem ist. I'm never going to graduate. Ill die first, maybe naturally, but probably violently, at the hands of a vengeful librarian or an overzealous to the source, then succumb to gravity. Ill try ledge up that hill of academia, then fail beneath it. Ill wax the wings of lore and soar too close to their source, then succumb to gravity. Ill try to turn my incompletes into grades and hours. But I won't succeed. Therein lies glory. So take your diplomas and walk, fools. In succeeding, you have failed. :..,v::. A.-. ,jj'.VW-Ai-.. s','..-. -f, .-1,V..', ,. ;,t ! ,.'-,.:, 'm-rj, 'ff.-i 0.-4 J ' - ' '? if. i" I"' ' ' '"V1 Y i Doily EDITOR associate editors editor in chief production manager general manager advertising manager ' ASSISTANT ADVERTISING MANAGER ttrr C-.:.rk$ Trscy L. C?swsr The Daily Nebraskan (USPS 144-CS0 is published by the UNL Publications Board Monday through Friday in tha fall snd spring ssmsslsrs and Tuesdays and Fridays in the summer sessions, except during vacations. ReacSsrs are encouraged to submit story idsas and commants to tha Daily Nsbraskan by phoning 472-25S3 be'.wss-n S a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday throt'h Friday. The public also has access to tha Publications Cosrd. For information, call Carla Johnson. 477-5703. 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