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Pago 2 Daily Nebraskan Wednesday, March 17, 1982 Applications for Daily Nebraskan Editor - In - Chief are now being accepted. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS Friday, March 19, 12:00 Noon Applicants should be familiar with the Guidelines for the Student Press, adopted by the NU Board of Regents (copies available upon request.) Submit application and resume to the Daily Nebraskan Business Office, Room 34 Nebraska Union. UNL does not discriminate in its academic admissions or employment programs and abides by all federal regulations pertaining to same. Job market bleak for most seekers By Tom Shelton It doesn't require an extensive survey or computer data to determine that jobs arc difficult to get these days. College graduates and those with master's and Ph.P.s are even finding it difficult to get a job. Hut although the outlook may be bleak - some people even call it a depression - there are still jobs available, according to three UNL placement directors. Diversification, a willingness to relocate and com promise, are some of the major characteristics the directors said students should have to improve their chant cs of getting ahead in dreary economic times. "There's darn little demand for anybody right now," said Jim Ncal, director of career placement for journalism students. Ncal referred not only to those interested in a journalism career but those looking for any position. "Outstanding students may still get four or five offers," he said, bi't other students may have trouble. "Even good students may have to wait awhile to get jobs." The closing of schools and the effects of the post baby boom make for a surplus of teachers, said Fred Wendel, professor of educational administration. Hut Wendcl said the situation in Nebraska is better than in most states. Wendcl said the demand for teachers in Nebraska has decreased only slightly, in some areas more than others, but overall less than the national decline. The director of UNL's Career Planning and Placement Center, Frank Ilallgrci, said he has seen the job market fluctuate a lot during his career. Right now, he said, the economic picture is on the "downs." 'The job market is much tighter than it has been," he said. "Because of the difficulties employers can be more selective and those entering the employment market may have to sacrifice a little." One of those sacrifices, llallgrcn said, may require stu dents to compromise in their job selections. "Many students have been unrealistic in some aspects, expecting to get just the kind of job they want in precise ly the location they want it. They've got to compromise." Hallgrcn said he has seen difficult economic times be fore, but while conceding that the current situation is bleak, he said it isn't a complete collapse by any means. "This is not a disaster year, but it is one of the tighter years in the 20 since I've worked here. Hut it seems to al ways go in cycles from good to bad to good again." Neither Neal, Wendcl or llallgrcn predicted depression, and Ncal predicted economic recovery. Neal's advice to prospective journalists is to be proficient in both print and broadcast media. "It's an advantage for students to be able to go both ways," he said, adding that questions about the newspaper industry and the influence of cablcvision on broadcasting complicate matters further. "I don't know what the outlook is for newspaper jobs," he said. "Many are going out of existence. Continued on Page 7 Lincoln professionals are quickly discovering that the Daily Nebraskan is ((the best advertising buy in Lincoln." ""r Sandi Wight of Merle Norman'sAtrium In the glut of media options for the 18-34 age bracket, there is one media buy that outperforms every other: The Daily Nebraskan. sys Sandi Wight, "The ads I get with the Daily Nebraskan are much more creative than the Lincoln Journal. As a matter of fact, I've been using ads that come out of the Daily Nebraskan in York and in the Journal " "I can run the same ad on the same day in the same size in both the Daily Nebraskan and in the Lincoln Journal, and I consistently get 50 to 75 percent more response with the Daily Nebraskan. " Although some people think we're just a college paper, Lin coln advertisers like Sandi Wight will tell you their advertising gleans a variety of respondents. Dollar for dollar, The Daily Nebraskan may be the most effective media purchase you've ever made. Take it from Sandi Wight: "The money I spend on advertising is spent better with the Daily Nebraskan than with any other paper. " Ms TL Daily. -fl University of Nebraska-Lincoln nebraska union O room 34 o Ph. 472-2589 Shorts A public forum on the prevention of alcohol and drug problems will be March 30 at Crockett's Restaurant. 3201 Pioneers. Reservations should he made by March 25 by calling 475-20'M. The RapeSpouse Abuse Crisis Center is offering a support group for victims of sexual assault. The group will meet March 25 ai 7 p.m. at 1 133 II St. Foi more information , call 47( 3327. The Recreation Depart ment has set the followtim Coliseum swimming pool hours: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 pju. Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. This schedule will re main in effect for the rest of the semester. The Wick Alumni Cen ter Building Committee has recognized the Harold G. Wright Co. of Blair, Neb., as the apparent low bidder for the new alumni center and has dirceted the Gwath meySiegel & Associates ar chitectural firm to begin ne gotiations with the Harold G. Wright Co. The Christian Science organization will meet Thursday at 6 pjn. in the Nebraska Union. Room will be posted and everyone is welcome. The 47th Annual All State summer residential program in art, theater, dance and music has been scheduled for June 6 through 18 at UNL Contact Raymond Miller or Becky Hanson, 472-2490, for more information.