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Job market gooc
By College Press Service
The class of 1984 will enjoy one of the
most dramatic upturns in the job market in
recent history, according to two just-released
national studies.
After several years of dismal employment
conditions for the nation's college graduates,
it appears job offers, as well as salaries, will
be up significanlty this spring.
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ni me d./\. icvci, mings are going 10 oe
up about 20 percent," proclaims Victor Lindquist,
placement chief at Northwestern
University and author of that school's Endicott
Report on the national job market.
"FOR THE first time in several years
we're starting to see an increase in the
number of iobs for coIIpop oraHnatps " cniH
Jack Shingleton, Michigan State's placement
director and supervisor of MSU's annual
jobs forecast.
Although MSU's study is noticeably more
conservative ? Shingleton expects only a
five percent increase in the number of job offers
? both jobs forecasts expect 1984 grads
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"The market overall is bouncing back
from this two-year decline we've been going
through," Lindquist said.
Besides the predicted 20 percent increase in
job opportunities for four-year grads, Lindnmct
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the master's level, up about 28 percent over
last year."
"THE LARGEST increase in all areas is at
the master's level in engineering," he said.
"The 'Double E' (electrical engineering)
degree is going to be the crown prince ? up
28 percent over last year ? along with
degrees in the computer science area."
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optimistic, but said "demand is stronger,"
and "the curve is moving in a positive direction
for a change."
"There will be a heavy emphasis on elecn
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trical engineering and computer science n
jors," he said, "although chemical a
petroleum engineers will have a more c
ficult time this year."
The upturn has been coming gradually.
August, 1983, College Press Service report
a growing sense of optimism among camp
placement directors that the end of the rec
sion and the coming of an election y<
signaled better times ahead for colleeiate i
seekers.
AND IN an October, 1983 CPS artic
both Shingleton and Lindquist accurat*
predicted the upbeat results of their 19
jobs forecasts.
Geographically, Shingleton says, t
southwest, southeast and south central s<
tions of the country will have the best job c
portunities. The northwest regions will be t
worst areas for job seekers.
According to the MSU study, electri<
engineers will have the highest starti
salaries ? $26,643 ? of all four-year gra(
Starting salaries for agriculture ai
marketing majors will hover around $ 17,5C
and accounting majors can expect to ea
about $18,600.
Education majors ? $14,779 ? ai
human ecology grads ? $13,917 ? have t
dubious distinction of being the lowest-pa
majors for the coming year.
EVEN WITH their predictions for tl
coming year, however, both studies cautit
that graduates will still have plenty of cor
petition for job openings.
"It's still a buyer's market," Lindqu
said. "It will be very competitive, and
students are going to be successful they
have to be aggressive in their search."
And while the market may look bright
for grads with masters and bachelc
degrees, Ph.Ds may have a harder time th;
ever finding employment.
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nd By Mary Jo Millar
1 USC students had an onnnrtnnitv fnr a
headstart in the often frustrating search for
" summer employment yesterday.
cd The fourth annual Summer Job Fair,
,us sponsored by the Cooperative Education
^s" and Student Employment Office was held
"a/" in the Russell House Ballroom with 29 corporations,
summer camps and businesses
represented.
Almost all companies involved had an
I optimistic outlook for the availability of
sa summer jobs in comparison to previous
years.
he ROOSEVELT OSBORNE of the Greater
?c~ Columbia Community Relations Council,
an employment referral agency, expected to
assist at least 50 students in their search for
part-time or permanent positions this
summer.
ng "The general economy is picking up and
many new businesses are coming into Columbia
and hiring," he said.
Procter & Gamble Co., like many comrn
panies, was looking for juniors to participate
in a summer internship program.
"We're basically looking for 19 people, but
we'll hire as many qualified people as we
find," P&G representative Brad Hoffman
said. He estimated that one-half of the
students in the internship will eventually
, receive full-time employment with P&G.
Sonoco Products, at the Fair for the first
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time, was also looking for juniors for summer
internships to fill specific permanent
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While businesses were represented, 22
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Jon Foy of the YMCA Greenville said
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Pam Cospito, a personnel junior,
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"I'd like to be working in a summer job
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a wide variety of offerings or companies
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Paul Fidler, assistant vice-president of
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"THE CAMPS have to actively recruit
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Despite some criticism by students,
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1 "All things indicate that hiring will be
r better this summer than last due to the
economy picking up."
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