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Companies come to UNL seeking employees By Rebecka Hyde Staff Reporter Usually, graduating students have the burden of looking for jobs. But many companies now are trying ways to encourage UNL students to come to them for interviews and jobs. One such company, Koch Industries, based in Wichita, Kan., is known for its active recruiting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Koch had a Discovery Day last Thursday and Friday to allow 25 UNL students to meet employees, get an overview of the company and see its day-to-day operations. Koch Industries, the second largest private corporation in the United States, actively recruits UNL students for positions in finance, marketing, agriculture, engineering and accounting by getting involved in activities such as the Big Red Welcome, activities fairs and clubs. Koch has hired 20 UNL graduates in the past two years and is one of the top 20 employers hiring UNL gradu ates, UNL’s Career Services said. Others include Andersen Consulting, John Deere, Lockheed-Martin and Motorola. Geri Cotter, assistant director of Career Services, said most companies do not recruit to the extent Koch has. Most companies will conduct on campus interviews and select students for a home office visit, but Koch has recruited on a much larger scale. “Koch has worked very hard to get a presence on campus,” Cotter said. “They are very innovative in their recruiting techniques. Lockheed-Martin, a Denver-based aerospace engineering company, has a less aggressive recruiting strategy. Howard Roe, manager of univer sity relations, said Lockheed-Martin concentrates its recruiting efforts through Career Services. Recruiters arrange interviews through Career Services and participate in the career fair. They recruit from 65 to 70 col leges across the country. Companies that have established name recognition don’t need to do as much to create interest about their company or encourage potential employees, said Roger Peterson, a student who interviewed with Lockheed-Martin in September. “I think that Lockheed-Martin is a well-known company in the industry, and their name speaks for itself,” Peterson, a senior electrical engineer ing major, said. Koch’s recruiting strategy is differ ent in that its recruiters, who work in teams, try to attract students they know. Koch has a team of recruiters that seeks potential employees at UNL, as well as 10 other Midwestern schools including the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma. Koch began recruiting at UNL about 10 years ago. The UNL recruit ing team will consist exclusively of UNL graduates. Now alumni from different universities are working on the UNL team. Koch Industries began as an oil refining company, but now includes business with refined products, chemicals, oil services, gas liquids, material and asphalt-based products, agriculture and real estate. Koch offers many opportunities to students, said David Leach, a national technical marketing leader. Leach said within six months to a year new employees earn major responsibilities. Koch employees oper ate as if they were running their own small business, with the responsibility to make decisions and take account ability for those decisions. Career Services estimates that com panies like Koch have increased their interviewing schedules at UNL by 20 percent over the last year. Career Services recommends that all seniors register in its center. The $25 fee includes the ability to participate in on campus interviews, inclusion in employer-requested resume referral and access to job listings on the Internet. Students seeking teaching jobs get 10 credential sets for the fee. Career services has been contact ed by 1,398 organizations requesting resumes so far in 1997. Malone Center feeds holiday needs FOOD.froffi^a^l .. - coat drive ip dozens of coats tothe Maone center and lets the families-pfek out coats they may need Dionne Parks, head of child care at the center, sard.' tions still ran be accepted at the Malone Centerihrough Thursday. “Ypdfiever know what someone’s going through,” Massie said. “\bu never know what their circumstances are; and you never know if you're the person feat just might make them orhreakthem. -' ' “I might be the last person they arfe coming to ask for help, and iff would say, ’Well, you should have pi|de the dead: line,’ thk could be the difference between the person living or dying. So, no matter what, I’ll help them out,” Massie Said, isdedi through Monday from 9 arm. to 9 pm. OhThursday and Friday, the volunteers will be helping to unload trucks, sort canned goods and make up the baskets. Saturday is the distribution day, butjpe i i . .. i M . ... i ■ i ■ ■ ■ l center is asking for volunteers Sunday to give food to late applicants or walk-in needy. On Monday, the excess food will be taken to the needy. On Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. the families will come in and pick up the baskets. On Sunday and Monday, vol unteers will make up the remaining bas kets and deliver them to the elderly. ' Individuals can still donate money and/or food to the Malone Center through Thanksgiving. “Finally, when we go home and we sit down at the table for our Thanksgiving dinner, those of us at the Malone Center know that we’ve done all we could, and that we’ve served all that we could,” Massie said. 1 1 1 1 1S i11 ■_1 i'tx y ifej w. K m |; -,-—,-,-n . - , . Q \ : ■ ‘ - - ■ ' The following is a list of goals ASUN has set, and the progress it has made. 1. Continue commitment to diversity issues through sponsored events and increased communication with the campus community. -Human Rights Comrriltee Chaiwoman Sara Russel said her committee was looking into the dwersity education offered to inoomirig students. She said many students come to Ihe University of Nebraska Lincoln unexposed to dversity, and her committee was exploring ways to help new students better deal with diversity. She said the dversity education would not only hdt> students wide at UNL, but also when they graduate. That’s Ife,” Russel said, life is diverse.’ Russel said her committee, the Student Impact Team and Speaker of the Senate Viet Hoang were also considering fokjwup projects to sypplement the forum held last week after Coretta Scott Kingls speech. She said the committee was also working with Rob Hotoum, a representative from the Residence Hal Assoclalion, to improve concilions tor Handicapped students to a parking lot across from Ihe Calher and Pound residence hals. Russel said the parktog lot hastiandcapped parking spaces, but there is no way for handcapped people to leave the paridng lot because of a “steep gradenf and stairs. She said people on the students with dsabiies subcommittee would also examine City and East Campuses, to evaluate handfcapped accesstoity. Russel said the sexual orientation subcomnftte would also be nwrpened for membership because the committee only has tvvo members. She said without tocreased membership, the committee would have a hard time getting anything done. c. improve interaction among campus stuaent governing ooaies: aouim, me Residence Hai Association, Inter fraternity Counci and the PanhofcnicCounciL —ASUN President Curt Ruwe sad senators from ASUN and RHA soicited donations from NU football fens walking to the game this weekend, with proceeds going to the Huskers Helping the Homeless program. Ruwe sad the groups raised $1,500 for the program that helps soup kitchens in Nebraska. 3. Work for the implementation of a parking class. - Ruwe said ASUN dkl not attend Tuesday's Parkng Ack^ory Board meeting because senators wanted to artinue work wft Tad McDowel, dfrector of Parkii^ Services, to organize a proposal they can present they can present to the parking board at a later date. Ruwe said “smaT increases in parking permits, or the implementation of an appeals fee, could offset the possbte loss of revenue Parking Services would incur because of the dass. 4. Address pedestrian safety concerns in the 14th and Vine streets area. - Ruwe sato Kim Todd, assistant to the chartoelor for community affairs and campus planning, wfl present the Antelope Valey plan to ASUN Dec. 3. The plan would dramaticatiy change the flow of traffic around campus, essentially eSminating many pedestrian safety concerns. Ruwe said the senate would vote on a proposal showing support for the plan at the Deo3 meeting. He said Government Liaison Committee Chakman John Wiechmann is continuing to follow up on the meeting ASUN had with city officials where they ctisatssed improving crosswak safety. 5. Work to seek more student input in the student fee allocation process. -Ruwe said Scott Francis, newly appointed ASUN pubic relations representative, would attend the ASes meeting Tuesday to inform them about the fees atocation process. He said Francis would visit other meetings as wel. 6. Lobby for the university to continue research to develop a fall break policy. - Ruwe said the University of Nebraska Calendar Committee^ decision not to make a decision regardrg the fall break and Martin Luther King Jr. holiday oould have been because of ASUN’s extensive lobbying and surveying. He said the results of 500 surveys, in which 90 percent of students s^ported both hotels, were presented to the committee. Petitions inducing 1,006 student sigiaflures requesting the observance of the King break were also presented. He said ASUN and SIT would continue to work to “gather student inpuf and devise ways the university can feasfoly instate these breaks. 7. Work toward a regent’s bylaw change to allow student organizations to apply for funds from the University Program Council once every two years rather than once every four. 11 ho vsjmw i cu i wj uic nw uvau wi i iu. 8. Research advising policies on campus and gather student input in order to look for ways that advising can best serve student needs. -Academic Committee Chairman Erik Hoegemeyer and his committee are in the final stages of their advising project, Ruwe said. He said the committee wodd colect data from advising surveys, and turn the data into a “useM product’ He said they would work Ihrough Thanksgiving break to produce a “nlnJlnAin nt ni j-Jj-itn statistical analysis of data 9. More efficiently inform students of services that ASUN provides and what it accomplishes for students. -Ruwe said Francis and Steve Culen of the Advertising Club were continuing work on an advertising campaign promoting ASUN. He said the campaign would spedlicaly target two groups of people ASUN typicaly has a Tiard time reachjng”-yajnger residence hal students, andoff-campus students. Ruwe said the newly redesigned ASUN Web page should make is debut by Thanksgiving. 10. Successfully create a more integrated campus community through the implementation of the Student Impact Team and the University Leadership Community. -Ruwe said the GLC would meet Sunday at 8 p.m. in the Nebraska Unioa He said the topic of the meeting would be toe reintroducfion of the Comhusker yearbook, which was dscondnued ii the 1970’s. He said another topic may be announced. SIT met Tuesiay at & 7 pm in the Nebraska Union. Ruwe said SfT Chairwoman Caine Pierce and her group ware “realy making things happen in the student government" We have spaces we need you iofil vw HHaiw v vw nwaa ^waa naa The Daily Nebraskan is currently taking applications for senior staff positions for the spring semester. 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