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By Joan Marie Anthony
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The Career Planning and
Placement Center in Leiber
College assists students in job
placement while in school as well
as after graduation.
A career office, a placement
office and a newly established
student employment office are
located at the center. Paul Fidler,
assistant vice president of the
placement center said, "The main
purpose of the student employment
office is to assist students in parttime
jobs (off campus) while
they're students."
THE PLACEMENT and career
offices work with graduating
seniors to provide them with job
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determine what jobs interest them.
Students who come to the center
are given vocational tests to
determine their interests. "We
compare their interests with those
who have been successful in their
jobs," Fidler said.
Every two to three weeks
seminars are held by the center to
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resumes, participating in interviews
and searching for jobs.
ABOUT 5,000 students attended
seminars in 1977. There were 1,051
students registered with the
center. Of this number, 521
students received job offers and
407 received job acceptances, he
said.
The top 10 undergraduate majors
ranging from the sciences to
mathematics had starting salaries
averaging between $11,000 and
$18,000, he said.
Companies from all over the
country come to interview
students. The center receives
letters from various companies
asking permission to interview at
USC, Fidler said. Rooms and times
for interviews are then set up
through the center.
Former students nftwi wrifo fho
center to express how informative
it was in helping them find jobs.
"Feedback we get is very appreciative,"
Fidler said.
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