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Stories by Carol Goetschius, Marsha Kahm and Bill Smitherman
Although the name of the campus
changes, the story remains the same
across the country: this year's graduates
face a tight job market and, for many,
unemployment is a very real possibility.
The word from placement officials in
other parts of the country is that there
will be one or perhaps two job offers for
individuals where once there were eight
or ten. Many students won't get their first
choice, and some students won't have
even one choice.
"A fair number of students aren't
going to get jobs by graduation. Most
students got something last year if they
were serious. This year it's going to be
different," said Norman Frisbey, Pen
State University placement director
WHILE THE NUMBER of job-hunting
seniors isn't getting any smaller, the
number of campus-recruiting employers
has shrunk.
Compared with 1969-70 figures,
placement officials at several Big Eight
schools estimate a 30 per cent drop in
employers recruiting on campus this year.
Iowa University expects 200 less than
its 474 recruiting firms of a year ago, and
90 out of 307 companies have canceled
visits to Kansas State University this
semester I3y the end of February last year,
Oklahoma university had hosted 371
companies. The record this year is 219
company visits by February.
OUTSIDE THE Midwest, the job
opportunities picture is similar. Visits
from recruiting companies are down 30-35
per cent at the University of Southern
California, according to Mrs. William
Aldacushion, assistant placement
director.
The University of Michigan has lost
300 of the 3,000 companies and school
districts recruting on campus last year,
said Evart W. Ardis, placement director.
A College Placement Council survey of
140 colleges and universities reports that,
as of February, job offers for young
persons with bachelor's degrees were
down 61 per cent. Offers for graduate
with a masters degree were down 12 per
cent while those for Ph. D's were down
78 per cent.
Whether calling it tight money,
business caution or a recession, many
placement directors have credited the
economy for the drop in job
opportunities.
"COMPANIES ARE taking a cautious
look at the way they're spending their
money," said Bruce Laughlin, Kansas
State University placement director.
Companies believe they can get an
immediate return on their investment by
hiring experienced personnel instead of
young persons fresh out of college, he
said.
Other officials cite the drop off of
retail sales this year for many companies,
who are then cautious about hiring new
personnel. Michigan's placement director
said many companies recruiting on
campus have no jobs to offer but are
tying to keep the lines of communication
open.
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Paradoxically, during this business
slowdown, it's the business majors,
especially accountants, who seem to be
faring best in the job market, according
to the placement directors across the
United States placement directors seem
to agree that the Ph.D. in engineering and
science and the liberal arts graduate are
having the most difficult time finding
jobs with companies.
The nation's schools, along with
businesses, are suffering from a shortage
of funds, said Jerry R. Gibson, assistant
director in education placement at USC.
"MANY school districts are
broke or are hanging on by the skin of
their teeth," he said. "If the schools had
adequate funds, then class sizes could be
smaller and schools would need more
teachers".
According to some directors, the
slump in job opportunities is due to a
labor market saturated with educated
people. Cut-backs in federal and private
funding for research projects have thrown
college graduates back into the job
market.
"There are so many experienced
people available that the inexperienced
are having a hard time." said Helen M.
Barnes, placement director at Iowa State.
These experienced people are going to the
companies, so businesses don't have to
recruit as much on campus, she said.
Adding to the job market is a greater
number of men returning from the armed
forces this year, Barnes said.
And several directors mentioned that
companies that do recruit on campus are
offering fewer jobs because the rate of
acceptance is so high. Companies could
normally count on a certain number of
rejections, but this isn't the case
anymore.
FOR A LONG time there was a
shortage of teachers, but "those days are
gone," said Laughlin. "Overall teaching
opportunities are less promising than for
many years".
Leslie P. Evans, Texas Christian
University placement director, attributes
part of the drop in teaching opportunities
to the wide acceptance and use of birth
control.
Referring to Ft. Worth schools, Evans
said that there are fewer maternity leaves
and the time a new mother would remain
out of teaching has dropped from about
five years to a ninety-day leave, he said.
There's still a need in rural areas, but
urban schools are tough market to crack.
Consensus is that social science and
English majors in teaching are having the
roughest time finding jobs while the
demand is still good for special education,
math, science and most business teachers.
On the brighter side, Laughlin said: "J
still think the most outstanding
candidates academically and in outside
acti vities-the real All-American
types-will continue to receive as many
offers as previously".
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THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
THURSDAY , MARCH 25, 1971