Monday, April 12, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
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Group to sponsor career workshop
By Lori Sullivan
The Task Force on Career Advising is offering a mini
workshop for social sciences majors Tuesday.
Millie Katz, co-chairperson for the workshop, said the
task force was formed by College of Arts and Sciences
faculty members to assist students in learning what they
can do to prepare for careers. Katz, coordinator for ex
periential education, said students have too narrow a view
of what they can do with their education. Liberal arts
majors have a wide variety of career options, she said.
The workshop will feature a panel of eight UNL social
science graduates who are professionals in the Lincoln or
Omaha area. The panelists will speak about the courses
they took, extra-curricular activities that helped them,
internships and part-time jobs that were valuable to them,
and what they would do if given the chance to attend
college again.
Students will be given ideas about how to articulate the
skills they have, and where to take those skills to find
employment, Katz said.
The general decline in the economy, plus budgetary
cuts by the Reagan administration, have affected the job
outlook for social sciences majors, according to Katz. She
said the New Federalism may adversely affect social pro
grams, but the states will "pick up the slack."
"Unfortunately, sometimes we have to go down before
we come up, but people will still demand social programs,
and the need for qualified people will still be there," she
said.
"Social science majors should supplement their edu
cation with some technical skills," Katz said. "If you take
a liberal arts background and add some technical skills to
it, you have a very good outlook for employment."
David Brinkerhoff, UNL assistant professor of socio
logy, said career opportunities in social sciences are more
extensive than most students realize.
"I believe that a good fundamental liberal arts edu
cation is very marketable," Brinkerhoff said. Students
need to associate the skills they are developing with the
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potential job market, he said.
"Employers look for a student that can come to them
and say, 'I've got good analytical skills, good decision
making skills, good problem-solving skills, and I communi
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The United States may be in a period of what Brinker
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where many people are in a field with no specific goals.
Students should define what career they are interested in,
assess their abilities and work on weaknesses by taking
appropriate classes, Brinkerhoff said.
He compared education with shopping for an expensive
item. "You should carefully select, by shopping around,
the courses which will benefit you the most, Brinkerhoff
said.
Kim Nore, assistant adviser of arts and sciences, said
more than ever students are asking, "What can I do with
my degree?"
The workshop, Nore said, will give social science
majors direction, and look at job options.
The workshop will be in the Nebraska Union. The
morning session is from 10:30 to 11:30 ajn., and the
afternoon session is from 1 : 30 to 2:30 p. m.
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