Event covers benefits
By Dan Owens
Staff writer
It is important for students and col
lege graduates to understand the tools
companies use to recruit potential
employees, a financial consultant said."
Lorraine Decker, of Decker and
Associates, is conducting a workshop
today providing students with an under
standing of the compensation and bene
fit packages companies offer.
“Selecting the Job Offer,” will be
held twice - from noon to 1:30 p.m. and
from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska
Union. The room will be posted.
Chris Timm, assistant director of the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s
Career Services, said corporate compe
tition for quality employees is intense.
Through benefit packages, compa
nies hope to recruit people with the
skills needed for success, Decker said.
Benefit and compensation pack
ages may include investment programs,
profit sharing, insurance, salary and
relocation expenses.
She said benefit packages are tools
that businesses use to compete, and
those tools are as diverse as the corpora
tions that are recruiting.
“I often hear employees who choose
a career say, ‘I wish I knew then what I
know now,’” Decker said. “We are try
ing to give students the information they
need now that will assist them in mak
ing future career decisions.”
Today’s workshop, sponsored by the
Pella Corp., will include topics such as
using a long-term perspective when
conducting a job search and strategies to
achieve financial independence with
compensation packages.
The workshop will also cover how
to negotiate salaries with an understand
ing of the differences between compa
nies’ compensation packages.
For graduating seniors, salary js
often the determining factor when
selecting a career with a company.
“Although a starting salary is
important,” Decker said, “graduates
often consider a starting salary as a
grade, overlooking the long-term bene
fits that a company uses to complete a
benefits package.”
Many companies have a complete
benefit package that includes long
range investment opportunities, well
rounded health care insurance and a rel
atively low starting salary, Timm said.
She said if the potential employee
considers the entire package, the overall
financial gain could be more advanta
geous than an immediate gain.
The workshop will determine
which packages offer the best opportu
nity for an individual’s personal goals.
Timm said rather than just finding a
first job, the workshop focuses on stu
dents starting a career with a company.
“Students should consider benefits
within the packages such as relocation
expenses, needs of a current or future
family and even the local job market for
a spouse, as well as long-term financial
opportunities,” she said.
Graduating seniors are encouraged
to attend, as well as those who are inter
ested in internships, Timm said.
Having an understanding of benefit
packages will assist interns who are
evaluating businesses for future careers.
The topics of discussion at the
workshop can be useful now and in
future career decisions, Decker said.
“It is important for students to
obtain the tools necessary, in order to
accept a position with confidence,” she
said.
“These tools will also enable
employees to make a possible career
change in the future, with long-term
individual goals of financial indepen
dence and career satisfaction in mind.”
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Career Day 1999
College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
October 7,1999
• Where: Nebraska East Union, 3rd Floor • Time: 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
•Why: Talk to employers about job *Who: All UNL Students
opportunities
COMPANIES ATTENDING:
American Institute of Banking
Archer Daniels Midland
, Bureau of Reclamation
Cenex Land O Lakes
Dow AgroSciences
Earl May Seed & Nurse^
Excel
Farm Credit Services of America
First National Bank of Omaha
Growmark
LI-COR, Inc.
MoorMan’s, Inc.
Murphy Family Farms
National Park Service
NC+ Hybrids
NE Ag Statistics Service
Crop Quest
Hormel Food Corporation
IBP, Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
Purina Mills, Inc.
Servi-Tech
J.R. Simplot Soilbuilders
USDA Ag Research Service
West Fork Nursery & Tree Center
Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
Black & Decker
New Holland North America Inc.
PIC USA
Premium Standard Farms
Ag Processing Inc.
DDM Crop Services
Golden Harvest
AgLEC and NE Vocational Ag Assn.
Cargil
Tractor Supply Company
Swift and Co.
Country General/CT Farm & Country
Lower Platte South Natural Resources
District
IGF Insurance Company
National By-Products, Inc.
FMC Ag Products Group
ConAgra Frozen Foods
AgrEvo USA Company
American Cyanamid
DeBruce Grain
Farmland Industries, Inc.
Michael Foods, Inc.
Monsanto
Novartis Seeds, Inc.
United Nebraska Bank
University of Nebraska Cooperative
Extension Division
Christensen Family Farms
Pike Family Nurseries
Altec Industries, Inc.
Bunge Corporation
Novartis Crop Protection
Deere & Company
Nebraska Crop Improvement Assoc.
Lower Platte North Natural Resources
Communicating for Ag Exchange Prog.
Progressive Swine Technologies
Texas Farm Products, Company
Mycogen Seeds
Nebraska Department of Environmental
Quality
UNL Agribusiness MBA Program
USDANRCS
Rhone-Poulenc Ag Company
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