Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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College Grads Expect to Stay in First Job for Four Years Overall, 6.5 percent of responding stu dents anticipated changing employers within one year, and 89.5 percent expect ed to work for their first employer for five years or less. By contrast, NACE’s 2000 Employer Benchmark Survey found that nearly 10 percent of all new college hires leave their jobs within one year of employment and 25 percent leave within five years. NACE is the leading source of informa tion about the college market, for career services practitioners who advise stu dents and alumni in career planning and the job-search process and for human resources professionals who recruit and hire college graduates. NACE maintains a virtual press room for the media at www.naceweb.org/press/ 2001-2002 Career Center Special Events Career Fair Blitz September 6,2001 Pharmacy Career Fair and Interview Day October 23, 2001 Liberal Arts Career Week "Career Planning Pays" October 22-25, 2001 Engineering & High Tech Fair February 6, 2002 Liberal Arts- "Major Decisions" February 18-28, 2002 JobFest February 28, 2002 Education Recruitment Day March 20, 2002 Come lain the SMI Team “Ifs A Great Environment!” Stop in ? to see us about Your Opportunity September 6 at the Career Fair Blitz! SMI Steel South Carolina It’s cool to recycle! SMI annually recycles 600,000 tons of scr ap steel discarded autos, appliances, and other scrap steel that would ot herwise litter the countryside-into rebar and merchant steel products. 310 New State Rd. Cayce, SC 29033 803.936.3700 www.smi-sc.com __ $30,000 SCHOLARSHIPS -0 The South Carolina Police Corps is currently offering educational scholarships of up to $30,000 to qualified college students who are seeking a baccalaureate degree. Currently, only students who attend college on a full time basis are eligible for application. This is a reimbursable scholarship. Students may apply for funds to cover expenses they incur to obtain their degree from their freshman through their senior years. South Carolina Police Corps participants will undergo 18 weeks of challenging police training while earning $300 per week. This training will be conducted in two separate nine-week sessions during the summer months on the campus of The Citadel, between the spring and fall semesters. Those chosen to receive the scholarship will be required to serve as law enforcement officers in South Carolina for a period four years. The four-year commitment begins once the student receives a bachelor's degree and their police corps training has been successfully completed. -o For more information, contact the South Carolina Police Corps 171 Moultrie St. Phone:843-953-6870 MSC 67 Web site: ww.Citadel.edu/scpolicecorps Charleston.SC 29409 Email: Policecorps@Citadel.edu ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE, SO APPLY NOW! o Yvonne Viscioni USC Career Center BETHLEHEM, PA—Many new college graduates say they plan to work for their first employer for nearly four years, according to the 2001 Graduating Student & Alumni Survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). The 985 survey respondents projected that their length of service to employers will average 3.93 years. The survey results appear in the Spring 2001 issue of NACE’s Journal of Career Planning & ' Employment. Despite ongoing competition for techni cal graduates among employers, and decreasing employee loyalty, engineering majors estimated staying with their first employer for 5.9 years, higher than any other group of students.